Section: US & Canada
Russia Sentences Six Crimean Tatars For Links to Banned Group
A Russian court on Tuesday handed down prison terms of up to 19 years to six Crimean Tatar men for membership of a banned “terrorist organization”, ending a three-year case denounced by rights groups.Six residents of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, were arrested in 2016, accused of belonging to...
GOP memo outlines ‘four key pieces of evidence’ that are ‘fatal’ to the Democrats’ impeachment allegations
In a staff memo circulated to GOP committee members Monday night, House Republicans outlined “four key pieces of evidence” that they believe are “fatal” to the Democrats’ allegations of impeachment against President Donald Trump.The memo, written by top Republicans from three committees involved in the impeachment...
Six Crimeans Get Lengthy Prison Terms On Extremism Charges
A military court in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don has handed lengthy prison terms to six men from Crimea, five of whom are Crimean Tatars, for being members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic group. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The impeachment inquiry has been all about Ukraine, but what about Russia?
First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day’s most important political stories and why they matter. …read more Source::...
Kazakhstan offers to host Russia-Ukraine meeting
MOSCOW (AP) – Kazakhstan’s ex-president said Tuesday he offered to host the leaders of Russia and Ukraine for talks on settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but the Kremlin was noncommittal about such an encounter. The fighting between Russia-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian troops in Ukraine’s industrial east has...
After boost from Perry, supporters got huge Ukraine gas deal
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. Perry’s efforts to influence Ukraine’s energy policy came...
Nikki Haley: ‘Let the people decide’ if Trump should stay in office
Joining TODAY live, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley says that while President Trump asking the president of Ukraine to investigate his political rival was “not a good practice,” it does not merit Trump’s impeachment less than a year away from the 2020 election: “Let the people decide.” She also talks about her new book, “With All Due...
Trump vows to release transcript of April call with Ukraine’s president this week
Trump’s promise to release an account of his first conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy comes a day before House impeachment investigators begin public hearings. …read more Source:: Global...
Kazakhstan offers to host Russia-Ukraine meeting
Kazakhstan’s ex-president said Tuesday he offered to host the leaders of Russia and Ukraine for talks on settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but the Kremlin was noncommittal about such … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Kazakhstan offers to host Russia-Ukraine meeting
The former leader of Kazakhstan says he has offered to host a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian presidents on settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:: ABC...
