Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Best-Selling Russian Author Boasts Of ‘Killing Many’ In Ukraine’s Donbas
Best-selling, award-winning Russian author Zakhar Prilepin said the unit in which he served “killed many people” and that he has no regrets having fought in the Donbas conflict of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Catches Suspected Israeli Online Drug Dealer, Arrests 3 SBU Officers In Process
Ukraine’s SBU security service said it detained an Israeli-American suspected of heading a major online-drug dealing ring a day after he escaped while being extradited to Israel. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Live Blog: A New Government In Ukraine
Follow all of the latest developments. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Mission Impossible? Ukraine’s New President Ventures To Reform Powerful State Spy Agency
Previous attempts to overhaul Ukraine’s scandal-prone domestic security service, the SBU, have failed. With an historic mandate for reforms secured in recent elections, can Ukraine’s politically inexperienced new president get the job done? Or is it a mission impossible? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Eight Die In Fire At Hotel In Ukraine’s Odesa
Eight people died in a fire early on August 17 in a private hotel in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine’s emergencies service said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Court Upholds Extension Of Pretrial Detention For Six Of 24 Ukrainian Sailors
A court in Moscow has upheld a lower court’s decision to extend pretrial detention for six of the 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces along with their three naval vessels in November near the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Special Envoy To Ukraine Says Russian Propaganda Hindering Peace Efforts
The U.S. special peace envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, says Russian propaganda is making it a challenge to solve the conflict in Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Biggest Power Producer Denies Wrongdoing In Price Manipulation Case
Ukraine’s largest private electricity and coal producer DTEK says the country’s antigraft bureau has no “basis” to charge its employees for manipulating electrical power prices, Kyiv-based Concorde Capital investment bank stated on August 14, citing the company’s recently published investor …read more Source: Radio Free...
Ukraine Deputy Minister Detained Over Alleged $1.1 Million Bribe Scheme
A Ukrainian deputy minister and his aide were detained on August 14 after taking an alleged bribe worth $480,000, the National Anticorruption Bureau (NABU) said on Facebook. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Government Backs Away From Fight With Kyiv Mayor Klitschko
Ukraine’s government says it will not seek to take away part of Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko’s executive powers, at least for now. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
