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    Ukrainian Authorities Say Russian ‘Terror’ Group Thwarted, Seven Arrested
    Apr17

    Ukrainian Authorities Say Russian ‘Terror’ Group Thwarted, Seven Arrested

    Ukrainian authorities say they have arrested seven people they claim were sent by Russian security services to carry out political killings and other “terrorist” acts, including the slaying of Ukrainian intelligence agents. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Hungry for Change, Ukrainians Set to Elect Comedian as Next President
    Apr17

    Hungry for Change, Ukrainians Set to Elect Comedian as Next President

    By Matthias WilliamsKIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians fed up with entrenched corruption and hungry for change are likely to elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a… …read more Source: U.S....

    Ukraine’s Election Is an All-Out Disinformation Battle
    Apr17

    Ukraine’s Election Is an All-Out Disinformation Battle

    Support for this article was provided by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.KYIV, Ukraine—“Everything,” Dmytro Zolotukhin tells me, “is going like they wanted.”Slumped in a chair in a café here in the Ukrainian capital, Zolotukhin wasn’t talking about the campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian who is favored to win the...

    Poll Favors Comedian as Run-Off Vote Nears in Ukraine
    Apr16

    Poll Favors Comedian as Run-Off Vote Nears in Ukraine

    The presidential candidate and comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is likely to win Ukraine’s presidential election, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday. The poll by the KIIS research firm showed Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, on 72.2% of the vote. Incumbent Petro Poroshenko...

    Facebook ‘Bans’ Ukrainian Far-Right Group Over ‘Hate Speech’ — But Getting Rid Of It Isn’t Easy
    Apr16

    Facebook ‘Bans’ Ukrainian Far-Right Group Over ‘Hate Speech’ — But Getting Rid Of It Isn’t Easy

    Facebook tells RFE/RL that it has officially banned the far-right Azov movement from its platform. But the company’s lax enforcement means pages belonging to the group keep popping up and its leaders are still there as well. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Glenn Beck details Joe Biden’s cronyism and corruption in China
    Apr16

    Glenn Beck details Joe Biden’s cronyism and corruption in China

    On Monday’s show, Glenn Beck continued his two-part profile of potential Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his unchecked corruption during his tenure as the vice president of the United States. In part one, Glenn revealed how Biden funneled billions of dollars in aid to the Ukraine, while his son, Hunter Biden, lined his...

    Against Visegrád
    Apr16

    Against Visegrád

    Remember the “Little Entente,” maintained by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia during the interwar period? The regional alliance was created under French auspices and its initial goals included preventing the reemergence of a greater Austria and Hungary and defending Eastern Europe against the threat of Soviet communism and later of German...

    Poroshenko Team Says Agreement Reached For Presidential Election Debate
    Apr16

    Poroshenko Team Says Agreement Reached For Presidential Election Debate

    Advisers to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and election challenger Volodymyr Zelenskiy have agreed that the candidates will meet in a debate on April 19 at Kyiv’s Olimpiyskiy Stadium, a spokesman for the incumbent leader says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Poll shows comedian who plays TV president likely to win Ukrainian presidential election
    Apr16

    Poll shows comedian who plays TV president likely to win Ukrainian presidential election

    A comedian who plays a president on television has a commanding lead in the Ukrainian presidential race, according to a poll released Tuesday.The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) survey says that 72.2 percent… …read more Source: The...

    Amnesty Urges Ukraine Authorities To Protect Roma Minority, Provide Justice To Victims Of Violence
    Apr16

    Amnesty Urges Ukraine Authorities To Protect Roma Minority, Provide Justice To Victims Of Violence

    Amnesty International has urged Ukrainian authorities to provide better protection to the country’s Roma minority and to bring to justice to the perpetrators of last year’s attacks which resulted in the deaths of two people. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...