Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Influential Tycoon Kolomoyskiy Is Back In Ukraine. And He’s Not Keeping A Low Profile
Billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskiy’s recent meeting with the Ukrainian president and surprise public appearance at a high-profile Kyiv conference coincided with police raids and an attack on a key opponent, as well as reports of a deal with the country’s government, sparking questions about his possible influence in the capital. …read...
U.S. Says Moscow Used ‘Sham’ NGOs At OSCE Forum To Promote Claim Crimea Belongs To Russia
The United States has accused Moscow of using “sham organizations” to promote its “spurious claim” that Ukraine’s Crimea region is part of Russia during an annual human rights conference of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Decisive Moment: Ukraine Photographer Rescues Victim Of Anti-LGBT Mob
In the aftermath of Kharkiv’s first gay-pride parade, one incident stands out for its harrowing violence and the way it was stopped — by a veteran photojournalist. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Lawmakers Invite Ukraine’s Former National Bank Chief After Reports Of Attacks
The former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine has been invited to the United States to address lawmakers after she was nearly run over and her home set ablaze. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Police: Man Detained Who Threatened To Blow Up Bridge, Fired Shots
An elite Ukrainian police unit detained a 42-year-old man who fired shots from his car and threatened to blow up a bridge where he disrupted rail and vehicle traffic during rush hour in Kyiv on September 28. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Top Kyiv City Official In ‘Serious’ Condition After Attack
A deputy chief of the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) has been hospitalized in “serious” condition after being assaulted by an unidentified attacker. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Facebook Removes Over 160 Ukrainian Accounts For ‘Inauthentic Behavior’
Facebook says it has deleted 168 accounts, 149 pages, and 79 groups based in Ukraine for “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” its head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a September 16 statement. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
After Secret Raid, Amputated Leg, And Controversial Prisoner Swap, Ukrainian Officer Has Doubts
Dmytro Herzhan lost a leg, and a fellow soldier, during a secretive mission to capture the Ukrainian man linked to the 2014 downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet. The military intelligence officer has mixed feelings about how the mission to grab Volodymyr Tsemakh unfolded, and what followed. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
Greener Pastures For Ukrainian Farmers? Zelenskiy Plows Ahead With Land Reform
If he succeeds, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s push to lift a two-decade-old moratorium on buying and selling farmland could finally turn Ukraine, in fact, to Europe’s breadbasket. Will vested interests block him? …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Suspected Arson In Fire At Home Of Ukraine’s Former National Bank Chief
The former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine says her home outside of Kyiv was burned to the ground overnight in an apparent arson. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
