: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: USA

    EU Urges Russia To Release All ‘Illegally Detained’ Ukrainians
    Jan10

    EU Urges Russia To Release All ‘Illegally Detained’ Ukrainians

    Thursday, January 10 , 2019 - 23:57 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The European Union has reiterated its call on Moscow to release all Ukrainian citizens “illegally detained” both in Russia and in the occupied Crimea Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russians Indicted by Mueller Linked to Murder of Journalists in Central African Republic
    Jan10

    Russians Indicted by Mueller Linked to Murder of Journalists in Central African Republic

    Thursday, January 10 , 2019 - 23:57 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    A pair of Russians indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for meddling in the U.S. elections of 2016 were involved in a plot that led to the murder of three Russian journalists in Africa, according to a private investigation funded by the journalists’ former employer, the exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Data revealed by...

    Manafort intended for polling data to go to 2 Ukrainian oligarchs, a source says
    Jan10

    Manafort intended for polling data to go to 2 Ukrainian oligarchs, a source says

    Thursday, January 10 , 2019 - 5:42 (EEST) Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

    …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    4 Things to Know About Trump’s Ability to Declare an Emergency to Build a Wall
    Jan10

    4 Things to Know About Trump’s Ability to Declare an Emergency to Build a Wall

    Thursday, January 10 , 2019 - 3:47 (EEST) Section: The Daily Signal (USA)

    During his prime-time Oval Office address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump left out any reference to declaring a national emergency as a way to build a physical barrier along the southern border. Instead, he focused on reaching a bipartisan deal with congressional Democrats to end the partial government shutdown over the issue. However, by...

    What We Know About The Russians Manafort Contacted During The 2016 Campaign
    Jan09

    What We Know About The Russians Manafort Contacted During The 2016 Campaign

    Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s ties to two Russian figures have been simmering at the surface of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe for more than a year, but Tuesday’s revelation that Manafort stands accused of seeking to share campaign polling data with those Russians brought the relationships fully into...

    The Destruction Of Ukraine’s Nuclear Arsenal
    Jan09

    The Destruction Of Ukraine’s Nuclear Arsenal

    Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Twenty-five years ago, Ukraine possessed the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal. It had inherited 175 long-range missiles and more than 1,800 warheads after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Following two years of talks been the United States, Russia, and Ukraine, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced a breakthrough on January 10, 1994....

    An Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come
    Jan09

    An Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come

    Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Editor’s Note: As U.S.-Israeli negotiations intensify over a range of related issues—the implications of U.S. policy in Syria for Israeli security, the vaunted American peace plan reported to be in preparation, and other matters—history alerts us to the likelihood that a range of tradeoffs might attend resolution of any or all of these...

    Justice for Journalists and Russian Revanchism
    Jan09

    Justice for Journalists and Russian Revanchism

    Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Jeffrey Gedmin, the editor-in-chief of The American Interest, recently sat down with Mikhail Khodorkovsky in London to discuss his new foundation, Justice for Journalists. (Full disclosure: Jeff is a board member.) Read on to learn how three suspicious killings in the Central African Republic served as the genesis for his new foundation, why...

    NYT: Manafort Requested That Russian Biz Pal To Share 2016 Data With Oligarch
    Jan09

    NYT: Manafort Requested That Russian Biz Pal To Share 2016 Data With Oligarch

    Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 - 7:28 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    On the heels of a court filings that revealed, via a redaction error, that prosecutors believed Paul Manafort had shared 2016 polling with a Russian business associate, the New York Times reported Tuesday that the polling included both public and internal polls. An unnamed person with knowledge of the situation told the Times that Manafort and...

    Manafort Allegedly Shared Polling Data With Russian Operative
    Jan09

    Manafort Allegedly Shared Polling Data With Russian Operative

    Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 - 7:28 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The filing was made January 8 by defense lawyers for Paul Manafort, who has already been convicted by a federal jury and has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges stemming from work he did for Ukrainian politicians. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...