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Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists begin prisoner swap
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Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists begin prisoner swap
Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine began a prisoner exchange on Thursday, according to the Ukrainian president’s office and separatists. The exchange comes as part of an agreement … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists begin prisoner swap
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine began a prisoner exchange on Thursday, according to the Ukrainian president’s office and separatists. The exchange comes as part of an agreement brokered last year at a summit of the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France. The … …read...
Ukraine, Russia-Backed Separatists Begin New Round In Prisoner Swap
Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the east of the country have begun another prisoner swap. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
France urging top powers to endorse UN virus cease-fire call
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he hopes that “in the coming days” the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council can discuss and endorse U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ call for a cease-fire to all conflicts in the world in order to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Macron, who has been pushing for more...
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Russia’s Putin Missing in Action, Critics Say
In 1941, when German forces blitzed their way into the Soviet Union and destroyed the Russian air force in the western borderlands within 48 hours, then-Soviet dictator Josef Stalin retreated to his dacha and saw no one for several days. The memory of Stalin’s weeklong seclusion is now being invoked in the Russian capital by Muscovite...
Giuliani associates’ trial delayed until 2021
NEW YORK — A trial for two associates of Rudy Giuliani charged with using foreign money to make illegal campaign contributions to U.S. politicians to influence policy was postponed Wednesday to February 2021. The men — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — pleaded not guilty after their October arrests and are free on bail. U.S. District Judge J. Paul...
Hunter Biden may still be a board member of Chinese firm he vowed to step down from, records show
Hunter Biden, son of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, promised to step down from the board of Chinese firm BHR Partners. However, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported that Hunter Biden is still listed as a director in Chinese business records, indicating that he may not have followed through on his promise.What Hunter...
Russia Claims To Break Up Ukrainian Spy Group In Annexed Crimea
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have uncovered a Ukrainian intelligence “sabotage and terrorism” group in annexed Crimea that included a female Russian military officer who allegedly divulged “state secrets.” …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chernobyl is Burning and a Sci-Fi Cult is Blamed
Volodymyr Shuvayev/GettyMOSCOW—A huge wildfire is burning through contaminated forests, abandoned villages and towns around the entombed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, and Ukraine’s government has warned about the potential spread of radioactive particles in the smoke that has filled the sky since last week.On Monday, rain slowed but did not...
