Section: US & Canada
Saakashvili Rallies Supporters As Kyiv Moves To Extradite Him
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has called upon his supporters in Ukraine to protect him from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
New Cyberattacks Hit Ukraine, Russia
A cyberattack on October 24 targeted a major Ukrainian international airport, the Kyiv subway ticketing system, and three Russian media outlets. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
I’ll Call That Interesting
Robert Mueller is now looking into Democratic uber-lobbyist Tony Podesta as part of his probe into lobbying work tied to Paul Manafort. This is not part to the Russian tampering in the 2016 election but rather the 2012-14 era work in Ukraine that Podesta worked with Manafort on. Tierney Sneed has our story. …read more Source:...
Mueller Investigation Moves To Brother of Hillary Campaign Chair
And we aren’t even talking Rosatom and Uranium One yet. Hillary’s “Trump is a Russian agent” excuse for losing the election has not aged well. And considering the Podesta Group’s Russian lobbying, it was only a matter of time until any investigation of Russian influence would drag them in. Between the notorious...
Apathy Is the Greatest Insult to the Memory of Fallen Soldiers
KYIV, Ukraine—I’ve experienced our country’s wars both as a combatant and a witness. I deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq while I was an Air Force special operations pilot, and I’ve been back to report on both of those wars as a journalist. I’ve also reported on U.S. military operations at other places in the Middle East and...
Report: Major Dem Lobbyist A Mueller Target For Work Connected To Manafort
A prominent Democratic lobbyist whose brother happened to chair Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign has become the subject of a criminal inquiry as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, NBC News reported Monday. Mueller’s reported interest in Tony Podesta, and his Dem-leaning lobbying firm the Podesta Group,...
Robert Mueller’s widening Russia probe is sweeping up Democrats, including lobbyist Tony Podesta
Robert Mueller (Credit: Getty/Andrew Burton) Much like the mid-90s saw story after story showing how extensive Chinese government operations within U.S. politics were, the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election is demonstrating the size of Russia’s. That’s the overall takeaway from a series of news reports, including one from NBC...
The Reach and Limits of Russian Influence
Russia’s influence in the Balkans is real and easily observed. Both before and since the Ukrainian crisis, it has affected the region in a multitude of ways. Moscow’s rising military might has far reaching consequences for the security posture of NATO and its members bordering the Black Sea. The Russian oil and gas companies, Gazprom,...
Fifty Shades of Czech Populism
This past weekend’s elections in the Czech Republic show the ideological permissiveness of populism. Czech voters dallied with a dizzying array of populist parties from extreme Right to extreme Left, with multiple shades in-between. In a proportional representation system with a 5 percent threshold, three of these parties together garnered...
Ukraine’s Anticorruption Bureau Says Raids Odesa Mayor’s Home, Office
Ukrainian anticorruption investigators have raided the home and office of the mayor of the Black Sea port of Odesa, who is at the center of an embezzlement probe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
