Section: US & Canada
The Morning Vertical, August 22, 2016
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What Trump Has in Common With Putin’s Close Allies
Given that the main body evidence for any direct contact between the two came from Trump himself, when he boasted on two occasions that “nice” Putin “contacted” him and that “he spoke to Putin directly and indirectly” in 2014, it is harder to believe that now Trump has actually disowned those claims himself. However, Trump staffers’...
Japan protests to Russia after man held on disputed island
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has protested to Moscow over the detention of a Japanese man visiting one of the disputed islands between the two countries. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday, however, the man’s situation would not affect a planned meeting in September between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President...
The Briefing: War And Independence
As Ukraine marks 25 years of independence, fears of a new Russian offensive are in the air. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tensions mount between Russia and Ukraine following ‘terror incident’
Fears of an invasion have arisen again in Kiev. …read more Source: The Washington...
Russian activist requests political asylum in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say a Russian activist has requested political asylum in their country. Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said in a statement on Sunday that a Russian citizen requested political asylum at a border crossing in western Ukraine, citing his activism in Russia. The agency described the man as a political...
Foreign students in love with Gdansk
You can meet them on the streets of the city more and more frequently. Young people talking in Swedish, English, and other foreign languages. It is easy to know they are not tourists. They have come to stay for a longer time. These are our foreign students who come to study at Gdansk universities. Their numbers grow every year. Especially popular...
The Turkey-Russia-Iran Axis
A techtonic shift has occurred in the balance of power in the Middle East since the failed Turkish coup of mid-July, and virtually no one in Washington is paying attention to it. Turkey and Iran are simultaneously moving toward Russia, while Russia is expanding its global military and strategic reach, all to the detriment of the United States and...
Historian Orest Subtelny gave Ukrainians their own history
His 1988 work helped fuel the country’s independence movement as the Eastern Bloc started to crumble …read more Source: The Globe and...
Low Wages, High Prices: Crimeans Suffer Under Russia
More than two years after Russia annexed Crimea and promised its 2 million people a better life, residents say prices have soared, wages and pensions have stagnated and tourists have fled. The sunny and mountainous Black Sea peninsula is back in the news, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Kiev of sending infiltrators across the...
