Section: US & Canada
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort Could Face 19-24 Years In Prison
Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for Donald Trump, could face 19 to 24 years in prison on tax and bank-fraud charges, according to a new court filing by the U.S. special counsel. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
This Week: A Judge Agrees With Mueller That Manafort Lied
An Aug. 2, 2016 meeting in a Manhattan cigar room — at which then-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort met with a former colleague linked to Russian intelligence, Konstantin Kilimnik, to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine — is key to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, prosecutor Andrew Weissmann told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman...
Putin Confidant Disinvited From EU-Funded Conference After Report
A close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been disinvited from a conference funded by the European Union hours after his participation was revealed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Mind-Boggling Soviet Nostalgia Project
PARIS—It’s the most bananas artistic undertaking of this century. DAU, as the project is known, is a Soviet thought experiment that brings together A-list artists, word-class scientists, a handful of famous actors, Cambridge Analytica (almost), and a lot of Russian money to create 13 feature-length films, as well as an online experience and...
Women Recall ‘Hell’ of Soviet War in Afghanistan
Sitting in her living room, 65-year-old Tatyana Rybalchenko goes through a stack of black-and-white photos from more than 30 years ago. In one of them, she is dressed in a nurse’s coat and smiles sheepishly at the camera; in another, she shares a laugh with soldiers on a road with a mountain ridge behind them. The pictures don’t show...
The Top U.S. Investor in Russia, Michael John Calvey, Seized as Putin’s Regime Turns on ‘Good American’
STOYAN NENOVKYIV, Ukraine—Russian authorities have at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Sources Say EU Ready With Sanctions Over Russia’s Detention Of Ukraine Seamen
EU diplomats have agreed to impose asset freezes and visa bans on a number of Russians involved in the capture and detention of 24 Ukrainian seamen during an incident near the Kerch Strait in November, several sources told RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pompeo Meets With Top EU Official As Pence Lambastes Europe
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Friday with the European Union’s top diplomat in Brussels following a scathing attack from the Trump administration on the bloc and several of its main members over their approach to Iran. Pompeo held what was expected to be a tense working breakfast with EU foreign policy chief...
Ukrainian Official Charged With Ordering Anticorruption Activist’s Killing
A high-ranking regional official suspected of organizing the killing of Ukrainian anticorruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk last year has been arrested. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
War Vets March On: From Afghanistan To The Donbas
Thirty years after Soviet troops retreated from Afghanistan, veterans of that conflict can now be found on the front lines of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
