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Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili arrested in Ukraine
Dec09

Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili arrested in Ukraine

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested in Ukraine late Friday, days after his supporters freed him from a police van in Kiev. Ukraine’s prosecutor-general, Yuriy Lutsenko, said in a post on his Facebook page that “everything was done to avoid bloodshed” and that Saakashvili, who has been accused of forming a “criminal...

Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili arrested in Ukraine
Dec09

Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili arrested in Ukraine

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested in Ukraine late Friday, days after his supporters freed him from a police van in Kiev. Ukraine’s prosecutor-general, Yuriy Lutsenko, said in a post on his Facebook page that “everything was done to avoid bloodshed” and that Saakashvili, who has been accused of forming a “criminal...

A storm brewing on the Maidan | Den – Ukraine
Dec08

A storm brewing on the Maidan | Den – Ukraine

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Supporters willing to go to any lengths | Novoye Vremya – Ukraine
Dec07

Supporters willing to go to any lengths | Novoye Vremya – Ukraine

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UK will not pay lump sum Brexit bill, according to draft agreement
Dec07

UK will not pay lump sum Brexit bill, according to draft agreement

LONDON — The U.K. will pay no upfront Brexit divorce bill to the European Union but will instead continue to act “as if [it] remained a member state” by meeting its ongoing liabilities as and when they arise for decades to come, according to a draft text of a joint agreement with the EU. The clause forms part of a proposed draft agreement between...

Saakashvili freed from police van by supporters after arrest
Dec07

Saakashvili freed from police van by supporters after arrest

KIEV — Masked members of Ukraine’s security services arrested Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and now Ukrainian opposition figure, in an early morning raid Tuesday. However, his supporters managed to free him from a police van before he could be taken away. The raid on his apartment unleashed chaotic scenes, as throngs of...

Prosecutors: Manafort tried to write op-ed with Russian operative while under house arrest
Dec05

Prosecutors: Manafort tried to write op-ed with Russian operative while under house arrest

Paul Manafort and a long-time Russia-based colleague with ties to Russian intelligence were caught last week ghost-writing an op-ed about his work in Ukraine, federal prosecutors working for special Russia counsel Robert Mueller said in a Monday court filing. Mueller’s office argued that by working on the article, which was never published,...

Prosecutors: Manafort tried to write op-ed with Russian operative while under house arrest
Dec05

Prosecutors: Manafort tried to write op-ed with Russian operative while under house arrest

Paul Manafort and a long-time Russia-based colleague with ties to Russian intelligence were caught last week ghost-writing an op-ed about his work in Ukraine, federal prosecutors working for special Russia counsel Robert Mueller said in a Monday court filing. Mueller’s office argued that by working on the article, which was never published,...

6 Brexit bill bombshells
Dec03

6 Brexit bill bombshells

As recently as August, Britain’s official position in Brexit talks was that there wouldn’t be any money (or “net flow”) going from U.K. coffers to the EU after 2019. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, told Brussels it could “go whistle” for a hefty Brexit bill. So much for that. Britain now (reluctantly) accepts it’ll be on...

6 Brexit bill bombshells
Dec03

6 Brexit bill bombshells

As recently as August, Britain’s official position in Brexit talks was that there wouldn’t be any money (or “net flow”) going from U.K. coffers to the EU after 2019. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, told Brussels it could “go whistle” for a hefty Brexit bill. So much for that. Britain now (reluctantly) accepts it’ll be on...