Section: US & Canada
How Russia Plans to Win the “Hybrid War”
As Russia settles in for a lengthy period of tension with the United States and the West more broadly, how do Russians see the standoff shaping up? What might their long-term strategy be, and what sort of denouement might they envision, for what Russia Carnegie scholar Dmitry Trenin has dubbed the “Hybrid War?” After all, the Russians saw it...
Facebook Vows To Curb Outside Electoral Ads Ahead Of Ukraine Vote
The social-media giant Facebook has announced that it will prohibit electoral ads bought outside Ukraine from appearing there in the run-up to the country’s presidential election this spring. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Facebook Tightens Paid Ads Rules Ahead of EU Elections
Facebook said on Monday it will beef up its rules and safeguards around political ads to prevent foreign interference in elections, including those in Europe this year. The world’s largest social network has faced pressure from regulators and the public after last year’s revelation that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica had...
Facebook Announces New Ad Rules To Ward Off Election Meddling
Facebook says it is beefing up its rules and safeguards regarding political advertisements to “prevent foreign interference” in elections in Europe and elsewhere. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian police recover painting stolen in broad daylight
Russian police recover painting stolen in broad daylight …read more Source:...
Facebook will open new ‘war rooms’ in Dublin and Singapore ahead of EU elections
Facebook outlined its latest efforts to fight fake news and misinformation ahead of elections in the EU, India, Israel and Ukraine later this year. …read more Source:...
While Putin Hardens His Line in Ukraine, Trump Goes Squishy
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily BeastMARIUPOL, Ukraine—Oleksandr was the last Ukrainian soldier entering the snow-caked trenches on a journey to the front lines of war. The Ukrainian troops and I trudged at five-meter intervals, a distance close enough so the men could communicate but far enough to minimize casualties if we were...
US Lifts Sanctions on Rusal, Other Firms Linked to Russia’s Deripaska
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday lifted sanctions on aluminum giant Rusal and other Russian firms linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite a Democratic-led push in the U.S. Congress to maintain the restrictions. Earlier this month, 11 of Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate joined Democrats in a failed...
Don’t Shoot The Messenger
The Kremlin’s trusted polling firm WCIOM, which also happens to be state-owned, has been releasing the results of its surveys faster and faster, and the news isn’t good for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The latest poll, measuring Russians’ “trust” in politicians,1 shows Putin registering only 32.8 percent support—his...
Russia to Help Cubana Get Fleet Back in Air This Year
Russia will help Cuba repair state-run airline Cubana’s mostly grounded fleet, likely by year’s end, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov was quoted as saying by Cuban news agency Prensa Latina on Friday. Cubana had to cancel most domestic flights last year due to a lack of flightworthy planes and lease aircraft from other...
