Latvia shuts down pro-Kremlin website Sputnik

Latvia shut down the Latvian edition of the pro-Kremlin Russian news site Sputnik, Reuters reports. Russia launched the website Sputniknews.lv in February and has been using it to spread propaganda targeting Latvia’s Russian-speaking minority. Latvia’s...

Ukrainian parties fail to form new governing coalition

Ukrainian party leaders failed to form a new coalition after former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko made last-minute demands on Tuesday, RFE/RL reports. Tymoshenko’s Fatherland Party was in talks with the parties of current PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Ukrainian...