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Manafort moves to suppress evidence found in storage unit
Apr07

Manafort moves to suppress evidence found in storage unit

Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are arguing that what could be key evidence against him should be kept out of court because the FBI violated his Constitutional rights by illegally entering a storage locker belonging to Manafort’s firm. The FBI first got into the Alexandria, Va. storage unit last May with the...

Trump sanctions Putin’s inner circle
Apr06

Trump sanctions Putin’s inner circle

The Trump administration on Friday sanctioned seven oligarchs with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including Putin’s son-in-law and businessmen with links to the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, further widening the gap between Trump’s rhetoric and actions towards Russia. Included on the sanctions list is Oleg...

Low voter turnout good for Fidesz | Ukrayinska Pravda – Ukraine
Apr06

Low voter turnout good for Fidesz | Ukrayinska Pravda – Ukraine

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Armenia’s disputed move toward true democracy
Apr06

Armenia’s disputed move toward true democracy

YEREVAN — Armenia plans to change its system of governance in a bid to improve democracy — but critics claim it’s all smoke and mirrors. In early April, just as Yerevan prepares to ratify a landmark agreement with the European Union, the small Caucasus nation will complete its shift from an executive presidency to a parliamentary system —...

Ukraine’s invisible scars
Apr06

Ukraine’s invisible scars

DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine — Volodymyr Semistyaga was wading through documents in the archives of Luhansk University when the stomp of boots interrupted his reading. A group of pro-Russian separatists knocked him down, pulled a sack over his head and dragged him from the building. It was June 2014 and fighting between Ukrainian government forces and...

Mueller prosecutors defend money laundering charge against Manafort
Apr05

Mueller prosecutors defend money laundering charge against Manafort

Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller are urging a federal judge to turn down former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s argument that a money laundering charge he faces is flawed because the activity that generated the funds — lobbying for a foreign government — is not illegal. Manafort is accused of laundering more than $30...

How the Great War could reign on Trump’s parade
Apr02

How the Great War could reign on Trump’s parade

Many of President Donald Trump’s critics fear he will start World War III. But he may bring good news for devotees of World War I. This coming Veterans Day, the weekend selected for Trump’s $30 million military parade, is also the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War on November 11, 1918. That’s the...

How the Great War could reign on Trump’s parade
Apr02

How the Great War could reign on Trump’s parade

Many of President Donald Trump’s critics fear he will start World War III. But he may bring good news for devotees of World War I. This coming Veterans Day, the weekend selected for Trump’s $30 million military parade, is also the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War on November 11, 1918. That’s the...

Inside the lobbying campaign that caught Mueller’s attention
Mar30

Inside the lobbying campaign that caught Mueller’s attention

The lobbyists hired by Paul Manafort launched a lobbying blitz barely a week after the Senate began weighing a resolution to publicly condemn the man who was effectively their client, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, for throwing a political opponent in jail. A lobbyist for one prominent Washington firm, the Podesta Group, emailed the staff...

Mueller: Rick Gates spoke to person with Russian spy ties in late 2016
Mar28

Mueller: Rick Gates spoke to person with Russian spy ties in late 2016

Rick Gates, a senior official on President Donald Trump’s campaign, was in contact in September and October 2016 with an associate that the FBI assessed had ongoing ties to Russia’s intelligence services, special counsel Robert Mueller said in a new court filing. In a federal court filing Tuesday, Mueller described the associate of...