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Former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev
Denis Voronenkov, a former Russian MP, was killed in the centre of Kiev on Thursday, police said. The 45-year-old was shot dead by un unidentified man outside a hotel in the Ukrainian capital, the AP reported. His bodyguard was injured in the attack. Voronenkov, a former member of Russia’s Communist Party, moved to Ukraine from...
Nunes claims some Trump transition messages were intercepted
House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes declared Wednesday that members of Donald Trump’s transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under inadvertent surveillance following November’s presidential election. The White House and Trump’s allies immediately seized on the statement as vindication of...
Russian Critic Of Putin Regime Murdered In Kyiv
A former Russian parliamentarian who fled to Ukraine and harshly criticized the Russian authorities has been murdered in Kyiv. Former Communist parliamenarian Denis Voronenkov, was one of two men killed outside Kyiv’s Premier Palace hotel March 23, according to the Vesti Ukraine news website. Kyiv Police Chief Andrei Krishchenko is reported...
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[Ticker] Ukraine spy agency bars Russian Eurovision singer
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency barred Russian singer Yulia Samoylova from entering the country for three years, two months ahead of the Eurovision song-contest, where Samoylova was to represent Russia. In 2015 Samoylova had toured in Crimea, a Ukrainian region annexed by Russia, without permission from Ukrainian...
Federica Mogherini ‘soft’ on disinformation, critics say
Federica Mogherini’s unit working to counter Russian disinformation and propaganda strategies — known as the East StratCom team — has a problem. Unfortunately for Mogherini, it’s her. Activists, analysts, foreign ministries and political opponents in the European People’s Party have piled pressure...
[Ticker] Russia invites EU diplomats to occupied Crimea
The Russian foreign ministry Wednesday invited EU diplomats to “see with their own eyes” how Russian occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula for the past two years has led to “positive changes in the lives of people” there. It spoke after the EU foreign service and the European Parliament voiced support for...
Ukraine bans Russian singer from Eurovision
Ukraine has banned Russia’s entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest because she has performed in Crimea, the BBC reported Wednesday. In 2015, Yulia Samoylova sang in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in may 2014. Ukraine’s SBU security service said she will be banned for her “illegal” visit. SBU has blacklisted at least 140...
[Opinion] Ukraine’s IT boom could speed EU integration
Ukraine’s IT sector could play a critical role in fighting corruption, building confidence in the country and easing the concerns of critics in the EU. …read more Source:...
Billionaire paid Fillon $50,000 for meeting with Putin: report
PARIS — A billionaire Lebanese businessman paid François Fillon $50,000 to organize meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the chief executive of French oil giant Total, the Canard Enchaîné reported in a story to be published Wednesday. The investigative and satirical weekly said that back in 2015, the French...
Manafort sought for questioning — in DC and Kiev
American and Ukrainian officials are pushing to question President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in separate investigations related to his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine once headed by that country’s disgraced former president Viktor Yanukovych. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) told...
