Section: Africa&ME
Manafort indicted; ex-Trump aide pleads in Russia probe
Washington – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former Manafort business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted Monday on felony charges of conspiracy against the United States, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and several other financial counts involving tens of millions of dollars routed...
Manafort attorney: No evidence client colluded with Russia
The attorney for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort said on Monday there was no evidence Manafort colluded with the Russian government while working for the campaign and in fact his work on behalf of Ukraine had ended two years earlier …read more Source: The Daily...
Trump ex-campaign manager Manafort indicted on conspiracy, money-laundering charges
“Manafort and Gates generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their Ukraine work,” the indictment states. …read more Source: Mail &...
Former Trump campaign manager indicted in Russia probe
Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, surrendered to the FBI on Monday and another ex-aide pleaded guilty to lying to agents in the most serious steps yet of a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort, 68, a longtime Republican operative, arrived at the Federal Bureau of...
Ukraine’s Forces Shell Donbass Ceasefire Center in Donetsk – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) — “At 09:00 a.m. [07:00 GMT] the Ukrainian Armed Forces based in Mar’inka opened a precision fire on Oleksandrivka using an SPG-9 [anti-tank grenade launcher]. The shelling lasted for more than an hour. At around 09:10 a.m. an explosion was registered near a school building, where the monitoring group ‘Oleksandrivka’...
Ukraine’s Forces Shell Donbass Ceasefire Center in Donetsk – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) — “At 09:00 a.m. [07:00 GMT] the Ukrainian Armed Forces based in Mar’inka opened a precision fire on Oleksandrivka using an SPG-9 [anti-tank grenade launcher]. The shelling lasted for more than an hour. At around 09:10 a.m. an explosion was registered near a school building, where the monitoring group ‘Oleksandrivka’...
US rep. meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
US special representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker has held talks with President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Politics: Mueller has reportedly filed the first charges in the Russia investigation
The charges, which are still sealed and unclear on its specific allegations, could see an arrest as soon as Monday. Special counsel Robert Mueller has filed the first charges in the Russia investigation, CNN reported Friday. Mueller is investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, as well as whether anyone in President Donald...
Hopes fade for 8 Russians missing in Arctic helicopter accident
* Helicopter lost off Svalbard island since Thursday * Eight Russians listed as missing * Waves, snowy weather in search area Hopes of finding survivors from a Russian helicopter which disappeared off the coast of the Arctic Svalbard archipelago faded on Friday as Norwegian rescuers searched in vain for a second day in ice-cold waters. Eight...
Russia’s Monitoring Officers in Donbass Come Under Shelling – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) —The mission reported that “shelling of the Bezymennoye observation post started at 15:25 on October 27, twenty-five 82-millimeter mortar shells were fired and the fire was being delivered from the direction of Shirokino [controlled by Kiev].” According to the reports, the shelling is continuing and the information about the...
