Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor in chief of RFE/RL.
The St. George ribbon is ubiquitous among pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. But it's earned them an unflattering, creepy-crawly nickname.
Russian former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky got a warm welcome from Ukrainian activists in Donetsk -- which must have come as a relief, because his meeting with pro-Russian separatists didn't go nearly as well.
Russia this week witnessed a series of crackdowns aimed at scaling back Internet freedoms. Activists and entrepreneurs say the only response is to stay one step ahead of the game.
As separatist takeovers heat up in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv is struggling to prove it's Moscow stirring the pot.
Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, has positioned himself as peacemaker in restive Donetsk. But that might just be because he has no options left.
Ukraine was quick to dismiss claims by Moscow it had detained 25 Ukrainian citizens planning terrorist attacks. But Ukrainian media is now reporting that at least some of the story is true.
With its annexation of Crimea, Russia has reclaimed miles of picturesque beaches and thousands of hotels and sanatoriums. Now all it needs is the tourists.
A computer program capable of vetting words and tone has produced a list of Russia's most "anti-Russian" news outlets.
Russia's military buildup continues along Ukraine's eastern border, fueling expectations that, sooner or later, war will come, despite Moscow's assurances to the contrary.
A deputy in Russia's State Duma has submitted a bill aimed at punishing people -- and video games -- that undermine Russia's military glory.
Oleksandr Muzychko, a prominent member of Ukraine's controversial Right Sector movement, was shot dead overnight in the western Ukrainian city of Rivne. RFE/RL takes a look at this controversial figure.
On a single night in 1944, 200,000 Crimean Tatars were forced onto cattle cars and forcibly deported from the Black Sea peninsula. They've been fighting for rights in their homeland ever since. Now, with Crimea returning to Russian control, many fear a fresh round of repressions, pogroms, and possible ethnic cleansing.
An associate of Kazakh oligarch and opposition supporter Mukhtar Ablyazov has been released from jail in the Czech Republic.
The speed and ease with which Russia reclaimed its hold on the Crimean Peninsula have left much of the world reeling. But the factors that went into it were years in the making.
On the eve of a referendum in which Crimean voters are all but certain to choose to separate the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine and bring it back under Russian control, a number of protests were held in both Moscow and Ukraine.
It's been nearly a month since Kyiv's Euromaidan protesters forced the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych following days of deadly violence. But since then, the country has taken a dizzying turn, with Russia threatening military force to seize Ukraine's Russian-speaking regions. The events have left many Maidan stalwarts frayed, angry, and confused.
Russian free-press advocates are reeling from the sacking of the longtime editor of the country's popular Lenta.ru news site after it published an article that linked to Ukraine coverage that Kremlin authorities deemed "extremist." RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Valentin Baryshnikov spoke to Lenta.ru correspondent Svetlana Reiter about Russia's shrinking independent media.
Tensions are rising in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, where officials say naval troops from Russia's Black Sea Fleet are blockading a military airport in the port city of Sevastopol. The Russian Navy has held a base in Crimea ever since the 18th century -- a toehold some Ukrainians fear Moscow may now use to annex the Black Sea territory. Many in Ukraine have long resented the Russian presence -- and blame ousted leader Viktor Yanukovych for the fact that they're still there.
Ukraine's parliament has voted to approve a new cabinet that takes over a country still rocked by separatist clashes and spiraling into economic chaos. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov referred to the current government as a "doomed" body that would have only three-four months to implement radical and deeply unpopular reforms.
The Ukrainian parliament is preparing to unveil the lineup it wants for a new, national-unity government. But with political disenchantment at an all-time high, lawmakers are looking to fill the ranks with leading members of the Euromaidan protest movement who may stand a better chance of gaining public trust.
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