Section: US & Canada
SitRep: Russia Massing Forces Near Ukraine as Putin Lands in Crimea
Washington’s New Deal with Israel; Ceasefire Proposed in Aleppo; NSA Hack Problems; And Lots More …read more Source: Foreign...
Gas lines hit by military shells in eastern Ukraine
Daniel J. GraeberKIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 19 (UPI) — Russian media Friday reported three natural gas pipelines in the self-proclaimed eastern Ukrainian republic of Donetsk were damaged by artillery fire. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukrainian Investigators Release Documents Mentioning Trump Campaign Chairman
Manafort’s name appears in records linked to Ukraine corruption investigation. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin Holding Security Council Session In Annexed Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Crimea, the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Details Payments Allegedly Earmarked for Trump Aide
Once-secret accounting documents of Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin party were released on Friday, purporting to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman.The Associated Press reported earlier this week that Paul Manafort helped Ukraine’s Party of… …read more Source:...
The Morning Vertical, August 19, 2016
Your daily Roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: The Spirit Of 1991
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Merkel Sees No End To EU Sanctions Against Russia
There is no reason to lift the European Union’s sanctions against Russia as Moscow has not fulfilled all of its commitments under the Minsk peace plan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published on Friday. Merkel told the RedaktionsNetzwerks Deutschland (RND) that Russia had caused a major crisis by annexing the Black...
GOP insiders: Trump’s overhaul won’t succeed
Donald Trump says this week’s dramatic campaign overhaul will put his presidential bid on the right path, but GOP leaders in key battleground states aren’t buying it.Fewer than a third of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of activists, strategists and operatives in 11 key battleground states — believe Trump’s...
Ukraine Reports Three Soldiers Dead in Heavy Shelling
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and six injured by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a top Kiev official said on Friday. Speaking at a press briefing the Ukrainian president’s spokesman on security, Alexander Motuzyaniyk, said rebels launched more than 500 mortar and over 300 artillery shells at government-held...
