Section: US & Canada
House Foreign Policy Chair Says Bolton Told Him To Look Into Yovanovitch Ouster
In September, former National Security Adviser John Bolton told the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to look into the recall of former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the chairman, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), said Wednesday. Yovanovitch was ultimately recalled last spring after a months-long smear campaign led by...
What the New Bolton-Engel Breaking News Really Means, And Why It Matters
We’ve just had breaking news in an announcement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel. He says that on September 23rd, he spoke to John Bolton and Bolton “suggest[ed] to me – unprompted – that the committee look into the recall of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.” This was just as the original Ukraine story was breaking and...
Ukrainian Officials Deny Ordering Deportation Of Azerbaijani Opposition Blogger
Ukraine’s State Migration Service (DMS) says it never ordered the deportation of Azerbaijani opposition blogger Elvin Isayev to Baku. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
House Foreign Affairs chairman says Bolton urged him in September to look into Yovanovitch ouster
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said former national security adviser John Bolton had suggested to him in September that his panel should look into the ouster of former Ukraine a… …read more Source:: The...
Shokin Demands Criminal Probe Of Joe Biden In Declaration To Kyiv Prosecutors
Discredited Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin demanded in a Tuesday affidavit that Kyiv prosecutors open a criminal investigation into Joe Biden. Shokin repeated long-debunked allegations in the declaration, accusing Biden of “blackmail” and violating international law in pushing for Shokin to be fired in 2016. The filing marks the...
Ukraine and separatists to pull back troops from a new area
Ukrainian negotiators and Russia-backed separatists say they have agreed on another area for disengagement of their troops in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukraine and separatists to pull back troops from a new area
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Ukraine and separatists to pull back troops from a new area
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukrainian negotiators and Russia-backed separatists on Wednesday agreed on another area to disengage their troops in eastern Ukraine. The talks of between representatives of Ukraine, the separatists, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe were held in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. The...
Crimean Journalist’s ‘Separatism’ Charge Expunged
RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena was barred from working as a journalist or leaving the Crimean peninsula after a court in the Russian-controlled territory convicted him of separatism in 2017. But authorities have now expunged his criminal record and he is again free to work and travel. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pompeo Heads To Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan –Trailed By U.S. Turmoil
The United States wants deeper ties with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, not to mention the other countries on Mike Pompeo’s itinerary: Ukraine and Belarus. But the U.S. secretary of state will be bringing a lot of baggage, figuratively speaking, including the impeachment process and the fallout from a contentious radio interview. …read...
