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    Comedian Leads Ukraine Election Polls as Dirty-Trick Accusations Mount
    Feb26

    Comedian Leads Ukraine Election Polls as Dirty-Trick Accusations Mount

    Ukrainian voters have 44 candidates to pick from in next month’s presidential elections, but they do not feel spoiled for choice. Among what is on offer — a popular television comic, far-right war veterans, a chest-beating male chauvinist who says feminism has gone too far, a gas princess, lawmakers and spies as well as Ukraine’s...

    Out Of Tune With Ukraine? ‘Unpatriotic’ Pop Diva Dropped From Eurovision
    Feb26

    Out Of Tune With Ukraine? ‘Unpatriotic’ Pop Diva Dropped From Eurovision

    Ukraine is scrambling to find a singer to compete at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest after pop diva Maruv was disqualified for not being “patriotic” enough. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin Spokesman’s Daughter Secures Internship At EU Parliament
    Feb26

    Putin Spokesman’s Daughter Secures Internship At EU Parliament

    BRUSSELS (AP) — The daughter of the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured an intern’s job at the European Union’s legislature at a time of increasing political confrontation between the EU and Russia. Right-wing French lawmaker Aymeric Chauprade on Tuesday defended his decision to hire Elizaveta Peskova, the...

    Weeks Ahead Of Ukraine Vote, Poroshenko Under Fire Over Smuggling Claim
    Feb26

    Weeks Ahead Of Ukraine Vote, Poroshenko Under Fire Over Smuggling Claim

    Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has called for the impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of treason after a media outlet aired a program alleging that people close to the incumbent enriched themselves by smuggling spare parts for military equipment from Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Death Toll Up To 13,000 In Ukraine Conflict, Says UN Rights Office
    Feb26

    Death Toll Up To 13,000 In Ukraine Conflict, Says UN Rights Office

    Some 13,000 people have been killed, a quarter of them civilians, and as many as 30,000 wounded in the war in eastern Ukraine since it broke out in April 2014, the United Nations says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Lawyers For Trump Ex-Campaign Chairman Ask For Leniency Ahead Of Sentencing
    Feb26

    Lawyers For Trump Ex-Campaign Chairman Ask For Leniency Ahead Of Sentencing

    Defense lawyers made the arguments in a court filing, just two days after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his own sentencing memo that called Manafort a “hardened criminal.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Manafort’s Lawyers in Sentencing Memo: He’s no Murderer, Mafioso or Madoff
    Feb26

    Manafort’s Lawyers in Sentencing Memo: He’s no Murderer, Mafioso or Madoff

    Alex WongPaul Manafort’s lawyers downplayed their client’s criminal history as outlined by Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office, writing off his actions as unnoteworthy and not worthy of extensive punishment.“Manafort, who over the decades has served four U.S. presidents and has no prior criminal history, is presented...

    Manafort Claims No ‘Evidence’ Of Collusion As He Asks Judge For Leniency
    Feb26

    Manafort Claims No ‘Evidence’ Of Collusion As He Asks Judge For Leniency

    In asking for a federal judge in D.C. to hand down a sentencing “significantly” lower than the statutory maximum, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort claimed that special counsel Robert Mueller had found “no evidence” of Russian collusion while suggesting the special counsel sought to pressure Manafort to flip on others. His attorneys...

    TV Ratings for Putin’s Annual Speech Lowest Since 2013
    Feb26

    TV Ratings for Putin’s Annual Speech Lowest Since 2013

    The number of Russians who tuned in to watch President Vladimir Putin’s annual address on television last week slipped to its lowest level since 2013, nationwide data from market research firm Mediascope showed on Monday. The findings come as opinion polls register a slide in Putin’s popularity ratings following moves last year to...

    Moldova Set for Coalition Talks After Inconclusive Election
    Feb25

    Moldova Set for Coalition Talks After Inconclusive Election

    An election in Moldova has produced a hung parliament, with results showing the vote split between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when the ex-Soviet republic’s relations with the European Union have soured. The outcome of Sunday’s contest sets the stage for coalition talks or potentially new elections, just as the...