Section: US & Canada
E-mail leak shows Russia’s plan to destabilize Ukraine
KYIV – Further evidence that the Kremlin engineered the armed uprising in eastern Ukraine surfaced on October 25 when a Ukrainian hacker group published e-mail data allegedly belonging to Vladislav Surkov, the Russian president’s top aide and point man on Ukraine and the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Comprising 2,337...
Outgoing president of UCCA reflects on challenges of her eight years in office
Tamara Olexy served two terms (eight years) as president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. The UCCA’s recent Congress of Ukrainian Americans elected Andriy Futey as her successor, and our Kyiv colleague Mark Raczkiewycz spoke with him via Skype about his new role (See “Newly elected president of UCCA speaks about the tasks...
Ukraine scores diplomatic breakthrough: ‘Security first, elections next,’ the West concedes
After long resisting Western pressure to implement the political points in the Minsk agreements, Ukraine scored a diplomatic victory last week when the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed two important resolutions. The first resolution officially defines the conflict in Ukraine as Russian aggression, countering those who...
Portman receives Shevchenko Freedom Award
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) received the Shevchenko Freedom Award, the highest accolade awarded by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the nation’s largest representation of Ukrainians in America. As noted by the UCCA, the award, named after Ukraine’s poet-laureate and national hero Taras Shevchenko, is...
What It Takes to Settle Refugees
What do Burlington, Vermont; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Erie, Pennsylvania have in common? Despite their different locations and economic histories and political orientations, all three have been consciously incorporating and welcoming refugees into their towns for decades. They have played this role starting with the waves of refugees to the...
Top Putin aide’s emails reveal direct ties with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine conflict
Emails from one of Vladmir Putin’s top aides have been released by a Ukrainian group and allege the Kremlin controlled the Crimean separatists movement that led to Russia taking over the region. …read more Source: USA...
Vladimir Putin aide’s hacked emails show possible link to Ukraine uprising
Amy R. ConnollyMOSCOW, Oct. 28 (UPI) — Ukrainian hackers released what it says are thousands of emails and other materials from a senior Kremlin official. …read more Source: United Press...
Vladimir Putin aide’s hacked emails show possible link to Ukraine uprising
Amy R. ConnollyMOSCOW, Oct. 28 (UPI) — Ukrainian hackers released what it says are thousands of emails and other materials from a senior Kremlin official. …read more Source: United Press...
“Who Would Be Better for Israel?”
If I had a dollar for every time I was presented with this question in recent months, I probably wouldn’t need to write this column. Since the early spring, it was asked by at least one person at every meeting I’ve had with groups or delegations visiting Israel from the United States.It’s a question that is almost impossible to...
Dutch PM May Submit Bill to Revoke Support for EU-Ukraine Treaty on Monday
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government may submit a bill revoking his country’s support for the treaty establishing closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine. Rutte has said rejection of the association agreement would be a mistake and would weaken European unity, but that if efforts to find a compromise...
