Section: US & Canada
Ukraine releases details of alleged payments to Trump’s aide
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s anti-corruption body has released entries from once-secret accounting documents that purport to show payments from a… …read more Source:...
Trump advisor waged covert influence campaign
A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favour of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia Holding Military Exercises In Crimea
Russian military forces are carrying out “logistical exercises” in and around the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian Black Sea region that Russia annexed in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
California Diaspora Protest Sends a Message to Armenian Leadership
Image: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev in 2010. Author: Kremlin.ru A thousand ethnic Armenians in the diaspora enclave of Glendale, California, held a protest recently to demand that their homeland free political prisoners. Ethnic Armenians in the United States and Europe are politically active, so a demonstration to call...
Putin’s Super Cynical ‘War on Terror’
First he went after Muslims. Now he targets Ukrainians. Whos next on the Russian presidents terrorist target list? …read more Source: The Daily...
Report: Trump Aide Did Not Disclose Lobbying For Ukraine’s Yanukovych
The Associated Press said it has obtained e-mails showing that a company run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman lobbied for Ukraine’s Russian-backed president and did not meet legal requirements that it disclose those activities. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump's campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine's ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country's pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. Paul Manafort...
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. The lobbying...
Trump Advisers Waged Covert Influence Campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. Paul Manafort and...
Does Russia Want War With Ukraine? Not Really—Or Not Yet
Simon Saradzhyan Security, Ukraine, Russia Nothing short of occupying Kiev would achieve Russia’s goals in Ukraine—and that won’t happen. The recent escalation of hostilities in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region and increased military-political tensions around Crimea bring to mind the refrain of a popular song from the times when...
