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    Facebook Vows To Curb Outside Electoral Ads Ahead Of Ukraine Vote
    Jan28

    Facebook Vows To Curb Outside Electoral Ads Ahead Of Ukraine Vote

    The social-media giant Facebook has announced that it will prohibit electoral ads bought outside Ukraine from appearing there in the run-up to the country’s presidential election this spring. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Facebook Tightens Paid Ads Rules Ahead of EU Elections
    Jan28

    Facebook Tightens Paid Ads Rules Ahead of EU Elections

    Facebook said on Monday it will beef up its rules and safeguards around political ads to prevent foreign interference in elections, including those in Europe this year. The world’s largest social network has faced pressure from regulators and the public after last year’s revelation that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica had...

    Facebook Announces New Ad Rules To Ward Off Election Meddling
    Jan28

    Facebook Announces New Ad Rules To Ward Off Election Meddling

    Facebook says it is beefing up its rules and safeguards regarding political advertisements to “prevent foreign interference” in elections in Europe and elsewhere. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Facebook will open new ‘war rooms’ in Dublin and Singapore ahead of EU elections
    Jan28

    Facebook will open new ‘war rooms’ in Dublin and Singapore ahead of EU elections

    Facebook outlined its latest efforts to fight fake news and misinformation ahead of elections in the EU, India, Israel and Ukraine later this year. …read more Source:...

    While Putin Hardens His Line in Ukraine, Trump Goes Squishy
    Jan28

    While Putin Hardens His Line in Ukraine, Trump Goes Squishy

    Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily BeastMARIUPOL, Ukraine—Oleksandr was the last Ukrainian soldier entering the snow-caked trenches on a journey to the front lines of war. The Ukrainian troops and I trudged at five-meter intervals, a distance close enough so the men could communicate but far enough to minimize casualties if we were...

    US Lifts Sanctions on Rusal, Other Firms Linked to Russia’s Deripaska
    Jan28

    US Lifts Sanctions on Rusal, Other Firms Linked to Russia’s Deripaska

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday lifted sanctions on aluminum giant Rusal and other Russian firms linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite a Democratic-led push in the U.S. Congress to maintain the restrictions. Earlier this month, 11 of Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate joined Democrats in a failed...

    Don’t Shoot The Messenger
    Jan26

    Don’t Shoot The Messenger

    The Kremlin’s trusted polling firm WCIOM, which also happens to be state-owned, has been releasing the results of its surveys faster and faster, and the news isn’t good for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The latest poll, measuring Russians’ “trust” in politicians,1 shows Putin registering only 32.8 percent support—his...

    Huge Trove of Leaked Russian Documents Is Published by Transparency Advocates
    Jan26

    Huge Trove of Leaked Russian Documents Is Published by Transparency Advocates

    Files and messages on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the business dealings of oligarchs and other issues were published online by a group called Distributed Denial of Secrets. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russia to Help Cubana Get Fleet Back in Air This Year
    Jan26

    Russia to Help Cubana Get Fleet Back in Air This Year

    Russia will help Cuba repair state-run airline Cubana’s mostly grounded fleet, likely by year’s end, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov was quoted as saying by Cuban news agency Prensa Latina on Friday. Cubana had to cancel most domestic flights last year due to a lack of flightworthy planes and lease aircraft from other...

    This Week: The Long-Awaited Roger Stone Indictment Arrives
    Jan26

    This Week: The Long-Awaited Roger Stone Indictment Arrives

    Roger Stone was arrested and indicted Friday morning as federal agents stormed his homes in Florida and New York. In an indictment, special counsel Robert Mueller laid out communication between Stone and the Trump campaign during the summer and fall of 2016. Stone suggested repeatedly during that time that he was in touch with Wikileaks, and,...