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Ukraine deatins suspected Russian spy in premier’s inner circle
KIEV – Ukraine’s state security service SBU have detained a government official on suspicion of working in the interests of Russia, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Thursday. , “Together with the Security Service of Ukraine, an official in the government’s secretariat was found to be working for a long time in the...
Former Trump adviser interviewed in Congress in Russia probe
WASHINGTON – Walid Phares, a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Friday in its investigation of possible Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. election. , Phares did not speak to reporters as he entered the committee’s classified meeting room...
Tillerson holds tough line on Russia sanctions over Ukraine
VIENNA – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held his tough line on Russia during a visit to Europe on Thursday, saying in front of his Russian counterpart that Washington would keep sanctions in place until Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine. , The conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists has claimed more than...
Putin Speaks Directly To Separatist Leaders, Presses Prisoner Swap
MOSCOW-Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders of Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk that he favors a plan for a prisoner swap with Kyiv, in a rare acknowledgement of direct contact with the separatist forces., Russian state-run news agency TASS on November 15 quoted Kremlin spokesman...
Mattis backs Geneva process on Syrian conflict
HELSINKI – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he backed diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over more than six years of conflict, as Islamic State militants near defeat. , Mattis was traveling to Finland to meet with leaders from the Northern Group, a...
Manafort spent millions on homes, rugs, clothes: court filing
WASHINGTON – Paul Manafort, the indicted former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, spent almost $1 million on eight rugs in two years and more than $1.3 million on clothes from shops in Beverly Hills, California, and New York City. , His lavish lifestyle – with homes in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Hamptons, Arlington, Virginia...
Two ex-Trump aides charged in Russia probe, third pleads guilty
WASHINGTON – Federal investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election charged President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another aide, Rick Gates, with money laundering on Monday. , A third former Trump adviser, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty in early October to lying to the FBI, it was...
Fearing Russia, Sweden holds biggest war games in 20 years
GOTHENBURG – Neutral Sweden has launched its biggest war games in two decades with support from NATO countries, drilling 19,000 troops after years of spending cuts that have left the country fearful of Russia’s growing military strength. , On the eve of Russia’s biggest maneuvers since 2013, which NATO says will be greater than...
Crimean Tatar leader jailed for stirring anti-Russia protests
SIMFEROPOL – A court in Crimea handed down a prison sentence of eight years on Monday to a Crimean Tatar leader, Ahtem Chiygoz, found guilty of stirring up mass disorder, his lawyer told Reuters. , In 2014, Chiygoz led crowds of Crimean Tatars in street protests against Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. The disorder...
Russia ready for more engagement with US, despite sanctions
MANILA, Philippines – Russia’s top diplomat said Sunday his country was ready for more engagement with the United States on North Korea, Syria, Ukraine and other pressing matters, even as Moscow braced for new sanctions from the Trump administration., Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex...
