Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Explainer: Moscow’s Food War With West Could Hurt Russia Most
Moscow’s ban on food imports isn’t just punishing the West for sanctions, it is also punishing Russian consumers with higher prices. We look at how the bans hurt Russians most. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine To Check Russian Aid
Ukrainian border guards are expected to begin checking some of the cargo of a Russian aid convoy on August 21. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Army Vet Killed Fighting Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and the only American known to have fought alongside Ukrainian forces against pro-Russian separatists was killed in eastern Ukraine, his brother told RFE/RL. Mark Gregory Paslawsky, 55, died while fighting with the volunteer Donbass Battalion. Paslawsky, who fought under the nom de guerre “Franko,” was...
Chaos In Kerch: Russia Struggles Ferry Tourists To Crimea
Moscow says it is eager to get Russian holidaymakers to the recently annexed Crimean peninsula. But the flood of tourists has proven too much for the Kerch ferry crossing, the only link between Crimea and Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Maids, Crooks, And Working Girls: How Hollywood Portrays Ukraine
Ever wonder how Western popular culture tends to depict Ukrainians? One Kyiv filmmaker has assembled a compilation of dozens of film and TV references to Ukraine — and the results aren’t pretty. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Stalin Tower Painted In Ukrainian Blue And Yellow
Audacious vandals added a Ukrainian flair to one of Stalin’s “seven sisters” in Moscow’s skyline. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Testing Air-Defense Systems In Southern Astrakhan Region
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on August 20 that it is conducting more military exercises in southern Russia as fighting intensified in neighboring Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
How Russian State TV Tied Satanists To Ukraine’s Leadership
A satanic church has been founded in Ukraine. Combined with the parliamentary speaker’s Protestant faith and the prime minister’s alleged ties to Scientology, this may spell doom for Ukraine. Or so says Russian state television. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin, Ukrainian President Poroshenko To Meet In Minsk Next Week
As fighting continued between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, Kyiv and Moscow announced that the presidents of Russia and Ukraine will meeet in Minsk next week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Says Battle Moves Into Rebel Stronghold Of Luhansk
A spokesman for Kyiv’s military says government forces on August 19 were fighting pro-Russian separatists within Luhansk, one of two rebel-held cities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
