We're now going to point you in the direction of two RFE/RL features that will be of interest to Ukraine watchers:
First the latest edition of Caucasus Report by Liz Fuller:
Does Georgia's Ex-President Risk Extradition From Ukraine?
In the run-up to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s recent state visit to Georgia, there was a flurry of speculation about whether Mikheil Saakashvili might be extradited from Ukraine to face trial in Tbilisi on charges stemming from his 10 years as Georgia's president.
Since completing his second term in 2013, Saakashvili has been accused by Georgian authorities of exceeding his authority and misusing budget funds. He remains in Ukraine, where he obtained citizenship and served from May 2015 until November 2016 as governor of Odesa Oblast.
According to the office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, that country’s constitution rules out any such extradition, given that Saakashvili is now a Ukrainian citizen.
Read the entire article here.
And there's also this report from RFE/RL's Brussels Correspondent Rikard Jozwiak
EU Readies For Transatlantic Fight Over New U.S. Sanctions On Russia
As the U.S. House of Representatives get ready to vote on new, tougher, sanctions against Russia, Brussels appears prepared to protect its ability to determine for itself what's good for its own energy security.
Read the entire article here
