Podcast: A New President In Ukraine, A New Dispute In Russia - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

May 20, 2019

Russia Ukraine Podcast: A New President In Ukraine, A New Dispute In Russia - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Ukraine suspends transit of Russian oil to EU due to MOL problems - Reuters Belarus Needs Polish, Ukrainian Confirmation to Resume Russian Oil Transit via Druzhba - UrduPoint News UkrInform: Canada calls on Russia to denounce banning of Crimean Tatar Mejlis | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post The Latest: Russia voices hope of improved ties with Ukraine - Washington Post Podcast: A New President In Ukraine, A New Dispute In Russia - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Podcast: A New President In Ukraine, A New Dispute In Russia RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyThis week, host Steve Gutterman takes a look at what the inauguration of a new president in Ukraine and protests over a planned church in Yekaterinburg mean ... Read More Ukraine suspends transit of Russian oil to EU due to MOL problems - Reuters Reuters KIEV, May 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine’s UkrTransNafta said that several hours after resuming transit of Russian oil to the European Union on Monday it had suspended it after Hungarian oil company MOL informed it about technical problems on their side. Read More Belarus Needs Polish, Ukrainian Confirmation to Resume Russian Oil Transit via Druzhba - UrduPoint News UrduPoint News Belarus Needs Polish, Ukrainian Confirmation To Resume Russian Oil Transit Via Druzhba Faizan Hashmi 2 minutes ago Mon 20th May 2019 | 03:15 PM Belarus is ready to resume Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline but it needs to receive confirmation from Poland and Ukraine to do it, the press secretary of Belarusian state oil company Belneftekhim, Marina Kostyuchenko, told Sputnik on Monday MINSK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th May, 2019) Belarus is ready to resume Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline but it needs to receive confirmation from Poland and Ukraine to do it, the press secretary of Belarusian state oil company Belneftekhim, Marina Kostyuchenko, told Sputnik on Monday. Read More UkrInform: Canada calls on Russia to denounce banning of Crimean Tatar Mejlis | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UkrInform: Canada calls on Russia to denounce banning of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Published May 20 at 1:13 pm Armed men stand guard in front of the entrance of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people (the single highest executive-representative body of the Crimean Tatars) in Simferopol on September 16, 2014. Read More The Latest: Russia voices hope of improved ties with Ukraine - Washington Post Washington Post Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy greeds his supporters before inauguration ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, May 20, 2019. Zelenskiy overwhelming won the presidential election last month, beating incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Read More

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Putin tells Pompeo US and Russia can improve relations after Mueller report - ABC News

May 19, 2019

Russia Ukraine Putin tells Pompeo US and Russia can improve relations after Mueller report - ABC News How Obama Colluded With Ukraine to Help Hillary Beat Donald Trump - American Free Press The big picture: national pride flourishes amid war in Ukraine - The Guardian Showtime for Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's spoof president | World - The Times ‘A Good Career, if I Satisfied Him.’ Ukraine Fights Sexual Abuse, and a War. - The New York Times Putin tells Pompeo US and Russia can improve relations after Mueller report - ABC News ABC News U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi as part of a renewed effort by the White House and Kremlin to improve relations following the publication of the Mueller report. Read More How Obama Colluded With Ukraine to Help Hillary Beat Donald Trump - American Free Press American Free Press Now that the Mueller investigation has finally ended, one would expect the mainstream media to be giving the same endless coverage to Obama’s apparent collusion with Ukraine to swing the presidential election in Hillary’s favor. Read More The big picture: national pride flourishes amid war in Ukraine - The Guardian The Guardian Over the past three years, London-based photographer Mark Neville has been travelling around Ukraine to work on several wide-ranging projects: one about holidaymakers in Odessa, another about people at worship, and an extensive series depicting the 2 million people in the country displaced by conflict on the eastern front. Read More Showtime for Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's spoof president | World - The Times The Times When the comic actor due to be inaugurated tomorrow as Ukraine’s president set out to choose the public face of his new administration, he did so in typically unorthodox style: through a message on social media. Read More ‘A Good Career, if I Satisfied Him.’ Ukraine Fights Sexual Abuse, and a War. - The New York Times The New York Times VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — On her first day of service as a commissioned officer of the Ukrainian military, Lt. Valeria Sikal reported for duty at her base and received an unusual order. Read More

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Human rights groups present report on harassing activists in Crimea | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post

May 18, 2019

Russia Ukraine Human rights groups present report on harassing activists in Crimea | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Poroshenko calls on new Ukraine's govt to continue course in EU, seek strengthening of sanctions against Russia until restoration of territorial integrity - Interfax Ukraine RFE/RL: Czech soldier gets suspended sentence for joining Donbas separatists | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv not Kiev: Another two Turkish airports start spelling "Kyiv" correctly – Ukraine envoy - UNIAN Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov - Ukrainian News Agency Human rights groups present report on harassing activists in Crimea | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Human rights defenders have presented their report on the directed persecution of civil activists in Russia-annexed Crimea. “Since 2014 in Russia-occupied Crimea, two main groups of persons have been persecuted: ‘political’ Ukrainians and representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. Read More Poroshenko calls on new Ukraine's govt to continue course in EU, seek strengthening of sanctions against Russia until restoration of territorial integrity - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 15:25 18.05.2019 Poroshenko calls on new Ukraine's govt to continue course in EU, seek strengthening of sanctions against Russia until restoration of territorial integrity President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has called on the team of the new president to continue the movement of Ukraine to the European Union, to preserve the international coalition against Russian aggression and to seek strengthening of sanctions against Moscow until the full restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Read More RFE/RL: Czech soldier gets suspended sentence for joining Donbas separatists | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine RFE/RL: Czech soldier gets suspended sentence for joining Donbas separatists Published May 18 at 2:53 pm (Archive photo) An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard in the village of Spartak near the airport of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 10, 2015. Read More Kyiv not Kiev: Another two Turkish airports start spelling "Kyiv" correctly – Ukraine envoy - UNIAN UNIAN Kyiv not Kiev: Another two Turkish airports start spelling "Kyiv" correctly – Ukraine envoyUkrainian authorities have been pushing for the correct spelling of the capital city by air carriers and airport operators across the world. Read More Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov - Ukrainian News Agency Ukrainian News Agency 17 May 2019, Friday, 18:01 46 2019-05-17T18:01:00+03:00 Politics 2019-05-18T12:30:05+03:00 Ukrainian news Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov President Petro Poroshenko has granted Ukrainian citizenship to former member of Russia’s State Duma Ilya Ponomaryov. Ponomaryov announced this on his Facebook page, the Ukrainian News Agency reports. Read More

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Belarus' Belnefthekhim says oil transit flows to Ukraine suspended - Reuters UK

May 17, 2019

Russia Ukraine Belarus' Belnefthekhim says oil transit flows to Ukraine suspended - Reuters UK Russia’s Covert Tactics Aim to Alienate Ukraine’s Western Neighbors - The Wall Street Journal Russia's Crimean Annexation Cost Ukrainian Ports $400Mln – FT - The Moscow Times Russia and the Iran Crisis - LobeLog Giacomo Sanfilippo: Orthodoxy, sexuality, and gender in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Belarus' Belnefthekhim says oil transit flows to Ukraine suspended - Reuters UK Reuters UK MINSK, May 17 (Reuters) - Belarusian state oil company Belnefthekhim said on Friday Russian oil transit flows to Ukraine had been suspended because the country was still struggling to process contaminated crude it received last month. Read More Russia’s Covert Tactics Aim to Alienate Ukraine’s Western Neighbors - The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal Russia’s efforts to keep Ukraine in its orbit have included invasions, targeted assassinations and economic coercion. Less prominently, Moscow has directed a clandestine campaign of vandalism and hate crimes aimed at spoiling Ukraine’s relations with its western neighbors, Ukrainian and European officials say. Read More Russia's Crimean Annexation Cost Ukrainian Ports $400Mln – FT - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Ukrainian ports have lost $400 million in potential revenue from Russia’s seizure of Crimea and its chokehold on a key shipping passage with a bridge that connects the peninsula to mainland Russia, The Financial Times reported. Read More Russia and the Iran Crisis - LobeLog LobeLog by Mark N. Katz As tensions ratchet up between Washington and Tehran, Moscow has adopted a more measured approach. Putin, along with many of Washington’s Western allies, has criticized the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement reached during the Obama years. Read More Giacomo Sanfilippo: Orthodoxy, sexuality, and gender in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post On May 14, UNIAN reported that Ukraine ranks 35th out of 49 European countries on an index of LGBTQ rights and protections. The methodology for creating this ranking is described at ILGA Europe, while the full list of countries and rankings is found on its Rainbow Europe page. Read More

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Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief - Interfax-Ukraine

May 16, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief - Interfax-Ukraine Russia's Transneft blames oil firms for contamination, no easy fix in sight - Reuters UK Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on Ukrainian army positions on Wednesday, no casualties reported – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine Russian senator brands post-Maidan Ukraine as ‘dark page’ in EU foreign policy history - TASS Kobolyev: Gas talks to resume only after Zelenskiy's inauguration | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief - Interfax-Ukraine Interfax-Ukraine 14:30 16.05.2019 Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief Russia's Gazprom has a technical capability of halting the use of the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) even if the construction of the alternative route Nord Stream 2 is not completed, Chairman of the Executive Board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolev said at the Ukraine: Game of Thrones: Final Season? Read More Russia's Transneft blames oil firms for contamination, no easy fix in sight - Reuters UK Reuters UK BRATISLAVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Tuesday that oil producing firms were to blame for the recent contamination of an export pipeline, as sources said there was no quick fix to the problem. Read More Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on Ukrainian army positions on Wednesday, no casualties reported – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 12:27 16.05.2019 Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on Ukrainian army positions on Wednesday, no casualties reported – JFO HQ Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 15, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Headquarters has said. Read More Russian senator brands post-Maidan Ukraine as ‘dark page’ in EU foreign policy history - TASS TASS MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. Post-Maidan Ukraine has become a blight on the history of the European Union’s foreign policy, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's (upper house) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev wrote on Facebook on Thursday. Read More Kobolyev: Gas talks to resume only after Zelenskiy's inauguration | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Kobolyev: Gas talks to resume only after Zelenskiy’s inauguration Published May 16 at 11:18 am Ukraine's oil and gas company Naftogaz Chief Executive Officer Andriy Kobolyev talks during a press conference after a meeting with the European Commission vice-president in charge of Energy Union and Russian representatives at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Jan. Read More

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UkrInform: ECHR to hear Ukraine v. Russia case regarding Crimea on September 11 | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post

May 15, 2019

Russia Ukraine UkrInform: ECHR to hear Ukraine v. Russia case regarding Crimea on September 11 | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kremlin may actively interfere in Ukraine's parliamentary elections - Interfax Ukraine Russia on Track to Remain World's Biggest Grain Exporter - The Moscow Times ECHR to hear Ukraine v. Russia case regarding Crimea on Sept. 11 - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The Moscow Times: On this day, Mikhail Bulgakov | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post UkrInform: ECHR to hear Ukraine v. Russia case regarding Crimea on September 11 | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UkrInform: ECHR to hear Ukraine, Russia case regarding Crimea on September 11 Published May 15. Updated May 15 at 3:34 pm The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is pictured in Strasbourg, eastern France on Jan. Read More Kremlin may actively interfere in Ukraine's parliamentary elections - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 15:07 15.05.2019 Kremlin may actively interfere in Ukraine's parliamentary elections Head of the working group on monitoring external interference in the Ukrainian elections, former U.S. Read More Russia on Track to Remain World's Biggest Grain Exporter - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Russia is projected to have a solid harvest of over 77 million metric tons of wheat and 38.4 million metric tons of feed grain — corn, sorghum, barley, rye, oats and millet — a total of 115.4 million metric tons in 2019, the Vedomosti daily reported, citing the U.S. Read More ECHR to hear Ukraine v. Russia case regarding Crimea on Sept. 11 - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news On September 11, 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will consider Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia regarding human rights violations in Crimea. Deputy Justice Minister of Ukraine, Commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights Ivan Lishchyna informed this on his Facebook page. Read More The Moscow Times: On this day, Mikhail Bulgakov | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post The Moscow Times: On this day, Mikhail Bulgakov Published May 15 at 2:48 pm "The White Guard" film based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. Photo by Courtesy (Youtube) On this day in 1891, Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kyiv – then part of the Russian empire, now the capital of Ukraine. Read More

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