RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report
3/15/2011 9:21:31 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.
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Belarus
Russia, Belarus Ink $9Bln Nuke Deal
The deal calls for Belarus's first nuclear facility, at a site near the border with Latvia, to come fully online by 2018. More 
Former Presidential Candidate Said To Have Fled Belarus
The wife of Ales Mikhalevich, who opposed the entrenched President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in the December 19 election and wrote on his blog on March 14 that he is "in a zone that is not accessible for the Belarusian KGB," confirmed to RFE/RL that he had left Belarus. More 
Up In Arms
Belarus is cropping up with conspicuous frequency in the context of continued arms deliveries to Muammar Qaddafi’s embattled regime. More 
U.S. Honors 'Women Of Courage'
The U.S. says its 2011 International Women of Courage include honorees from Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Belarus whose "quiet moral authority has come from putting the well being of others before their own." More 
Gay Rights At Center Stage In Battle Over Moldova Antidiscrimination Bill
An antidiscrimination bill in Moldova has become a bone of contention between religious conservatives and gay-rights activists. And the bill's opponents have brought in some controversial figures from the U.S. religious right to bolster their arguments. More U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in Chisinau today for meetings with the Moldovan leadership. Biden arrived from Moscow, where his talks with Russian leaders focused largely on trade. In Moldova, he praised the pro-Western government's reforms and pushed for a resolution of the conflict over Moldova's separatist Transdniester region. More 
World's Five Spookiest Ghost Towns
Ghost towns exist in all regions of the world, and are commonly found in areas that were abandoned after an economic downturn. These five, however, were born out of bizarre circumstances: a nuclear accident, an orchestrated suicide/murder, a mass evacuation, a modern-day Atlantis, and a fire that simply won't go out. More |
