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...
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...
Trump to release April call with Ukraine leader this week
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Trump to release April call with Ukraine leader this week
President Donald Trump says he’ll be releasing the transcript of his April telephone conversation with Ukraine’s new leader “before week’s end!” …read more Source:: The Boston...
Mulvaney Backs Off Attempt To Glom On To Kupperman Impeachment Testimony Lawsuit
After speaking with a judge Monday afternoon, lawyers for acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney backed off their attempt to join a lawsuit filed by former deputy NSA Charles Kupperman. According to a transcript of the conversation obtained by Politico, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon said that he was disinclined to allow the...
After Boost From Perry, Supporters Got Huge Ukraine Gas Deal
Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine’s new president. …read more Source:: U.S....
