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    Pope Calls For Peace In Syria, Yemen In Christmas Message
    Dec25

    Pope Calls For Peace In Syria, Yemen In Christmas Message

    Pope Francis used his Christmas message on December 25 to urge the world to put aside “partisan interests” to find a political solution to conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and other flash points. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Weightlifters From Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia Hit After Doping Tests
    Dec25

    Weightlifters From Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia Hit After Doping Tests

    Five weightlifters from former Soviet states, including two former Olympic champions, have been provisionally suspended after retests of their samples from the 2012 London Olympics came back positive for doping, the sports’ governing body says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    UN: Human Rights Violations Victimize Ukrainian Civilians
    Dec23

    UN: Human Rights Violations Victimize Ukrainian Civilians

    As Ukraine enters its fifth winter of conflict, the United Nations says civilians continue to be victimized by widespread human rights violations and abuse perpetrated by both the government and Russian-backed rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. The report issued by the U.N. Human Rights Office covers the three-month period between...

    Ukraine’s President Signs Law Forcing Russia-Affiliated Church To Change Name
    Dec23

    Ukraine’s President Signs Law Forcing Russia-Affiliated Church To Change Name

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law requiring the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to change its name to one that reveals its affiliation with the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russian Fighter Jets Moved To Annexed Ukrainian Region
    Dec23

    Russian Fighter Jets Moved To Annexed Ukrainian Region

    More than a dozen advanced Russian fighter jets have arrived at a base in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, which Moscow occupied and annexed in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    U.S., Britain Vow To Support Ukraine’s Navy After November Kerch Strait Attack
    Dec23

    U.S., Britain Vow To Support Ukraine’s Navy After November Kerch Strait Attack

    The United States says it will provide an additional $10 million in military financing to Ukraine to help bolster its navy after Russia captured three of Kyiv’s ships at sea in late November. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    U.S. Moves To Return 107-Year-Old Painting, Stolen During World War II, To Ukrainian Museum
    Dec23

    U.S. Moves To Return 107-Year-Old Painting, Stolen During World War II, To Ukrainian Museum

    U.S. authorities have moved to claim a 107-year-old painting of Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible that was stolen from an Ukrainian art museum during World War II and discovered in a home in the U.S. state of Connecticut. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Watch: Ukrainian Parliament erupts in brawl over poster calling member ‘Putin’s agent’
    Dec21

    Watch: Ukrainian Parliament erupts in brawl over poster calling member ‘Putin’s agent’

    A session of the Ukrainian Parliament burst into a brawl Thursday after a member was accused of working under the influence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: United Press...

    Yet again, a fistfight breaks out in Ukraine’s parliament

    There have been multiple fights between Ukrainian lawmakers since 2014. …read more Source: The Washington...

    Maria Butina and the Mortal Threat to Liberal Democracy
    Dec20

    Maria Butina and the Mortal Threat to Liberal Democracy

    Like it or not, we are engaged in a long-term conflict with Russia. It has aptly been labeled the Hybrid War, and its principal novelty is radical asymmetry. Notwithstanding the frantic commentary one often hears on both sides, an Armageddon-like military conflagration is improbable. We are unlikely to see either a Russian blitzkrieg against the...