Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Bans Russian St. George Ribbon
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law banning the St. George ribbon, which is seen by many Ukrainians as symbol of Russian aggression. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, June 12, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Making Russia Great Again
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: Making Russia Great Again (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
How Russia Targets the U.S. Military
In the fall of 2013, Veterans Today, a fringe American news site that also offers former service members help finding jobs and paying medical bills, struck up a new partnership. It began posting content from New Eastern Outlook, a geopolitical journal published by the government-chartered Russian Academy of Sciences, and running headlines like...
“Tear Down This Wall” at Thirty
Whatever the West does, it is likely that it will endure a significant threat to global peace and stability during the next few years. Despite President Trump’s apparent desire to work outside the current system, crises in Syria, North Korea, and elsewhere have already demonstrated that dramatic change is best managed when Atlantic nations...
Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America
It was a breezy, surprisingly pleasant summer week in Washington as the frenzy around potential Trump-Russia revelations reached near-carnival levels. On Thursday, brightly clad groups scattered across the lawns of Capitol Hill could almost have been picnickers — if not for the mounds of cable leashing them to nearby satellite trucks. Every news...
Senate looks to jab Russia
The Senate is on the verge of a bipartisan deal to strengthen sanctions against Russia — throwing an elbow at President Donald Trump, who has dismissed Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election.Their biggest stumbling block is determining how hard a punch to throw at Russia.Democrats are pushing a harsh plan to let Congress block Trump from...
House Republican calls terrorist attacks against U.S. enemies ‘a good thing’ and ‘a Trump strategy’
No big deal, just Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican member of Congress, praising a terrorist attack in another nation as a “good thing” and wondering if maybe America can’t use ISIS terrorism as a weapon against our enemies. “We have recently seen an attack on Iran, and the Iranian government, the mullahs, believe that Sunni...
First Ukrainian Passengers Without Visas Arrive At Prague Airport
The first Ukrainians arriving in the Czech Republic without visas were passengers on a June 11 morning flight from Odesa. RFE/RL interviewed some of them at Vaclav Havel international airport in Prague. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
