Section: US & Canada
The Futile Search for a Russian Ideology
When we read about Russia in the media, we almost never hear about conceptions of Russia’s vision of the world. We hear a lot about what Russia does to the West, rather than what it thinks and envisions. In truth, Putin’s Russia has never proposed any ideology that is anything but an opportunistic counter-positioning to the West. We...
Kremlin slams new U.S. sanctions as ‘racketeering’
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators promised new sanctions against Russia for activities in Syria and Ukraine, a move that drew backlash from the Kremlin Thursday. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine bars entry to Russian Church-affiliated bishop
The Ukrainian Border Guards Service says it has stripped a Russian Church-affiliated bishop of his Ukrainian citizenship and barred him from entering the country. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift
Ukraine has taken the extraordinary step of deporting a senior cleric of the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church and stripping him of his citizenship, marking a political escalation in the historic rift that has shaken the Eastern Orthodox world and further raised tensions between Kyiv and Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Authorities Detain Three Crimean Tatars Accused Of Being Extremists
Russian-imposed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Crimea region have detained three Crimean Tatar activists, according to a Ukrainian human rights group. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Poised to Map Syria’s Future
The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey meet in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Thursday to discuss the conflict in Syria for the first time since the United States announced its troop withdrawal. The Kremlin has not divulged details of the upcoming trilateral, but a number of observers say questions about the strategic implications of a...
Breaking: Paul Manafort’s plea deal has been broken — here’s what happened
A judge ruled Wednesday that the plea deal from Paul Manafort with special prosecutors has been voided because he lied to the FBI, among others. Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Manafort “made multiple false statements to the FBI, the OSC and the grand jury concerning matters that were material to the investigation.”The former...
Judge Rules Manafort Lied To Prosecutors, Grand Jury During Russia Probe
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, breached his plea agreement by intentionally lying to prosecutors and the grand jury as part of the special counsel’s Russia probe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Senators To Try Again With Tougher Russia Sanctions Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on February 13 that would impose drastic new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Manafort Lied To Mueller Team After Agreeing To Cooperate, Judge Rules
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in order Wednesday that Paul Manafort had violated his plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller. Her order also said the Mueller had shown by a preponderance of evidence that Manafort had lied about three of the five topic areas prosecutors accused the former Trump campaign chairman of making...
