Section: US & Canada
Desperate for Cash, Venezuela Gives Putin Control of Oil Assets
Venezuela is handing over unprecedented control of its state-owned oil assets to longtime financial backer Russia in an effort to stave off insolvency and economic collapse. Battered by civil unrest that threatens to become a total political meltdown, the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro has offered an ownership stake in up to...
Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family?
Bob Dreyfuss He sits atop a massive tangle of ties to Russia, pro-Russian Ukrainians, and shady New York real-estate deals. The post Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family? appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine denies North Korean missile components came from state-owned factory
Ukraine’s government has denied a report that one of the country’s state-owned factories may have supplied the rocket engines North Korea is using to create an ICBM. …read more Source: ABC...
Why Sanctions Matter
A long-debated sanctions bill in response to Russian meddling in U.S. elections was signed into the other week by President Donald Trump. The bill provides a framework for the extension of sanctions to various other sectors of Russia’s economy; but perhaps more importantly, it makes the lifting of existing sanctions a much more difficult...
Report: Obama Admin Feared Retaliation if It Responded to Russian Interference
U.S. intelligence officials were frustrated with the Obama administration’s response to Russia’s cyber espionage and disinformation campaigns to disrupt Western democracies, arguing the administration’s reluctance to respond more forcefully stemmed from fear of Russian retaliation. More than a dozen current and former national...
This Holocaust monument in Belarus is haunting — and subversive
“The Unbowed Man” statue at the Khatyn Memorial in Belarus commemorating Yuzif Kaminsky, a survivor of Nazi atrocities, and his slain son Adam. (John Oldale/Wikimedia Commons) KHATYN, Belarus (JTA) — Even by Soviet standards, the massive memorial complex near Minsk to the victims of Nazi atrocities stands out for its immense scale and ambition....
Georgian Party Demands Independent Probe Into Audio Recording Of Alleged Saakashvili Extradition Talk
Georgia’s opposition United National Movement (ENM) party has called for an independent forensic testing of an audio recording in which the Ukrainian and Georgian interior ministers are apparently discussing the possible extradition of Mikheil Saakashvili, a former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region....
North Korea’s rapid advancement in missile technology linked to Ukrainian factory
U.S. intelligence and experts believe North Korea’s rapid advancement in missile technology is linked to black-market deals made with a financially burdened Ukrainian factory that has historical ties to Russia’s missile program. According to the New York Times, a study by missile expert at the International Institute for Strategic...
Report: Ukraine Sold Rocket Technology to North Korea
The New York Times has an important story today that suggests North Korea’s surprising progress towards building their ICMBs may be due to a Ukrainian rocket plant selling technology on the black market. The story suggests that after the Russian government canceled its orders for missile parts in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the factory...
Daily Stormer booted by GoDaddy after ‘glad she is dead’ post
A leading neo-Nazi website is losing its internet domain host after its publisher posted an article mocking the woman who was killed in a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. GoDaddy tweeted late Sunday that it has given The Daily Stormer 24 hours to move its domain to another provider because the site has violated the...
