Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Court Gives Green Light For Poroshenko To Take Lie-Detector Test
A Kyiv court has granted permission for authorities to administer a polygraph test to former President Petro Poroshenko in a tax evasion case, a spokeswoman for the State Bureau for Investigations (DBR) told Interfax on August 13. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
National-Security Council Chief: Ukraine’s Spy Agency Is Top Reform Priority
Reformation of Ukraine’s SBU security service was high on the agenda at the August 13 meeting between the head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) and an international advisory group composed of representatives of the European Union, NATO, and the United States. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Global Measles Crisis Continues To Grow, With Ukraine Hit Hard
Measles outbreaks are continuing to spread around the globe, with Ukraine among the nations reporting the highest number of new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wanted Man: Notorious Ukrainian Berkut Commander Gets Second Crack At Protesters — In Moscow
Sergei Kusyuk, a former commander of Ukraine’s Berkut riot police wanted in Kyiv for his role in violence at the 2013-14 Maidan protests, has been spotted commanding Russian riot police during the most recent crackdown on protesters calling for fair municipal elections in the Russian capital. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Zelenskiy Signs Decree To Fast-Track Citizenship For ‘Persecuted’ Russians, ‘Defenders’ Of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has simplified naturalization procedures for foreigners and stateless people who have “defended Ukraine” and for Russians facing “political persecution” at home. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Lviv Tank Plant Starts Making Upgraded T-64 Tanks
The Lviv Tank Plant has become the second Ukrainian factory to start manufacturing the modernized model of T-64 tanks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s New Parliament To Be Sworn In On August 29
Ukraine’s new parliament will get sworn in on August 29, Kyiv-based Dragon Capital investment bank wrote in a note to investors, citing the national legislature’s website. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ex-White House Counsel Craig Goes On Trial Over Work In Ukraine
Jury selection started on August 12 at the U.S. District Court in the trial of former White House counsel Greg Craig, who is accused of misleading authorities in relation to the work he performed for the benefit of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Ex-President Questioned In TV Tax Evasion Case
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko answered investigators’ questions in an alleged tax-evasion case involving the purchase of a TV station. His supporters, including his teenage children, faced off with anti-Poroshenko protesters outside the State Bureau for Investigations in Kyiv on August 12. When Poroshenko emerged after the...
Poroshenko Questioned In Tax Evasion Case
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been questioned as a witness by the State Bureau for Investigations (DBR) in a tax evasion case. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
