Section: US & Canada
How Two U.S. Religious Aid Workers May Have Helped A Ukrainian Tycoon Launder Millions
Mordechai Korf traveled on a religious mission to his family’s ancestral home in Ukraine just as the Soviet Union was collapsing. Years later, he and a close friend became very wealthy men. U.S. authorities say the men played a key role in helping Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskiy launder hundreds of millions of dollars in the United...
EU leaders seek to ramp up pressure on Belarus president
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are putting on a show of support Wednesday for people protesting in Belarus. Emergency talks will aim to highlight their concern about the contested presidential election and ratchet up pressure on officials linked to the security crackdown that followed. The EU believes that the results of the Aug. 9 polls,...
Another Arson Attack Appears To Target RFE/RL Journalists In Ukraine
An arson attack on a car used by an RFE/RL investigative team has been captured on surveillance cameras. The attack came days after a journalist belonging to the same team claimed to have found possible evidence of surveillance equipment in his apartment. In January, the car of an RFE/RL journalist was also targeted. …read more Source::...
Trump Denies Collusion After Senate Report Finds Evidence Of Russia’s 2016 Election Interference
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election showed he had not colluded with Russia or Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Marie Yovanovitch appears in Dem convention video ripping Trump
Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and a key witness in President Trump’s impeachment proceedings last year, appeared in a montage of former … …read more Source:: The...
Senate Intel Panel Finds ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks
The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election, affirming the findings of other investigations into an alleged Trump-Kremlin conspiracy. The Intelligence Committee’s report, which clocks in...
Four Ways In Which Senate Intel’s Bipartisan Russia Report Went Further Than Mueller’s
The nearly 1,000 page report released by the Senate Thursday morning reveals new details about Russian interference in the 2016 election, going beyond — and at times openly contradicting — the findings of the Mueller report. The Senate Intelligence Committee released the report into Russian meddling and allegations of ties between the Trump...
FAQ: Who is Konstantin Kilimnik and why does his name appear 800 times in a Senate report?
In Ukraine, he was dubbed “Manafort’s Manafort.” …read more Source:: The Washington...
Britain to lead multinational effort to train Ukrainian navy
Britain’s Defense Secretary announced Tuesday that the country will lead a multinational Maritime Training Initiative for the Ukrainian navy in order to boost Ukraine’s ability to combat threats in the Black Sea. …read more Source:: United Press...
GOP-led Report Reveals Just How Close Manafort Was To Russian Military Intel
“Fragmentary” evidence suggests that Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a close associate of his may have had ties to Russia’s hacking of the 2016 Clinton campaign and the subsequent campaign to leak the stolen documents, a Republican-led Senate committee said on Tuesday. The report, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee,...
