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NewsAlert: Canada expels Russian diplomats in wake of British attack
Mar26

NewsAlert: Canada expels Russian diplomats in wake of British attack

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is expelling four Russian diplomats and will deny permission for three others to bolster Russian staff in Canada. She says the move is in solidarity with Britain in the wake of a nerve agent attack in that country which left a former Russian spy and his daughter in hospital. Freeland...

The Very Best Day
Mar23

The Very Best Day

Photo by the Kremlin On March 3rd, 2018, the main pre-election rally for Vladimir Putin took place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Tens of thousands of public sector workers were brought in from various regions of the country and were expected to listen to the President’s speech as well as those of actors and singers who came out in his...

Russian Embassy says Trudeau criticism of Putin unproductive, confrontational
Mar23

Russian Embassy says Trudeau criticism of Putin unproductive, confrontational

The Russian Embassy is firing back at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for criticizing President Vladimir Putin at a news conference this week. But a leading expert on Russia and the Arctic is dismissing the dust-up as the result of a mistaken prime minister, and a junior Russian diplomat with an itchy Twitter finger. Trudeau said on Wednesday...

China is a bigger threat than Russia—but you won’t hear Trudeau say it
Mar22

China is a bigger threat than Russia—but you won’t hear Trudeau say it

The Kremlin is sinister and dangerous and we should watch out for its mischief during the 2019 federal elections, because this is very serious business, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned this week. As if we haven’t been hearing this for more than a year now, but yes, thank you, Prime Minister Trudeau. We get it. Of course it’s...

Foreign election interference a reality, says Trudeau after Putin re-election
Mar21

Foreign election interference a reality, says Trudeau after Putin re-election

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada needs to be vigilant about protecting the integrity of its electoral systems from foreign interference. He offered that assessment in a Toronto press conference in response to questions about the influence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was re-elected this week to six more years in...

Ukrainian lawmakers must leave guns outside parliament
Mar20

Ukrainian lawmakers must leave guns outside parliament

Ukraine’s parliament has approved a bill requiring lawmakers to lock up their guns before entering the chamber. …read more Source: CTV...

Revealed: Trump’s election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians
Mar19

Revealed: Trump’s election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians

Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica – the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump’s presidential victory – have been secretly filmed saying they could entrap politicians in compromising situations with bribes and Ukrainian sex workers. In an undercover investigation by Channel 4 News, the company’s chief executive...

After Documenting Nazi Crimes, A French Priest Exposes ISIS Attacks On Yazidis
Mar18

After Documenting Nazi Crimes, A French Priest Exposes ISIS Attacks On Yazidis

Patrick Desbois has spent the last 15 years uncovering details of Nazi massacres in Eastern Europe and Russia. Using the same methods, the priest is now uncovering ISIS crimes against Yazidis.(Image credit: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:...

Conservative defence critic questions plan to send Canadian peacekeepers to Mali
Mar17

Conservative defence critic questions plan to send Canadian peacekeepers to Mali

The Conservative defence critic is questioning the Trudeau government’s decision to send peacekeeping troops to the troubled West African nation of Mali. A senior government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed late Friday night that Canada will dispatch an aviation task force to Mali as part of a United Nations...

Putin is the new Stalin. Here’s why his poisonous gangland oligarchy will prevail
Mar16

Putin is the new Stalin. Here’s why his poisonous gangland oligarchy will prevail

Among the many reasons you can be confident that the 65-year-old former KGB lieutenant-colonel Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin will win re-election as Russia’s president this coming Sunday, the most persuasive is that last December, Putin’s primary challenger was conveniently disqualified from running for office. Alexei Navalny, the...