Section: US & Canada
Putin rejects claims of Russian interference in U.S. election
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russia is interfering in the U.S. presidential election, saying the allegations are designed to distract the public from real issues. The United States has accused Russia of coordinating the hacks of Hillary Clinton’s campaign emails to influence the outcome of the...
Thousands Displaced as Powerful Earthquakes Strike Italy
(VISSO, Italy) — Authorities scrambled to find housing Thursday for thousands of people displaced by a pair of strong earthquakes that struck the same region of central Italy hit by a deadly quake in August, hoping to prevent a second night for them on the street or in cars. The one-two punch packed by the quakes some two hours apart Wednesday...
NATO May Not Be Ready to Fight Russia
Ian Brzezinski, Nicholas Varangis Security, Europe If military exercises demonstrate combat readiness, Russia may have the edge. Military exercises are a critical means of testing, refining and demonstrating readiness for combat operations. In February 2015, we published a chart comparing the magnitudes of military exercises conducted by NATO and...
Trumpism 101: The Outsider, Ignored For Years. No Longer.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of pundits the world over have written about the various themes that have come to life in this wild election year. But I daresay only a handful of thinkers can rightfully claim they examined these themes and warned about a coming revolt years ago. I am one of the few, a social anthropologist studying power and...
U.S. And U.K. Will Send Troops, Planes To Deter Russia In The East
BRUSSELS ― Britain said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO’s biggest military build-up on Russia’s borders since the Cold War.Germany, Canada and other NATO allies also pledged forces at a defense ministers meeting in Brussels on the...
Kremlin Denies Putin Aide Hack: ‘He Does Not Use Email’
The Kremlin has denied that Ukrainian hacktivists broke into the email address of one of President Vladimir Putin’s top aides, claiming “he does not use email,” Russian news agency Interfax reports. The alleged hack, released by a Ukrainian group calling itself Cyber Hunta, published over 2,000 emails from what they claim to be the...
Emails Show High-Level Putin Aide Kept Contact With Separatists in Ukraine
Hacked emails connected to a top aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin show that the Kremlin official kept in contact with separatists during the time that Russia annexed Crimea. The Ukrainian group “Cyber Hunta” released a trove of emails on Tuesday associated with Vladislav Surkov, the Putin aide. The emails cover September 2013 to November...
Winner Of EU’s Sakharov Rights Prize To Be Announced
The European Parliament is set to announce this year’s winner of the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. and Britain Pledge to Send Planes, Troops and Tanks to Eastern Europe
NATO allies including the U.S., Britain and Canada pledged Wednesday to deploy forces, tanks, jets and artillery in Eastern Europe amid escalating tensions with Russia. Following a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, Britain announced it would send fighter jets to Romania in 2017, while the U.S. promised tanks, artillery and more than 900...
Hackers: Emails Show Ties Between Kremlin, Ukraine Rebels
A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine. The cache published by the Ukrainian group CyberHunta reveals contacts between President Vladimir Putin’s adviser...
