Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Paul Manafort and Russian colleague ghostwrote editorial: special counsel
The special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election on Monday accused President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, of working with a Russian colleague to draft an opinion piece about his political work for Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Reports of Russian tanks as rival factions battle for control in Eastern Ukraine
Dozens of armed men occupied the centre of the city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, blocking the entrances to several government buildings during a standoff between two top officials in the Russian-backed separatist enclave. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Trump and Putin speak by phone for an hour about Syria, North Korea
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for about an hour on Tuesday and covered topics including Syria, Ukraine, Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan, a White House official said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
White House signals support of Russia sanctions legislation
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Sunday that the Trump administration supports new legislation to punish Russia for its meddling in the 2016 presidential election and its aggression toward Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Former Trump campaign chairman Manafort earned nearly $17m from Ukrainian party
Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, recently filed financial reports showing that he earned nearly $17 million for two years of work. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Paul J. Manafort, US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, earned nearly $17 million from Ukranian party
Paul J. Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, recently filed financial reports with the Justice Department showing that he earned nearly $17 million for two years of work for a Ukrainian political party with links to the Kremlin. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Elves v trolls: How Europe is working to expose Russian meddling
Researchers in Britain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Latvia and Slovakia are working against Russia’s “weaponised information”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay pride in Kiev on Sunday, carrying banners and waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags in a parade flanked by a thick cordon of helmeted police. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Washington’s political chaos is a good return on investment for Moscow
Russia has yet to collect much of what it hoped for from the Trump administration, including the lifting of US sanctions and recognition of its annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Eleven crew missing after cargo ship sinks off coast of Crimea coast
A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey has sunk off the coast of Crimea and 11 of the crew are missing, Crimea’s emergency situations ministry says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
