Section: US & Canada
In unearthed private letter, Obama excoriated GOP-led probe into Biden as aiding Russian disinformation
A newly unearthed private letter showed former President Barack Obama’s response to a Republican-led demand for information on Joe Biden, and it was not well received. The letter was sent from the office of the 44th president to the National Archives and Records Administration in March over a request from Republican Sens. Grassley (Iowa)...
Obama’s office excoriated a GOP-led congressional probe into Joe Biden and Ukraine as giving ‘credence to a Russian disinformation’
The investigation is rooted in efforts by some who are “actively supported by Russia” to blame Ukraine for meddling in 2016, Obama’s office said. …read more Source:: Business...
The Coronavirus Test for Russia
The coronavirus crisis was not the kind of challenge the Russian government was expecting. While Russia was preparing for threats, real or imagined, from geopolitical rivals and internal opponents, the pandemic struck and has now paralyzed the system of personalized power. Russia, like the rest of the world, failed the coronavirus test. But the...
The Kremlin’s Coronavirus Gambit
Vladimir Putin knows a thing or two about a crisis, having caused a number of them during his two decades in power in Russia. And with the COVID-19 pandemic spreading, Russia’s president is observing the adage that you should never let a good crisis go to waste. While the world’s attention is focused on halting the spread of the...
The Trumpist Right Just Cannot Let Go of the Russia Investigation
It’s been a busy week for Michael Flynn, the disgraced former national security adviser who in February 2017 resigned from President Donald Trump’s White House after less than a month in his role. In December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United...
Iran chief’s link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
OTTAWA — Canada’s quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran’s lead investigator is a mass executioner who belongs in prison, says a former Canadian justice minister. “A person, who in fact should himself be in prison, is now making the determination of what...
U.S. Navy sends ships to Russia’s Arctic backyard for first time since 1980s
Military tensions between the U.S. and Russia remain high six years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea from neighboring Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Serb leader praises Russian arms 21 years after NATO bombing
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president thanked Russia on Saturday for making the country’s military “10 times” stronger than when it was bombed by NATO in 1999. Aleksandar Vucic spoke Saturday while visiting an air defense unit near Belgrade that has recently been equipped with the Russian Pantsir-S1 system, which is designed to...
Trump To Nominate Retired Army Lieutenant General As Ambassador To Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate a retired Army lieutenant general to become the nation’s ambassador to Ukraine, filling a critical position that has been vacant for nearly a year. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump taps new ambassador to Ukraine
President Trump announced his nominee to serve as ambassador to Ukraine after the Senate’s impeachment trial thrust the relationship between Washington and Kyiv into the spotlight. …read more Source:: The...
