Section: US & Canada
Blood in the Water: the Trump Revolution Ends in a Whimper
Photo by Gage Skidmore The Flynn fiasco is not about national security advisor Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador. It’s much deeper than that. It’s about Russia. It’s about Putin. It’s about the explosive rise of China and the world’s biggest free trade zone that will eventually stretch...
Two U.S. Lawmakers Back Lethal Weapons For Ukraine
Two U.S. lawmakers called on the United States to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine so it can better defend itself against Russia-back separatists in the east of the country. During an interview with RFE/RL in Kyiv on February 22, Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat-Illinois) and U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (Democrat-Illinois) also called on U.S....
A Russian newspaper editor explains how Putin made Trump his puppet
“They consider him a stupid, unstrategic politician.” Mikhail Fishman is the editor-in-chief of the Moscow Times, an English-language weekly newspaper published in Moscow. The paper is critical of Vladimir Putin; indeed, it was targeted twice in 2015 by Russian hackers and has been attacked repeatedly by pro-Kremlin pundits. Fishman, a Russian...
Survival in the Trumpian World
The Russian state presents perhaps a unique case in modern history of a state surviving by means of paradox—turning weakness into strength, tactics into strategy, exceptions into rules, defeat into victory, and a civilizational foe into a source of life. It should be clear by now that the Trumpian world—even if we are still not sure precisely...
Ukrainians March To Remember Maidan Dead
Ukrainian activists marched through the center of Kyiv to honor protesters who were killed in antigovernment demonstrations three years ago. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian-backed rebels are back on the offensive in Ukraine
A new cease-fire agreement was implemented in Ukraine Monday, aiming to stem the escalating clashes between Ukrainian fighters and Russian-backed separatists on the ground. Despite hopes that this planned effort would calm recent tensions, there were a reported 200 cease-fire violations on Tuesday night alone. A previous cease-fire in the...
Russia to build Reichstag replica for kids to attack
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military is building a replica of Berlin’s Reichstag building as a playground for teenagers to attack at a patriotic theme park. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who made the announcement Wednesday, said the replica at the Patriot Park just outside Moscow will be smaller than...
Interview: U.S. Lawmakers Call For Lethal Weapons For Ukraine
Two U.S. lawmakers say the time has come for the United States to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons to better defend itself against Moscow-backed separatists, saying that a “confrontational” Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of easing the pressure on Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine lawmaker who met Trump associates faces treason probe
Andrei Artemenko reportedly met Trump’s lawyer and a business partner in January over plan to lease Crimea to Russia …read more Source:...
Beijing’s South China Sea Buildings Could Soon House Missiles: U.S. Officials
China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters.The development is likely to raise questions about whether and how the United States will...
