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    What’s The Story Behind The $125,000 Paul Manafort Lied To Mueller About?
    Feb21

    What’s The Story Behind The $125,000 Paul Manafort Lied To Mueller About?

    It’s one of the stranger episodes in Paul Manafort’s bizarre journey from Trump campaign chairman to the inside of a jail cell. Even the special counsel seems unsure what to make of a $125,000 payment that went towards paying down a debt of Manafort’s in the summer of 2017, while he was under investigation. The payment went to...

    Poroshenko Builds Support Among Ukrainians Abroad in Visit to U.S.
    Feb21

    Poroshenko Builds Support Among Ukrainians Abroad in Visit to U.S.

    The president is facing an election in which the diaspora vote is seen as pivotal. His popularity, dented by accusations of corruption, has dipped at home. …read more Source: The New York...

    Pompeo’s Tough Diplomacy on Display in Europe
    Feb21

    Pompeo’s Tough Diplomacy on Display in Europe

    Europeans routinely complain about being neglected by U.S. administrations. As much as Europeans doted on then-President Barack Obama, he indeed treated them with benign indifference, taking their support for granted. But now, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo having made his way through their capitals last week, Europeans have gotten a taste...

    Mueller’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Prosecutions May Lead to Probes of Green Groups
    Feb20

    Mueller’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Prosecutions May Lead to Probes of Green Groups

    By invoking a law regulating foreign agents to pursue prosecution of former Trump campaign officials, special counsel Robert Mueller opened the door to more intense scrutiny of some U.S. environmental groups, according to legal analysts who say China and Russia use such groups to influence America’s energy policy. But these legal analysts...

    Poroshenko Wants UN To Move Ahead With Peacekeeping Mission In Eastern Ukraine
    Feb20

    Poroshenko Wants UN To Move Ahead With Peacekeeping Mission In Eastern Ukraine

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on the UN secretary-general to draw up options for a peacekeeping mission in eastern Ukraine, saying such a mission could be a “decisive factor” in ending the conflict there. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east
    Feb20

    Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east

    Ukraine’s president says a U.N.-mandated peacekeeping operation could be decisive in ending the conflict in the east with Russian-backed separatists — and says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should send a mission to come up with options. …read more Source: FOX...

    Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east
    Feb20

    Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east

    Ukraine’s president says a U.N.-mandated peacekeeping operation could be decisive in ending the conflict in the east with Russian-backed separatists _ and says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should send a mission to come up with options …read more Source: ABC...

    Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east
    Feb20

    Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east

    Ukraine’s president says a U.N.-mandated peacekeeping operation could be decisive in ending the conflict in the east with Russian-backed separatists — and says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should send a mission … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    Putin Announces Social Handouts in Bid to Stop Opinion Poll Slide
    Feb20

    Putin Announces Social Handouts in Bid to Stop Opinion Poll Slide

    A year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin sailed to victory in what challengers dubbed a “filthy election.” Facing weak candidates — some likely encouraged to run by a Kremlin eager to give the poll a veneer of greater competitiveness — Putin basked in his re-election, promising a flag-waving rally of loyalists off Moscow’s Red Square...

    Russian President Vladimir Putin Threatens to Retaliate if U.S. Deploys New Missiles in Europe
    Feb20

    Russian President Vladimir Putin Threatens to Retaliate if U.S. Deploys New Missiles in Europe

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take just as little time to reach their targets. While the Russian leader didn’t say what specific new weapons Moscow could deploy, his...