Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Intrigue As Zelenskiy Says He Has Not Signed Chief Of Staff’s Resignation Letter
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed that his chief of staff, Andriy Bohdan, has filed his resignation letter just two months after taking the post, but that the president has not signed it. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dozens Of Activists Protest Ukrainian Anticorruption Activist’s Unsolved Killing
Several dozen people on August 1 staged a protest outside the building of Ukraine’s Security Service in Kyiv over the lack of progress in the investigation into the death of a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko, President Zelenskiy Battle Over City Management Rights
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko is heading for a legal collision course with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over keeping his executive powers as the head of the city state administration. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Naftogaz Seeks $5.2 Billion In Damages from Russia Over Seized Crimea Assets
Naftogaz Group, Ukraine’s state-run oil and gas conglomerate, on July 31 filed a lawsuit for a $5.2 billion damage claim over assets that Russia seized during its annexation of Crimea in March 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Detains Ex-Police Officer Suspected Of Spying For Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says a former police officer has been detained in the southern region of Zaporizhzhya on suspicion of spying for Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
ZelenskIy’s Economic Team Head Wants New IMF Loan, Lift Farmland Sale Ban
Ukraine wants a new, longer-term International Monetary Fund (IMF) program with an emphasis on drawing foreign investment, selling state-owned assets, and lifting the ban on the sale of farmland. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU: Black Sea Polluted With Litter Twice More Than Mediterranean
The Black Sea contains almost twice the amount of marine litter as in the Mediterranean Sea, the European Union delegation to Ukraine said in a July 30 news release. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Court Approves Seizure Of Detained Russian Tanker
A Ukrainian court has formally approved the seizure of a Russian tanker that was detained by Ukrainian authorities at the Danube River port of Izmail last week, Ukraine’s Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios said on July 30. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Making-Law School: New Ukrainian MPs Get Crash Course In Legislating
After snap elections in July, a fresh crop of legislators are set to take root in Ukraine’s parliament. Many of them are new to politics, so the president’s ruling party has sent them to school. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine To Launch Russian-Language TV To Counter Russian State Media
A senior aide to Ukraine’s president says Kyiv plans to launch a worldwide Russian-language television channel in an attempt to counter Russian state-controlled media broadcasts to people living in separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine and in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
