Tom Balmforth covers Russia and other former Soviet republics from his base in Moscow.
It's no secret many on the Maidan are underwhelmed by Kyiv's new authorities -- and dismayed by the slow response to the crisis in eastern Ukraine. And this week, they took to the streets to vent their anger.
Ever wonder why hundreds of people are still camped on Kyiv's Maidan? Here’s the tale of one of them. Maks Bydnyk of Maidan’s self-defense brigades can’t go home for fear of his life.
As a journalist, Yehor Sobolev investigated corruption for years. Now, as head of Ukraine's Lustration Committee, he's seeking a purge of the country's political elite
Narva's Russians, who make up 88 percent of the Estonian city's population, call the European Union and NATO their home. And while they feel Moscow's emotional tug and have their grievances with the Estonian government, few would like to follow the example of Crimea and join Russia.
A month after the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych, Euromaidan activists are still searching for almost 200 missing Ukrainians. Fears abound that we may never know the death toll of Maidan and what really happened in the throes of this revolution.
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.
Reviled by some and hailed by others, veterans of Ukraine's elite "Berkut" police units in the heart of the Russophone east talk about a seemingly widening gulf.
With Crimea set to vote on joining Russia, some pro-Moscow activists in eastern Ukraine have been agitating for separatism or greater autonomy from Kyiv. We asked some folks in the predominantly Russian-speaking city of Donetsk what they thought.
In Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk, it's often assumed Russian language dictates pro-Russia political views. But as RFE/RL reports, the reality is more nuanced.
Tension is in the air in Simferopol, as well as an aura of theater. RFE/RL's Tom Balmforth recently spent several days in the Crimean capital and its surrounding area.
How are Crimean Tatars reacting to the Russian incursion on the peninsula?
In his press conference in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych appealed to his old strongholds in Ukraine's Russophone south and east. But in the Crimean capital Simferopol, the reaction was lukewarm.
In the eastern city of Kharkiv, people worry that the rights of Russian-speakers are under threat. But in this heavily pro-Moscow city, once the capital of Soviet Ukraine, the Euromaidan also has its share of supporters.
An atmosphere of uneasy calm has settled over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where a week of turmoil left more than 80 people dead, the opposition in control, and fugitive leader Viktor Yanukovych facing an arrest warrant. RFE/RL's correspondent found a mixture of triumph, exhaustion, and worry about what comes next.
Ukraine is observing two days of mourning on February 22-23 for the scores of people killed in violence in Kyiv this week. RFE/RL attended a memorial service for one victim in the western city of Lviv.
Volunteer patrols are walking the streets of Lviv after a district police station was vandalized and many officers defected to the opposition. RFE/RL reports on how the city -- and the country -- is struggling to cope with the breakdown in authority that has been unleashed over the last few days.
President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition may have struck a deal to end Ukraine's political crisis. But in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where opposition to the president runs strong and deep, people are not impressed.
Two years ago, it was electoral fraud. This weekend, the hipsters who will be out protesting on Moscow's now famous Bolotnaya Square are disgruntled they will have to pay more for their iPads.
Dozhd TV, the independent station and Internet channel that cut into the Kremlin’s monopoly on television programming, is battling to hang on to its urban middle-class audience and stay alive.
An extensive study published on January 31 in "The Lancet," a leading British medical journal, has identified vodka consumption as a "major cause of the high risk of premature death in Russian adults."
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