Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Gazprom Talks With Kyiv Collapse, No New Date Set
Sergei Kupriyanov, a spokesman for Russia’s Gazprom, says talks in Kyiv about its gas dispute with Ukraine ended early on June 15 without any breakthrough. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Military Plane Shot Down Near Luhansk
A Ukrainian transport aircraft was struck by a surface-to-air missile early June 14 as it approached the airport of the eastern city of Luhansk, where heavily armed separatists control much of the area. Charred debris was scattered for hundreds of meters over the wheat field where the plane came down near Novohannivka, a village southeast of...
Watch A Russian News Anchor’s Reaction When He Hears A Surprising Opinion
RBK is a Russian business news agency not known for the sort of over-the-top pro-Kremlin coverage of state television channels. It is owned by a group led by Russian billionaire and Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio...
How To Project A Fringe Website Onto ‘American Media’
Russian media sometimes seems obsessed with Western coverage of issues that affect Russia — particularly when it even peripherally supports Moscow’s message. But what should Russian media do when it wants to quote a fringe source but give it mainstream credibility? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Despite Denials, All Evidence For Deadly Explosion Points To Kyiv
A deadly explosion in Luhansk apparently has Ukrainian authorities searching for an explanation that doesn’t implicate them in the casualties. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio...
LifeNews Blames Right Sector, Conscripts For Luhansk Border Fighting
LifeNews — an Internet video service said to have ties to Russia’s security services and criticized as a Kremlin mouthpiece — frames a battle in eastern Ukraine in confounding terms. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Russian TV Airs Old Footage In Fresh Ukraine Atrocity Claim
The footage of a corpse featured in a May 16 newscast by a Russian broadcaster appears to be identical to video material aired 18 months earlier in a report on an antiterrorist operation in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio...
