June 2012
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Silly Dictator Story #3: Uzbekistan (Unironically)...
On June 27, media workers across Uzbekistan (presumably) celebrated a day named in their honor. The 19th iteration of Mass Media Workers’ Day was noted in a speech by Uzbek President Islam Karimov, where he cautioned the nation’s journalists not to “succumb to euphoria and get overexcited” about Uzbekistan’s many achievements…[read more]
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“So far, we haven’t had a single incident, not a single conflict situation. Ukrainian fans and Ukrainians in general have presented themselves as a very welcoming nation open to the world. That’s what has probably been the biggest surprise of this tournament.”
Markiyan Lubkivsky, Euro 2012 Ukraine tournament director, speaking today to journalists in Kyiv. For more...
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“What’s happening here is completely outrageous and disgraceful for our country. I’m here for two reasons: first, whatever you think about what these girls have done, they don’t deserve to be in jail; and second, I feel ashamed of my country.”
Opposition figure Leonid Gozman tells RFE/RL’s Russian Service outside the Tagansky court in Moscow as the court...
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Watch‘Beer, Architecture, And Beautiful Women’
As the Euro 2012 soccer championship enters its second week, foreign fans are getting acquainted with the attractions of Ukraine outside the stadium. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service asked foreign visitors what they appreciate about Kyiv.
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WatchAdventures In Tajik Public Transit (UGC)
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WatchTajik Rooseter, Puppy Fight Like Cats And Dogs
RFE/RL Tajik Service website reader “Vosse” uploaded this video of a rooster and a puppy, seemingly best of friends, wrestling aggressively but playfully in the courtyard of a farm in Tajikistan.
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Shot For Not Having Kids
Gulsika was 13 years old when she was forced into an arranged marriage. The first 10 days or so were pleasant — but then the abuse started. [read more]
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Russia Day: To Protest Or To Play?
Tens of thousands of Muscovites marched through the Russian capital today in the first mass protest since Vladimir Putin returned to the Kremlin for his third term as president. Authorities appeared intent on undermining the protest, as key opposition figures were summoned for questioning following coordinated raids on their homes on the eve of the rally. Meanwhile, citizens were offered an...
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Yevgenia Tymoshenko, the daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, speaking today in an interview with RFE/RL correspondent Antoine Blua.
“She was watching [Monday’s football] game between Ukraine and Sweden. It’s been very good for Ukraine — we won. Before, when she was prime minister, [along] with her colleagues, sports activists and sports people in...
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Gennady Gudkov, a State Duma member of the opposition A Just Russia party, speaking today to RFE/RL’s Russian Service during an opposition march in Moscow.
“It doesn’t seem that there will be any repressive actions at this point and I don’t even think there are enough [police personnel] for that. The police is absolutely peaceful, as you can see, so I don’t think...
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Thousands of Russians have been marching in Moscow in a rally calling for the resignation of President Vladimir Putin as well as for the reform of the country’s electoral system. RFE/RL’s correspondent, Tom Balmforth speaks to protesters in Moscow.
Yevgeny, 27-year old office worker:
“It seems to me personally that there are many more people here today than they were at the...
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WatchFlash Analysis: Rebellion In The Duma
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Website Keeps U.S. Politicians From Forever...
One of the best things about Twitter — the online platform that lets users broadcast short messages to potentially millions of people — is also one of the worst things about Twitter. The fun of instantly telling the world what you think can lead to spontaneous, ill-advised “tweets” you wish you hadn’t sent the minute you do. You might call it “tweeter’s...
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WatchIt’s shaping up to be Eastern Europe’s biggest contest this summer. No, not the Euro 2012 soccer championship opening in Poland and Ukraine later this week, but the contest between rival “psychic” animals touted as having the ability to predict soccer results…[read more]
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“The first attacker was riding on a motorcycle and after the attack people gathered at the scene. The second suicide bomber walked through the crowd and blew himself up. Twenty-two civilians were killed and 50 others were injured.”
Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, tells RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan.
Read: Dual Suicide Attacks Kill At Least 22...
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Pakistan's Goat-Grown Hashish
Just like his forefathers in the Afridi clan, the 32-year-old from Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghan border has become a connoisseur of the local delicacy, aged to perfection with a centuries-old technique.
“If you put [freshly prepared] hash resin into a goatskin or a sheepskin, it matures into something very good,” he says. “It is well-preserved inside...
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Ukraine: Friendlier Than You Think!
Hundreds of Ukrainians have flooded online to offer free lodging to Euro 2012 guests as part of a grassroots initiative to counter the wave of bad publicity ahead of this summer’s soccer tournament…[read more]
