Section: US & Canada
Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: Is Fake News Used by Russia or About Russia?
Every empire needs a scary external threat, led by a singular menacing villain, to justify its massive military expenditures, consolidation of authoritarian powers, and endless wars. For the five decades after the end of World War II, Moscow played this role perfectly. But the fall of Soviet Union meant, at least for a while, that the Kremlin...
The Morning Vertical, February 12, 2018
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Briefing: Resurrecting Minsk In Munich
Can Minsk be revived in Munich? Listen to the new Power Vertical Briefing. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nonfiction: Risking Everything for Democracy
Marci Shore’s “The Ukrainian Night” describes the protesters of a still-unfinished revolution. …read more Source: The New York...
Is it the coverup — or the crime? With Trump and Russia, we still can’t be sure
(Credit: Getty/AP/Photo montage by Salon) This latest Trump White House scandal, involving one high-level staffer’s firing and another’s hasty resignation, after reports surfaced that they had been accused of domestic violence, has been infuriating. As is par for the course, the president stepped forward to defend Rob Porter, the man...
Russian FSB Detains Ukrainian In Crimea On Suspicion Of Spying
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained a Ukrainian national in Russian-controlled Crimea on suspicion of espionage. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Couple posthumously honoured in Ottawa for Holocaust heroism
Holocaust survivor Andrew Kun and his boyhood friend, Denis Lehotay, shared an emotional embrace at the Israeli embassy on Friday as Lehotay’s parents were honoured posthumously for their Second World War heroism. “They were my saviours,” Kun, 79, told an Ottawa ceremony where Victor and Mary Lehotay were awarded the title, “Righteous Among...
Don’t Send Arms to Ukraine
Ukrainian politicians anticipate that the Trump administration will soon decide to send “lethal aid” to their country, which is embroiled in an armed conflict with Russia along its eastern border, Foreign Policy reports. Sending arms to Ukraine would be a terrible idea. It would needlessly escalate tensions between Russia and the West...
Moldova Says Troops To Join Military Maneuvers In Romania
The Moldovan Defense Ministry says its troops will participate in military exercises in Romania along with troops from the United States, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and the host country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Global Anti-Libertarian Crusade
One of the surreal twists of the past year in American politics has been the rapid realignment in attitudes toward Russia. Democrats, many of whom believe that Russian interference was key to Donald Trump’s unexpected victory last November, are now the ones sounding the alarm about the Russian threat. Meanwhile, quite a few...
