Section: US & Canada
Sifting Through The Wreckage
It is no big revelation to recognize that the churning dysfunctions of American politics are bound to affect American foreign and national security policies, and with them the rest of the world in one way or another. This is because the United States is no ordinary country. It is very big, very wealthy, very powerful, and very attention-arresting...
Ukrainian Police Major, Ex-Convict Wanted in Arson of RFE/RL’s Reporter’s Car
Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office in Lviv suspects an underworld criminal and a police major of collusion in the arson of a vehicle belonging to RFE/RL correspondent Halyna Tereshchuk.Iryna Didenko, the lead prosecutor of the Lviv region, signed the charge sheets for the two suspects on Feb. 11.Accused of ordering the torching of...
Facebook Removes Accounts in Russia, Iran With Alleged Intelligence Links
Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday removed two unconnected networks of accounts, pages, and groups “engaging in foreign or government interference,” one originating in Russia and the other one in Iran, both of which have alleged ties to intelligence services.Calling the behavior “coordinated” and “inauthentic,” Facebook’s head of...
Ukraine’s President Appoints Chief Of Staff Linked To Trump’s Lawyer
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has a new chief of staff. Andriy Yermak was previously his foreign affairs adviser, negotiating a key prisoner exchange with Moscow and meeting with senior U.S. officials — as well as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Guiliani. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Facebook Says It Dismantles Russian Intelligence Operation Targeting Ukraine
Facebook on Wednesday said it had suspended a network of accounts used by Russian military intelligence to seed false narratives online targeting Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe.”Although the people behind this network attempted to conceal their identities and coordination, our investigation found links to Russian military...
Facebook says it dismantled a Russian intelligence operation targeting Ukraine
Facebook said a network of accounts used by Russian military intelligence tried to seed false narratives online targeting Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe. …read more Source::...
Ukrainian President’s New Chief Of Staff Says Room For Compromise With Russia
The new head of Ukraine’s presidential administration has signaled there is room for compromise in talks on ending the war with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, a day after Moscow replaced a hard-line point man on the issue with a Ukrainian-born official in the Kremlin. …read more Source:: Radio Free...
Impeachment Will Never Be the Same Again
It took 230 years for a U.S. president to be impeached and tried by a divided Congress, with one party controlling the House and another the Senate. The country has now witnessed why that matters. Baseline cooperation between the chambers may not guarantee a particular outcome—but in every prior impeachment it has secured a reasonable amount of...
Is the CIA’s Director Going Full MAGA?
When President Trump called in his State of the Union address for legislation that would allow crime victims to sue sanctuary cities for offenses committed by undocumented immigrants, CIA Director Gina Haspel rose to her feet, clapping. It was an unusual display of partisan spirit for the nation’s top intelligence officer, especially as it...
Ukraine’s Armored Vehicles Significantly Damaged In First 2 Years Of Donbas Conflict
Ukraine’s military says 2,576 units of its weaponized armored vehicles and equipment were damaged between April 2014 and June 2016 in the combat zone of the two easternmost regions where a war with Russia-backed separatists still rages. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
