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Pentagon’s top Russia expert says her calls for tougher policy were overrruled
The Pentagon’s former top Russia policy expert, who stepped down last week, says she worked behind the scenes to get the Obama administration to take a harder line with Moscow over its forays into Ukraine and Syria but was overruled — and remains concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin will test the U.S. and its allies in other...
Ukraine’s most popular politician
ODESSA — Former Georgian President and current Odessa Governor Mikhail Saakashvili said he would be prepared to take on the premiership of Ukraine in order to turn the country into a bulwark against Kremlin expansionism in Europe. “I would like to take part in big changes and reforms, and in whatever capacity I can do it — I can do it,” he told...
Inside the Pentagon’s fight over Russia
For those villagers eagerly snapping pictures on the side of a road in the Czech Republic in late September, the appearance of the line of U.S. “Stryker” armored fighting vehicles must have seemed more like a parade than a large-scale military operation. The movement of some 500-plus soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment from Vilsack in Bavaria to...
My starring role in Russian propaganda
PARIS — Early one morning a few weeks ago, my phone started to ring like crazy. Every few minutes, messages from colleagues all over the world flashed on the screen: “Is it true?”; “Did he really say that?”; “Can you confirm?”; “Will you go on air for us?” they asked. I was surprised, and confused — I was on vacation and had not recorded an...
Ukraine PM promises a new cabinet
KIEV — Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has pledged to bring in a new cabinet after his Western-friendly coalition suffered a resounding defeat to the parties of oligarchs and Russian sympathiszrs at local elections last week. “There have been mistakes,” Yatsenyuk admitted to POLITICO during an interview in his Soviet-era cabinet...
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[Ticker] Ukraine prosecutor undermining pro-EU reform, NGO says
Transparency International, a prominent NGO, has accused Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, of undermining the country’s EU agenda, including on visa-free travel, by “trying to exert personal control” over its new anti-corruption agencies. Its statement echoes complaints by Kalman Mizsei, an EU diplomat tasked...
Kiev’s call for EU mission falling on deaf ears
Kiev has, again, urged the EU to send peacekeepers to east Ukraine. But there is little appetite in Brussels for the move, diplomats say. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Ukraine president boosts own wealth
Ukrainian president Poroshenko is the only one of the country’s top 10 richest men to increase his personal wealth over the past year, according to Novoye Vremya, an authoritative weekly. The confectionary tycoon is said to be worth $0.98bn, compared to $0.82 last year, moving from ninth to sixth position. …read more Source:...
Erdoğan tries to reassert control
Turkish voters headed to the polls Sunday for the second time in five months as the country struggles with deep unrest and divisions over its political future. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ahmet Davutoğlu, the prime minister and leader of the party, sought to reassert their authority, after a disappointing result in the earlier elections...
US drawing a line against Putin in Europe
WIESBADEN, GERMANY — Often criticized for being naïve and complacent about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, the Obama administration and its European allies are intensifying their planning and training for a potential conflict on NATO’s eastern flank, hoping to send the strongest possible message about Russian aggression....
