RFE/RL Headlines
6/14/2011 7:56:51 PM
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With Economy In Free Fall, Belarusian President Running Out Of Options
Facing escalating inflation, depleted hard-currency reserves, and a rapidly devaluing currency, Belarus has turned to the IMF and Eurasec. It seems likely that any offer of aid from either group will also come with unsavory conditions for Belarus's authoritarian president. More 
Belarusians Brace For Hardship As Crisis Deepens
Belarusians are struggling to make ends meet amid a deepening financial crisis that has sent consumer prices soaring. While their government scrambles to secure a bailout loan, Belarusians are eyeing the future with growing anxiety. More 
Kadyrov Axes Superstar Football Coach
Russian Premier League's Terek Grozny, run by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, had accused two-time World Player of the Year Gullit of being more interested in "bars and discotheques" than delivering on the goal of getting the team into European competition by 2012. More 
IMF Shortlists Lagarde And Carstens
The International Monetary Fund has announced two finalists to become the next leader of the organization -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Mexico's Central Bank Governor Augustin Carstens. More As the Syrian Army's crackdown on protesters continues in the north of the country, refugees fleeing from the area are describing a sectarian aspect to the assaults. They say gunmen from President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite community are joining with Assad loyalists to plunder Sunni-Muslim homes and shops. More Russian Ex-Cop Jailed For Life For Killings The Primorye regional court in Vladivostok ruled that five local men -- two of them former policemen -- killed seven people in order to illegally gain possession of their homes. More 
Tajik Fans Riot After 'First Son' Game
Riots broke out in southwestern Tajikistan after angry fans accused soccer referees of favoring the team on which Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's son is a member. More Memorial Human Rights Center leader Oleg Orlov has been found not guilty of insulting Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov. More 
Kyrgyz Activists Protest Turk's Release
Some 30 Kyrgyz activists picketed Bishkek City Court on June 14 to demand punishment for judges who allowed a Turkish criminal suspect to be released. More 
Belarusian Journalist's Trial Begins
The trial of a prominent Polish-Belarusian journalist charged with insulting Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka began on June 14 behind closed doors in the western Belarusian city of Hrodna. More 
'They Would Arrest Young And Beautiful Girls'
On his blog, Mehdi Khazali has written his observations of the June 12 "silent" opposition protest that took place in Tehran on the second anniversary of the 2009 disputed presidential vote, which led to the rise of the opposition Green Movement. More 
Medvedev To Karimov -- Leave Office Voluntarily
Title sounds far-fetched, eh? But that is what a broadcast on Russia's "Kommersant FM" radio said on June 14. The radio station interviewed Sergei Zatsepilov, the general director of the "For a Just Foreign Policy" center. More 
Chechen Leadership In Exile Reaffirms Support For Anti-Umarov Resistance Faction
Meeting in Paris in mid-May, the government and parliament in exile of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria (ChRI), overthrown as a result of the Russian military intervention in the fall of 1999, formally reaffirmed their support for the Chechen resistance commanders who last summer rescinded their oath of allegiance to Caucasus Emirate head Doku Umarov. More Belarusians are struggling to make ends meet amid a deepening financial crisis, the most severe since the collapse of the Soviet Union. More |
