Section: US & Canada
HRW Blasts Russia Over ‘Escalating Pressure’ On Crimean Tatars
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the recent arrests of 23 Crimean Tatars by Russian authorities, calling it an “unprecedented move to intensify pressure on a group largely critical” of Moscow’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine: Rival accuses incumbent president of rigging vote
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Ukraine elections shouldn’t derail reform efforts, central bank deputy says
Ukraine is waking up to the prospect of a potentially radical change of political leadership, the country’s deputy central bank governor hopes reform efforts will continue. …read more Source:...
Tymoshenko Claims Election ‘Falsified’ But Won’t Challenge Result
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who failed to qualify for a presidential runoff election after official results put her in third place in the first round, has said that she believes the vote was “rigged” but will not contest the results in court. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s ex-PM accuses incumbent president of rigging vote
Ukraine’s former prime minister, who polled third in the nation’s tight race for the presidency, claims that the incumbent president rigged the results in his favor. …read more Source: FOX...
NATO Celebrates 70th Anniversary, But Demands Rise For European Burden-Sharing
On April 4th, 2019, NATO members will mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty — part of a successful effort to contain Soviet expansionism and to cajole the war-torn nations of Western Europe to forsake ancient enmities and to forge solidarity. But for the transatlantic alliance to continue, Europe will have to make...
Ukraine’s ex-PM accuses incumbent president of rigging vote
Ukraine’s former prime minister, who polled third in the nation’s tight race for the presidency, claims that the incumbent president rigged the results in his favor …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine’s ex-PM accuses incumbent president of rigging vote
Ukraine’s former prime minister, who polled third in the nation’s tight race for the presidency, claims that the incumbent president rigged the results in his favor. Yulia Tymoshenko said at … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Future Ukrainian NATO Membership In Question With Possibility of New President
KIEV, Ukraine—The Ukrainian presidential election will head to a runoff April 21 after Volodymyr Zelensky received 30.3 percent of the Ukrainian vote and current President Petro Poroshenko received 16 percent in the first round of voting, according to exit polling. Observers say Ukraine’s hopes for NATO membership may be in jeopardy with...
World briefs: Khashoggi children compensated for father’s death
Plus: U.S. suspends Turkey from F-35 program; Ukraine presidential runoff; Algeria’s leader will quit by April 28; and more. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
