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Trump denies pressuring Ukraine, will not commit to transcript release
US President Donald Trump on Monday denied trying to coerce Ukraine into investigating his Democratic rival Joe Biden, but wavered about whether he would release a transcript of a phone call that some Democrats say is grounds for his impeachment. …read more Source::...
President is defiant as House Democrats press for Ukraine files
Leading congressional Democrats demanded Monday that the Trump administration turn over documentation about allegations that President Donald Trump sought to pressure the Ukrainian president to dig up dirt on a leading political rival, as a growing number of their colleagues said his actions could warrant impeachment. …read more Source::...
Biden urges investigation into Trump Ukraine call
Former US Vice President Joe Biden, a frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, on Saturday called for an investigation into reports that President Donald Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Biden and his son. …read more Source::...
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in first sign of thawing relations
Russia and Ukraine swapped dozens of prisoners on Saturday in a carefully-negotiated rapprochement that brought Western praise and could thaw a freeze in relations since Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea region in 2014. …read more Source::...
America’s Silence Helps Autocrats Triumph
America’s Silence Helps Autocrats Triumph Without the support of the U.S. government, pro-democracy forces around the world will wither as authoritarianism gains ground. By Larry Diamond September 6, 2019 A man draped in an Algerian national flag walks along a street as protesters take part in a demonstration against the ruling class in...
PBS reporter calls Trump a liar to his face
PBS reporter calls Trump a liar to his face Aldous J Pennyfarthing Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Monday August 26, 2019 Okay, she was kinda-sorta diplomatic about it, but still. After Donald Trump blathered some nonsense about never, ever doing things for political reasons (really?),...
Ukraine, EU oppose Trump’s suggestion of readmitting Russia to G7
Ukraine’s president backed leading European powers on Thursday in opposing the readmission of Russia to the Group of Seven advanced economies, saying Moscow still occupied Crimea and was frustrating peace in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The Return of Doomsday; The New Nuclear Arms Race—and How Washington and Moscow Can Stop It
The Return of Doomsday Vladimir Putin and his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stand by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe during a military parade, 2018.Sputnik / Alexei Nikolsky / Kremlin via Reuters The New Nuclear Arms Race—and How Washington and Moscow Can Stop It By Ernest J. Moniz And Sam Nunn August 6, 2019 Vladimir Putin and his Defense...
Two Decades On, Smoldering Questions About The Russian President’s Vault To Power
Two Decades On, Smoldering Questions About The Russian President’s Vault To Power August 07, 2019 By Mike Eckel Radio Free Europe www.rferl.org Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts, Alyaksandr Lukashenka (left) and Leonid Kuchma, at a service marking the defeat of Nazi Germany near the southern...
Facebook removes accounts from Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Honduras
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed accounts from Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Honduras, in its latest move against “coordinated inauthentic behaviour.” …read more Source:...
