Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report 27.08.2013 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 Nominees Announced For Havel Prize The shortlisted nominees for this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize are jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Byalyatski, Georgia's Young Lawyers' Association, and the Rights Defense Network of China. More   Belarusian Opposition Journalist Sentenced In Sweden For Attempted Murder A prominent Belarusian opposition journalist living in Sweden has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the attempted murder of her former husband. More   Belarusian Physician Starts Hunger Strike A Belarusian physician critical of local officials has reportedly gone on hunger strike after being forced into a psychiatric hospital in the eastern city of Vitsebsk. More   U.S. Sub Expert Guilty In Spy Case A retired U.S. Navy submarine specialist has been found guilty of attempted espionage for Russia. More   Belarusian Supreme Court Upholds Decision Not To Register Opposition Group The Supreme Court of Belarus has upheld the Justice Ministry's decision not to officially register an opposition group. More   Moldova Moldova Remembers Victims Of Stalinism The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism and Stalinism was marked in Chisinau on August 23 with the official unveiling on Railway Station Square of a monument in memory of deportees. It is the first monument honoring the victims of the Soviet totalitarian regime in Moldova. More   Ukraine Interview: Fukuyama On Democratization In Eastern Europe More than two decades ago, at a time when the world was witnessing the collapse of the Soviet Union and its socialist economy, as well as the triumph of the free market and democracy, Francis Fukuyama predicted that liberalism would sweep away competing ideologies. But in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL's Belarus Service, Fukuyama explains that democratization in Eastern Europe and Russia has not come easily. More   Russian Actor In Trouble Over Crimean Tatar Remarks Ukraine's Crimean Tatars are outraged at Russian actor Aleksei Panin over what they say are his deeply offensive comments about their ethnic group. The Ukrainian authorities have opened a criminal case against the actor, who hit and insulted a Crimean Tatar during a car accident. More   Ukrainian Activists Draw Attention To Little-Known WWII Tragedy As Europe marks its Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism on August 23, some Ukrainians are seeking to draw attention to a little-known wartime tragedy. In 1941, as Nazi German troops advanced through Ukraine, Soviet authorities blew up a hydroelectric dam in the southern city of Zaporizhzhya to slow the Nazi advance. The explosion flooded villages along the banks of the Dnieper River, killing thousands of civilians. But Ukrainian authorities are unwilling to honor the victims. More   Interview: U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt RFE/RL speaks to the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine about Kyiv's brewing trade dispute with Russia and about Kyiv's goal of signing an Association Agreement with the European Union in the coming months. More