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    At Year’s End, What We Know About Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia
    Dec20

    At Year’s End, What We Know About Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia

    As the second year of investigations of President Donald Trump wraps up, he and his lawyers probably won’t be able to take a breather in 2019, when the Democrats’ new House majority creates a third track of probes. Legal experts agree that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian election meddling won’t conclude...

    Ukraine Lawmakers OK Law To Rename Moscow-Loyal Orthodox Church
    Dec20

    Ukraine Lawmakers OK Law To Rename Moscow-Loyal Orthodox Church

    Ukraine’s parliament has approved a bill that would force the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to change its name. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Brawl Breaks Out In Ukrainian Parliament
    Dec20

    Brawl Breaks Out In Ukrainian Parliament

    A fight broke out in Ukraine’s parliament as deputies removed a poster calling for the prosecution of a Ukrainian politician who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, announced a break on December 20 after members of two rival opposition parties traded punches. …read more...

    Brawl Interrupts Ukrainian Parliament Session
    Dec20

    Brawl Interrupts Ukrainian Parliament Session

    A fight broke out in Ukraine’s parliament as deputies from the Opposition Bloc removed a poster calling for the prosecution of a Ukrainian politician who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Family Anxious For News Of Ukrainian Captain Jailed By Russia
    Dec20

    Family Anxious For News Of Ukrainian Captain Jailed By Russia

    Roman Mokryak is a Ukrainian naval officer and one of 24 sailors captured by Russia during a violent encounter at sea on November 25. In his hometown of Karlivka, Ukraine, his parents say they’ve been unable to contact their son as he awaits trial in Russian-controlled Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    UK Media Watchdog Says Russian Broadcaster RT Broke Impartiality Rules
    Dec20

    UK Media Watchdog Says Russian Broadcaster RT Broke Impartiality Rules

    Britain’s media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday Russian broadcaster RT had broken impartiality rules in news and current affairs programs aired in March and April, including coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. “Taken together, the seven breaches represent a serious failure of compliance with our...

    Putin Issues Chilling Warning on Rising Nuclear War Threat
    Dec20

    Putin Issues Chilling Warning on Rising Nuclear War Threat

    Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, saying “it could lead to the destruction of civilization as a whole and maybe even our planet” — and putting the blame squarely on the U.S. Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin scoffed at Western claims he wants to...

    Putin Condemns Creation of Independent Ukraine Church
    Dec20

    Putin Condemns Creation of Independent Ukraine Church

    Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the creation of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church independent of Moscow at his annual press conference on Thursday, saying it violated religious freedoms and drove a wedge between the nations. Orthodox bishops created the new Ukrainian church at a historic synod in Kyiv on Saturday, ending more than 300 years...

    Putin Praises Trump’s Decision To Withdraw Troops From Syria
    Dec20

    Putin Praises Trump’s Decision To Withdraw Troops From Syria

    By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, saying “it could lead to the destruction of civilization as a whole and maybe even our planet” — and putting the blame squarely on the U.S. Speaking at his annual news conference,...

    Flying of drones closes London-Gatwick, was intentional, police say
    Dec20

    Flying of drones closes London-Gatwick, was intentional, police say

    The United Kingdom’s second-biggest airport has been closed for over 12 hours after drones were seen over the airfield in what police described as a “deliberate act.” Flights were diverted or grounded at London’s Gatwick Airport after two drones were spotted near the airfield at around 9 p.m. Wednesday night. The airport was briefly...