Section: US & Canada
Poland, Ukraine Hail EU Court Ruling That Curbs Gazprom’s Nord Stream Pipeline Access
Gazprom says it is analyzing the legal and commercial consequences of a September 10 court ruling that reduced gas flows via the Opal pipeline, which connects Germany with the Russian state-owned gas company’s Nord Stream pipeline, Reuters reports. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US Senators: Congress Likely to Restore Aid to Ukraine
Republican and Democratic senators said Tuesday they expected the U.S. Congress would pass legislation restoring $250 million in military aid for Ukraine if President Donald Trump goes ahead with plans to block the assistance.“If he decides not to spend this money, I truly am fairly confident, that, on a bipartisan basis, Congress will...
In ‘Women Make Film,’ a 14-Hour Epic of an Overlooked History
The length of Mark Cousin’s 14-hour documentary “Women Make Film” is itself a statement. The work of female filmmakers throughout cinema history is too rich and too vast for anything less.Cousins’ epic film, which has been playing throughout the Toronto International Film Festival, is not a chronological history but a personal, roving...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Talks ‘Business’ With Oligarch Kolomoyskiy
A picture of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was posted on his administration’s Facebook page meeting oligarch and former business associate Ihor Kolomoyskiy on September 10, with a message stating they spoke about “issues of conducting business in Ukraine.” …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine President Meets Tycoon Kolomoisky Amid Concerns Over Business Ties
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met business tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky on Tuesday, the president’s office said, the first reported meeting since Zelenskiy’s inauguration in May between the two men who had long-standing business ties.The president’s relationship with Kolomoisky, one of the richest businessman in...
ArcelorMittal’s Ukraine Steel Mill To Move $400 Million Out Of Country Amid Probes
Europe’s largest steel mill, owned by top investor ArcelorMittal and located in Ukraine, is planning to move $433 million out of the country to pay dividends to its parent company. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine: Director in prisoner swap backs jailed Russians
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Speak Up, John Bolton
Whatever else he has been through in his career, John Bolton is a patriot. He has been impelled by a strong vision of the national interest. He has run career risks and sacrificed life opportunities for the sake of his principles. He went to work for President Donald Trump, aware of important disagreements between them. Bolton believed that his...
Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: Step Toward Peace or False Dawn?
The prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia Saturday has prompted hopes that Moscow and Kyiv are ready for serious talks to end a more than five-year war in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine — a Moscow-fomented conflict that’s claimed more than 13,000 lives.As the exchange unfolded, which included the release by Russia of 24 sailors...
Bulgaria Charges Former Lawmaker With Spying For Russia
Nikolai Malinov, a former parliamentary deputy from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) who now heads a pro-Russian nongovernmental organization, has been formally charged in Sofia with spying and laundering money for Russian organizations. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
