Section: US & Canada
Mueller Calls For Harsh Sentence In Manafort Case, Citing ‘Gravity’ Of Crimes
Special counsel Robert Mueller advocated for a significant sentence for Paul Manafort in a Feb. 22 sentencing memo, citing the “gravity” of the former Trump campaign chairman’s criminal conduct. “For over a decade, Manafort repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,” Mueller writes. “His crimes continued up through the time he was first...
Americans Don’t Need the Mueller Report to Judge Trump
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report could come out as soon next week, CNN reported on Thursday. Unless, of course, it doesn’t—after all, there have been various suggestions for months that the end was in sight, and the Justice Department said Friday there would be no report next week. And anyway, none of this matters if newly...
Moldova parliamentary ballot: what’s at stake?
More than three million Moldovans will vote in a parliamentary elections Sunday in this former Soviet republic wedged between Romania and Ukraine choosing representatives for the 101-seat legislature for a four-year term …read more Source: ABC...
Moldova parliamentary ballot: what’s at stake?
More than three million Moldovans are eligible to vote in parliamentary elections Sunday in this former Soviet republic wedged between Romania and Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Moldova parliamentary ballot: what’s at stake?
More than three million Moldovans are eligible to vote in parliamentary elections Sunday in this former Soviet republic wedged between Romania and Ukraine. They will choose representatives for the next … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
How Putin Uses Russian Orthodoxy to Grow His Empire
When Vladimir Putin rose to the presidency of Russia in 2000, he inherited the remains of a once-fearsome communist-atheist imperial state. In the intervening 19 years, he has transformed Russia back into an imperial power with global ambitions. One of his key tools in that transformation has been the Russian Orthodox Church. Putin often invokes...
President of Ukraine praises way Trump handles Putin
The president of Ukraine Friday strongly endorsed President Donald Trump’s leadership and the way he handles Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: FOX...
Neo-Nazis and the Far-Right Are on the March in Ukraine
Lev Golinkin Five years after the Maidan uprising, anti-Semitism and fascist-inflected ultranationalism are rampant. The post Neo-Nazis and the Far-Right Are on the March in Ukraine appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian Orthodox Church In Crimea ‘Caught In The Crossfire’
Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in Crimea say they have been targeted by the authorities since Russia seized control of the peninsula five years ago. The situation has worsened since the Ukrainian Orthodox Church broke away from Russian control in January. In Simferopol, a Ukrainian archbishop says his congregation is threatened with expulsion from...
The Sources of the West’s Decline
Only five years ago, the general consensus among U.S. and European policy wonks was that, notwithstanding occasional glitches, the so-called liberal international order would remain the dominant global paradigm. For decades, the cognoscenti had assumed that export-driven modernization would eventually transform the likes of communist China into a...
