RFE/RL BELARUS, UKRAINE, AND MOLDOVA REPORT
11/29/2011 7:18:31 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page . |
BELARUS
 Belarusian Authorities Scupper Yet Another Symbolic Protest BARANAVICHY, Belarus -- Riding a bike is out. So is clapping. Now a Belarusian opposition activist has been banned from breathing deeply as a form of protest.More  Belarusian Held For 'Insulting Police' An opposition activist in Belarus has been charged with insulting police in a dispute about a change in his parole restrictions and will face trial next week.More  Podcast: Danchyk, An American Idol -- In Belarus In Episode 46 of The Blender, we sit down with our own Bohdan Andrusyshyn, a.k.a. Danchyk, the American-born singer who won legions of fans in Belarus for choosing to sing in their vanishing native language. Danchyk takes us from his early days as a darling of New York's Ukrainian and Belarusian immigrant communities to his first performance in Minsk in 1989 -- and shares some great music, in Belarusian and English, along the way. More  Belarusian Rights Activist Jailed A Belarusian court has sentenced human rights activist Ales Byalyatski to 4 1/2 years in prison for tax evasion. More  Belarusian Christians Sue Minsk Police Christian organizations in Minsk filed a lawsuit today against police in connection with the violent dispersal on November 22 of Christians gathered in the Belarusian capital's October Square. More  Jailed Belarus Opposition Leader's Location Unclear The whereabouts of a jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate remains unclear. More  Jail Sought For Belarus Activist The prosecutor at the tax-evasion trial of prominent Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski has asked for a five-year prison term. More  Belarusian Activist's Trial Adjourned A Minsk court has adjourned until November 23 the tax-evasion trial of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski. More  Embattled Belarusian Journalist Receives Polish Media Award A journalist for a top Polish daily convicted in Belarus of defaming President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has received a Polish award. More  Activists Protest At Russian Atomic Agency Belarusian antinuclear activists have picketed the Moscow building of Russia's state nuclear agency, Rosatom, protesting Moscow's plans to build a new nuclear station in western Belarus. More  Podcast: U.S. Tries To Be More Civil, Plus Iran's Deep Voice Of Satire In Episode 45 of The Blender, we sit down with Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, a senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to find out why Washington is trying to be more civil. We also introduce you to RFE/RL's Farshid Manafi, just voted AIB's International Radio Personality of the Year, and to Dan Telegin, Russia's post-punk, lo-fi genius. More  Belarus Deports Polish NGO Workers Belarusian officials in the western city of Berastse have deported a second Polish woman working for a nongovernmental organization. More  Byalyatski Trial Again Postponed A Minsk court has postponed hearings in the trial of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski. More  Jailed Belarusian Opposition Leader Again In Transit Jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau has been transferred without warning from a labor camp in the eastern city of Babruysk.More  U.S. Congressman Pledges To Push For ICC Indictment Of Belarusian President Lukashenka A senior member of U.S. Congress has pledged to push the Obama administration to support Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's indictment by the International Criminal Court. Representative Chris Smith made the pledge at a congressional hearing that heard dramatic testimony by former Belarusian presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich, who told the committee that he was tortured while in prison. More  Belarusian Journalist Convicted Of Defaming President Is Warned A journalist for a top Polish daily convicted in Belarus of defaming President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says he has been warned for violating parole regulations. More  Polish NGO Worker Told To Quit Belarus A Polish citizen working for an NGO has been ordered to leave Belarus by November 16. More  Transdniester Leader Shrugs Off Moscow Call To Go The leader of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester says that his political future will be decided by voters, not by Russia. More  Moldova Set For Dialogue With Russia Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca says Moscow is increasingly open to a "more intense dialogue" with Chisinau over the breakaway region of Transdniester. More  Poll: Moldovans Losing Interest In EU A new poll shows Moldovans are losing interest in the post-Soviet country's European integration and is warming up to the idea of joining a Commonwealth of Independent States' (CIS) free-trade zone led by Russia. More No Candidates For Moldovan President Moldova is likely to postpone its presidential election after no candidates were registered before the November 14 deadline. More  Pensioners Storm Donetsk Office Pensioners in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have attacked and attempted to occupy the office of the regional governor. More  Brussels Bureaucrats Besotted With Boxer Klitschko It takes a slugger like Ukrainian boxing champ Vitali Klitschko to be able to knock out the hardy pros in the European Commission. More  Ukrainians Spar Over Orange Anniversary The seventh anniversary of Ukraine's Orange Revolution has highlighted politically charged perspectives on that country's protest-fueled showdown in 2004 that pitted pro-democracy activists alleging electoral fraud against the forces behind current President Viktor Yanukovych. More  'Darth Vader' Seeks Free Land In Odesa, Welcomes Authorities To 'Dark Side' A man dressed as Darth Vader tries to get in on the action to highlight suspected corruption during a land giveaway in the Black Sea city of Odesa. More  Ukraine Protesters Clash With Police Some 500 veterans of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster cleanup have clashed with police in Kyiv. More A man has been killed in an explosion in Ukraine's eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk. More  Ukrainian Love Quest Ends In Homelessness Cary Dolego came to Ukraine as a man on a mission. Like a modern-day Don Quixote, the twice-divorced 53-year old -- a 2010 Green Party write-in candidate for Arizona governor -- was in search of a damsel to wed, and he was willing to go far afield to make it happen. More  Chornobyl Veterans In Ukraine Start Hunger Strike More than 40 veterans of the Chornobyl cleanup have gone on hunger strike in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk to protest planned pension cuts. More |
