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    Female Tank Commander ‘Defects’ For Love, Warns Kyiv Of ‘Invasion’ Plan
    Mar05

    Female Tank Commander ‘Defects’ For Love, Warns Kyiv Of ‘Invasion’ Plan

    Svitlana Dryuk, a notorious former tank commander for separatist forces in Ukraine has appeared in Kyiv with grave claims about Russian actions in eastern Ukraine. Can she be believed? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine’s Elections Suffer From a Manafort Hangover—And The Next President May Be a Comedian
    Mar05

    Ukraine’s Elections Suffer From a Manafort Hangover—And The Next President May Be a Comedian

    Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/ReutersKIEV, Ukraine—Before Hillary Clinton became his target in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Paul Manafort had for years concentrated his considerable skills at defamation and denigration on another prominent female politician, Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine. Today, Tymoshenko’s...

    Facebook Is Banning Foreign-Funded Political Ads in Indonesia as Elections Approach
    Mar05

    Facebook Is Banning Foreign-Funded Political Ads in Indonesia as Elections Approach

    (JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Facebook says it will not allow foreign-funded advertisements for upcoming presidential and legislative elections in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, hoping to allay concerns that its platform is being used to manipulate voting behavior. The announcement on Facebook’s website said the restriction...

    An Extremely Comprehensive Guide To House Judiciary’s Investigation
    Mar05

    An Extremely Comprehensive Guide To House Judiciary’s Investigation

    House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler issued a bevy of requests for documents to 81 Trump-affiliated people, corporations and institutions today, revealing an investigation that has the potential to be both wide-ranging and to delve deep into allegations of corruption in President Trump’s administration and his presidential campaign....

    Manafort And Gates’ Contacts With Ukrainians, Russians During Campaign
    Mar05

    Manafort And Gates’ Contacts With Ukrainians, Russians During Campaign

    Paul Manafort chaired the Trump campaign pro bono, so to speak, while quickly running out of liquidity after two Ukrainian oligarchs he worked with stopped sending him regular payments. House investigators are asking about Manafort and his protege Rick Gates’s contacts with those oligarchs during the campaign, as well as with Konstantin...

    Nadler’s New Investigation Into Trump Is the One to Watch
    Mar04

    Nadler’s New Investigation Into Trump Is the One to Watch

    Donald Trump insists that the investigations into his campaign’s ties with Russia are all a “hoax.” But an expansive probe that goes beyond Russia was launched by the House Judiciary Committee on Monday, and could lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings, potentially posing the biggest threat to date to his presidency.Jerry Nadler,...

    Ukrainian Political Activist Kolchenko Describes Russian Prison Conditions
    Mar04

    Ukrainian Political Activist Kolchenko Describes Russian Prison Conditions

    Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kolchenko is serving a 10-year sentence in Russia on terror charges that human rights groups say are politically motivated. He was convicted in 2015 alongside Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea. During a visit by an observation mission, Sentsov described the time...

    The Eastern Blind Spot in German Leadership
    Mar04

    The Eastern Blind Spot in German Leadership

    “To exclude Russia is the wrong strategic signal” Chancellor Merkel said as she defended the Nord Stream 2 project at the recent Munich Security Conference. As I watched her from my vantage in Berlin, it dawned on me that the controversial project marks an inflection point for European security. For years the world has urged Germany to become...

    History’s Heroic Failures
    Mar04

    History’s Heroic Failures

    I like to keep you up to date when I read a book I think is worth your time. I’m now reading Marc Morris’s The Norman Conquest, which is very good. I recommend it. At the simplest level it’s just a good read on a subject of immense historical importance and one with sufficient drama to allow a good writer to keep the reader...

    EU Extends Asset Freeze On Ex-President Yanukovych, 11 Other Ukrainians
    Mar04

    EU Extends Asset Freeze On Ex-President Yanukovych, 11 Other Ukrainians

    The European Union has extended asset freezes on former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and 11 other Ukrainians suspected of embezzling state funds. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...