Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukrainian Ex-Fighter Acquitted In 2014 Killing Of Italian Journalist Returns To Kyiv
A Ukrainian-Italian dual citizen whose conviction by an Italian court over the death of an Italian journalist during Ukraine’s war with Russian-backed separatists has returned to Kyiv after having his sentence overturned. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Ex-Fighter Acquitted Over 2014 Killing Of Italian Journalist
An Italian court has acquitted a Ukrainian man who was sentenced to 24 years in jail last year over his alleged role in the 2014 killing of an Italian photographer in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Court Sentences Three Crimean Tatars To Prison Terms On Extremism Charges
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A court in Russia has sentenced three Crimean Tatars to lengthy prison terms on charges of being members of a banned Islamic group. The Southern Military Regional court in the city of Rostov-on-Don on November 3 sentenced Rustem Emiruseinov to 17 years, Arsen Abkhaitov to 13 years, and Eskendir Abulganiyev to 12...
U.S. Warns Of ‘Growing Concern’ Over Ukraine Court Ruling On Anti-Corruption Laws
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv says the European Union, the United States, and several other nations are following with “growing concern” the developments surrounding the Ukrainian Constitutional Court’s recent ruling to abolish some anti-corruption laws. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s President, Top Court Clash Over Anti-Corruption Ruling
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the Constitutional Court have clashed over a ruling to abolish some anti-corruption laws, as hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets of Kyiv over the decision. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Gas Chief Urges U.S. To Add More Sanctions Against Russian Pipeline
Ukraine’s natural-gas chief has urged the United States to expand sanctions aimed at stopping construction of a nearly complete Russian energy pipeline that would bring gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
G7 ‘Alarmed’ By Ukraine ‘Undoing’ Anti-Graft Reforms
The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized countries says it is “alarmed” by the rollback of reforms in Ukraine after the Constitutional Court stripped the country’s anti-corruption agency of some of its critical powers. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Top Court Deals Critical Blow To Anti-Corruption Agency
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has stripped the country’s anti-corruption agency of some of its critical powers. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Drone Diplomacy: Ukraine’s Plan To Build Turkish Drones
Ukraine says it plans to buy more than 40 military drones from Turkey and wants to establish a large-scale assembly plant to build the unmanned combat aircraft. It comes as the two countries signed military cooperation agreements on October 16, deepening their defense partnership, which is seen as an effort to counterbalance Russia’s...
U.S. Congressional Ukraine Caucus Worried Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Bill Could Be Dropped
Members of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus are concerned a U.S. bill to expand sanctions on a Russian natural-gas pipeline to Europe could be dropped from the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
