Section: US & Canada
‘Bad Rabbit’ Ransomware Attack Strikes Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Germany
Russia’s Interfax news service and several other media companies were affected, as was the airport in Odessa and the transportation system in Kiev. …read more Source: The Jewish...
Why Ukraine wants peacekeepers — and why the UN should say no
During his recent visit to Ottawa, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko called on the Canadian government to support a UN mission in Eastern Ukraine. While expressing a wish to buy Canadian arms, Poroshenko argued that the only peace plan that could help Ukraine is a UN Security Council-sanctioned peacekeeping mission that would police the region...
What do latest Trump dossier developments mean?
Aaron Blake | Washington Post The Washington Post broke the story Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for that now-famous dossier of research on President Donald Trump. Related Articles Opposition leader urges boycott of Kenya election Eminem wins case against political party over ‘Lose...
Sobchak Stirs Controversy In Russia By Saying Crimea Is Part Of Ukraine
The Kremlin has criticized Russian presidential hopeful Ksenia Sobchak for saying that Crimea is legally part of Ukraine, while flamboyant nationalist lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky said she should be jailed for the remark. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Frees Two Pro-Kyiv Crimea Tatar Leaders from Jail
Russia has freed two prominent Crimean Tatar activists opposed to Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, their lawyer said Wednesday. Ukraine’s leader thanked Turkey’s president for helping broker the release. Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Crimean Tatars’ semi-official Mejlis legislature before it was...
Companies in Ukraine, Russia Come Under New Cyberattack
A new strain of malicious software has paralyzed computers at a Ukrainian airport, the Ukrainian capital’s subway and at some independent Russian media. The Odessa international airport in Ukraine’s south, the Kyiv subway and prominent Russian media outlets such as Interfax and Fontanka on Tuesday reported being targeted. The...
Ukraine Holds Kazakh Blogger Who Fled To Kyiv
A Kazakh blogger who fled to Ukraine after criticizing President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s government has been ordered held in custody amid fears she could be extradited, her lawyer says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Sobchak Says The Unsayable
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Sobchak Says The Unsayable (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Sobchak Says The Unsayable (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
