Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
LUKoil Chief Says Sanctions Affecting Russian Energy Companies
LUKoil President Vagit Alekperov has conceded Western sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine are negatively impacting Russian energy companies. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kerry: Russia Must Show Goodwill Over Ukraine Within ‘Hours’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said Moscow must prove within “hours” that it is working to support a cease-fire between Kyiv and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Gunfire Reported In Eastern Ukraine
Fighting was reported early June 26 in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire between government forces and armed pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Uzbeks Adding To Ranks Of Ukraine’s Pro-Russian Separatists
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine appear to be enlisting fighters from the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan. One correspondent from RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service contacted separatist recruiters and reports that they appeared eager to take on foreign fighters. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Interview: ‘It’s Easier To Beat Up A New EU Member State Than An Old One’
An agreement signed in Austria this week to build a section of the South Stream natural-gas pipeline undermines European unity but could nonetheless remain a largely symbolic win for Moscow, says Edward Lucas of “The Economist.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Kyiv, One Businessman’s Fight Back Against Yanukovych’s Thuggery
Corporate “raids” by well-connected groups were a common hazard faced by businesses under the rule of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. So how do business owners go about getting their seized property back? Here’s one man’s tale. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Upper House Rescinds Right To Intervene Militarily In Ukraine
Russia’s upper house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly to revoke authorization for Russian military intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Vows To ‘Always Protect Russians’ In Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference in Vienna on June 24 that his earlier decision to renounce a mandate to send troops into Ukraine did not mean Moscow would stop defending ethnic Russians living in Ukraine. Putin said Russia would also protect Ukrainians who feel “inseparably connected” to a “broader...
Putin Says Ukraine Truce ‘Not Enough’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a seven-day cease-fire announced by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was not enough to stop the fighting in Ukraine’s east. Putin told a news conference June 24 in Vienna he wanted to see a “substantive discussion” to take place between separatists and Kyiv. (Reuters) …read more...
Luhansk Rebels Defiant After Putin Revokes Right To Use Force
In Ukraine’s restive Luhansk region, separatist rebels said they would continue their fight with Kyiv, with or without Russian help. President Vladimir Putin on June 24 asked Russia’s upper house of parliament to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio...
