Section: US & Canada
Onetime Russian Hero Selling Gold Crimea Medal Bearing ‘Despised’ Putin
Igor Girkin was once seen as a hero in Russia for his role in the occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Now he’s selling his gold medal celebrating Crimea’s “reunification with Russia.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Pivots, Says Austrian Journalist Barred ‘For His Own Safety’
The Ukrainian Security Service first said Christian Wehrschuetz had been banned for violating laws on entering Russia-annexed Crimea. Now, citing the reporter’s own public concerns, they say they want “to avoid possible provocations.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Facebook sues Ukrainian web operators for fraud
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against two Ukrainian web operators for collecting private user data and putting advertisements into their news feeds. …read more Source: United Press...
WATCH: Elizabeth Warren campaigns, protests in Ukraine, rebel fighters in the Congo
Here’s a look at the top photos from around the globe. …read more Source: ABC...
Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate
Screenshot from MSNBC “This new Cold War [is] more dangerous than the preceding Cold War,” professor Stephen Cohen tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer in the latest installment of “Scheer Intelligence.” Cohen, a professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University, has a new book out that addresses the...
A Ukrainian Priest’s Fight Club
When Orthodox priest Andriy Korobkov is not ministering to his small parish in western Ukraine, he’s serving the community in a different way: by teaching kids martial arts. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Defense Ministry Boasts About Revived Military Power
The Russian military has commissioned more than 1,000 new aircraft and thousands of tanks in the past few years in a massive modernization effort amid tensions with the West, the nation’s defense minister said Monday. Sergei Shoigu boasted of the military’s achievements in his six years on the job, saying in a speech to lawmakers that...
Ukraine Police: Twenty Officers Hospitalized After Clashes With Far-Right Activists
Police in Ukraine say that 22 officers were injured in clashes with far-right protesters who tried to attack a presidential motorcade ahead of this month’s election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine police: 15 officers injured in clash with far-right
Ukrainian police say 15 officers have been injured in a clash with far-right demonstrators who disrupted a campaign appearance of President Petro Poroshenko …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine police: 15 officers injured in clash with far-right
Ukrainian police said 15 officers were injured Saturday in a clash with far-right demonstrators who disrupted a campaign appearance of President Petro Poroshenko. The clash took place in the city … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
