Section: US & Canada
5 Points On The Moscow Deal Trump And Co. Pursued During The Campaign
There’s been a steady drip-drip-drip of information over the past 24 hours stemming from correspondence that the Trump Organization was turning over to investigators on the House Intelligence Committee, which is probing Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. New details about a development proposed by the Trump Organization in...
The Real Danger of Sending U.S. Arms to Ukraine
Brian Milakovsky Security, Eurasia Putin could regard U.S. arms transfers as a symbolic test of who dictates conditions in the Donbass warzone. In 2015, after spending several months in the frontline zone I wrote that Ukraine desperately needs a “lousy peace” and not an arms race. Two years and several thousand deaths later, the idea of supplying...
Merkel, Macron Urge Russia, Ukraine To Step Up Peace Efforts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have called for Russia and Ukraine to step up their efforts to implement a fragile cease-fire agreement in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Felix Sater’s emails show he was in Moscow for more than real estate: ‘Our boy can become president’
On Sunday, The Washington Post reported that Trump associate Felix Sater had made a lengthy trip to Moscow during the presidential campaign as part of Trump’s ongoing effort to secure a real estate deal in Russia. But as emails from that visit emerge, it appears that Sater was after a lot more than just a building lot. “Our boy can become...
Felix Sater’s emails show he was in Moscow for more than real estate: ‘Our boy can become president’
On Sunday, The Washington Post reported that Trump associate Felix Sater had made a lengthy trip to Moscow during the presidential campaign as part of Trump’s ongoing effort to secure a real estate deal in Russia. But as emails from that visit emerge, it appears that Sater was after a lot more than just a building lot. “Our boy can become...
Volker Says Ukraine To Make Own Decision On NATO
Kurt Volker, the U.S. special envoy for efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine, says that the country is not ready yet to join NATO. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why tourists go to sites associated with death and suffering
FILE – In this Oct. 19, 2012 file photo the entrance with the inscription “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) gate of the former German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz is pictured at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial in Oswiecim, Poland. A 94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp is going on trial Thursday, Feb....
Russian-Born Gavrilova Wins First WTA Title, Joins Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Svitolina In U.S. Open Next
Unseeded Daria Gavrilova, a Russian-born Australian, upset second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia to win her first career Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) title. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili Says Georgia to Charge Him With Plotting Coup
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is also a former governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region, has accused the authorities of Georgia and Ukraine of planning to accuse of planning a coup in Georgia. Saakashvili wrote on Facebook on Saturday that the Georgian authorities “in complete coordination with officials in...
Saakashvili Says Georgia To Charge Him With Plotting Coup
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is also a former governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region, has accused the authorities of Georgia and Ukraine of planning to accuse of planning a coup in Georgia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
