Drone Line. Biker Gangs. A Summer Offensive. Ukraine’s Defenses Are Stretched To The Breaking Point. Again.
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL Sometime around May 13, two battle-hardened Russian motor rifle
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Italian Court Gives Russian Lawyer 38-Month Prison Sentence For Role In Artyom Uss Escape
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL An Italian court sentenced a Geneva-based Russian lawyer to
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In Italian Court, Another Verdict Looms In Saga Of Artyom Uss’s Great Escape
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL After Artyom Uss, a Russian businessman and son of
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Donald, Vladimir, And A 2-Hour Phone Call: Did Putin Get The Better Of Trump?
By Todd Prince and Mike Eckel (Eckel is a Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL) Last month, US
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Don’t Mention The (Ukraine) War: How Putin Celebrated WWII Victory Day
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL Eighty years after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Russian
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Victory Day On Red Square: 5 Things To Watch In This Year’s Kremlin War Anniversary
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL It’s the marquee celebration of the Russian calendar, the
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Inside The (New) Ukraine-US Minerals Deal: Who Got The Better End?
By Mike Eckel and Serhiy Stetsenko (Eckel is a Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL) Three months ago,
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Witkoff And Putin Hold Talks As Trump Says Crimea ‘Will Stay With Russia’
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL Talks between President Vladimir Putin and the White House
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What’s On The Table: Ukraine Talks Get Downgraded As Top Officials Pull Out
By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL An Easter truce that wasn’t. The United States threatening
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Officials Call Ukraine Peace Talks ‘Substantive’ Despite Last-Minute No-Shows
By Ray Furlong and Mike Eckel (Eckel is a Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL) Officials from Ukraine,
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