Section: US & Canada
In Ukrainian candidate’s hometown, a cry for change
Residents of this grim industrial city in eastern Ukraine say they are exhausted by a daily battle for survival amid low wages and soaring bills. Many of them believe a … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
In Ukrainian candidate’s hometown, a cry for change
As Sunday’s presidential runoff election in Ukraine approaches, residents of an industrial city where leading candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy was raised are speaking about their soaring cost of living …read more Source: ABC...
In Ukrainian candidate’s hometown, a cry for change
Residents of this grim industrial city in eastern Ukraine say they are exhausted by a daily battle for survival amid low wages and soaring bills. Many of them believe a … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Trump Campaign Was Deeply Co-opted By Russian Influence Operation
While special counsel Robert Mueller was unable to establish a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian government, his redacted report paints a picture of a campaign deeply co-opted by a multi-prong Russian influence campaign. The report details how over several months in the summer of 2016, different Russian intelligence...
Putin Ally Makes Pitch to Probable Next Leader of Ukraine
Ukraine’s new president could regain control over the separatist-controlled east of his country within months and get cheap gas and major investment from Russia if he does a deal with Moscow, the Kremlin’s closest ally in Ukraine said. Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent figure in Ukraine’s Russia-leaning opposition, outlined the...
Ukrainian Presidential Front-Runner Pledges To Hold Referendum On NATO
Ukrainian presidential front-runner Volodymyr Zelenskiy has pledged to hold a referendum on whether or not Kyiv should join NATO if he is elected president. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Should Fear Ukraine’s Russia-Friendly Front-Runner
The Kremlin will soon wish it were still dealing with a Ukrainian president who so much resembled its own. …read more Source: Foreign...
Read Robert Mueller’s Written Summaries of His Russia Report
Attorney General William Barr released Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Thursday. Contained therein were the summaries Mueller’s team prepared for the nearly 450-page-long document—presumably, the details he felt were most important to know. The report details Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election and details...
Ukraine Election: The President vs. the Guy Who Plays One on TV
Ukraine’s presidential runoff Sunday is a battle between a billionaire tycoon who rode anti-Russian protests to the nation’s top office five years ago and a comedian who plays a president in a TV sitcom. Improbably, the actor appears poised to win. Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s commanding lead in the polls reflects...
Leaders of Russia, Estonia Sit Down for Talks
The presidents of Russia and Estonia have sat down for talks at the Kremlin for the first time in nearly a decade. Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid arrived in Moscow on Thursday to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. Putin told Kaljulaid in opening remarks that the lack of high-level contacts between Russia and Estonia is “not a normal...
