Section: US & Canada
In Ukraine, Crimea’s Tartars Haunted By A Second Exile
The minority Muslim group were called traitors by Stalin, and are branded Muslim radicals by Putin’s Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Marks Fourth Anniversary Of Euromaidan Protests
Ukraine has marked the Day of Dignity and Freedom, a holiday commemorating the beginning of the Euromaidan protests that started in November 2013 and pushed President Viktor Yanukovych from power three months later. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Connection: Is Trump Having Sleepless Nights?
By Frank VoglU.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is determined to go after Washington’s dark money pools.The keys to unlock the depths of conspiracies between the 2016 “Trump for President” campaign and the Kremlin may rest in what has been carefully excluded(!) by prosecutors in the recent indictment of Paul J. Manafort Jr., the...
Ukraine enlists firm to lobby against Russian gas pipeline
Ukraine’s state-owned oil and natural gas company has hired a Washington, D.C., firm to lobby against a natural gas pipeline Russia has proposed to build.Naftogaz is paying $37,000 to retain Yorktown Solutions through the end of the year, according… …read more Source: The...
White House: Trump Spoke With Putin for Over an Hour on Tuesday
President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over an hour on Tuesday in a wide-ranging conversation that included discussions of the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, as well as North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. Trump and Putin concurred on the need for peace in Syria and...
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: You’re Pardoned
Today in 5 LinesPresident Trump pardoned a pair of turkeys as part of the annual Thanksgiving tradition. Asked about whether he supports Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Trump told reporters voters shouldn’t support Moore’s “liberal” rival, adding that Moore denies the sexual-misconduct allegations against him. The Federal...
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: You’re Pardoned
Today in 5 LinesPresident Trump pardoned a pair of turkeys as part of the annual Thanksgiving tradition. Asked about whether he supports Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Trump told reporters voters shouldn’t support Moore’s “liberal” rival, adding that Moore denies the sexual-misconduct allegations against him. The Federal...
Trump and Putin discuss Syria, North Korea in phone call
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to bring peace to war-torn Syria during an hour-plus phone call on Tuesday. Iran, North Korea and Ukraine also were on the agenda, the White House said. …read more Source: CTV...
Trump, Putin Agree to Support UN in Syrian Peace Process
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday to support the U.N. effort to “peacefully resolve” the nearly seven-year-long Syrian civil war. The White House said the two leaders talked for more than an hour and stressed the importance of ending the humanitarian crisis in which millions of Syrians...
Why Stalin Starved Ukraine
History is a battleground, perennially fought over, endlessly contested. Nowhere does this aphorism hold true more than in Russia. A majority of Russians recently voted Joseph Stalin the “most outstanding person” in world history (followed, naturally, by current President Vladimir Putin). No longer the monster of the gulags and purges that killed...
