Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
European Parliament Urges Russia To Release ‘Illegally And Arbitrarily’ Detained Ukrainian Citizens
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted to pass a resolution calling on Russian authorities to immediately release and return “all illegally and arbitrarily detained Ukrainian citizens” held in Russia and in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Widens Citizenship Offer To All Residents Of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk Regions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding the simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for all residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Must Not Forget Central Europe’s Energy Needs In Countering Russian Influence, U.S. Senator Says
The United States and NATO should invest in the energy infrastructure of former Warsaw Pact members as they seek to counter growing Russian power, a U.S. senator has said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sunflowers From Ukraine Memorialize Dutch MH17 Victims
Five years ago, on July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was shot down over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. In the Dutch city of Hilversum, home to 15 of the victims, residents have planted memorial gardens of sunflowers grown from seeds gathered near the crash site. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
RFE/RL Urges Release Of Ukrainian Journalist Held By Separatists For Two Years
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has urged Russia-backed separatists to release blogger Stanislav Aseyev, who has been held in eastern Ukraine since July 2017. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Italian Weapons Cache Tied To Suspects Who Fought In Ukraine
Italian police are continuing their investigation into a far-right group found to have a large cache of weapons, including an air-to-air missile. The investigation centers on men who once fought in the pro-Russia separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Court Extends Detention For Captured Ukrainian Sailors
A Moscow court has extended the pretrial detention of 6 captured Ukrainian sailors by 3 months. They are among 24 Ukrainian sailors currently being held by Russia after they and their 3 vessels were seized last November in the Kerch Strait. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention Of 24 Ukrainian Sailors
A Moscow court has prolonged by three months the pretrial detention of 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...
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court Upholds Law Equating Communism To Nazism
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law that equates communism to Nazism and bans the dissemination of its symbols, a law that has prompted angry protests from Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Families, Nations To Commemorate MH17 Tragedy
Families of victims and their countries’ embassies on July 17 will mark the fifth anniversary of the shooting down of Malaysian Flight MH17 over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, amid mounting evidence of Russia’s involvement in shooting the passenger plane out of the sky. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
