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    EU Blacklists Nine People Over Ukraine Separatist Vote
    Dec10

    EU Blacklists Nine People Over Ukraine Separatist Vote

    The European Union has blacklisted nine individuals involved in the organization of last month’s elections in the areas controlled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The Trouble With Netflix’s New Cold War Thriller
    Dec10

    The Trouble With Netflix’s New Cold War Thriller

    Earlier this year, the first issue of Vogue Poland appeared on newsstands. The Polish imprint of the fashion magazine joined Vogue Russia (launched in 1998) and Vogue Ukraine (2013) as the brand’s newest incursion into the East European market (Vogue Czech Republic and Slovakia later debuted in August). The March 2018 cover depicted Polish...

    Russia Dispatching Blackjack Bombers to Venezuela
    Dec10

    Russia Dispatching Blackjack Bombers to Venezuela

    Russia is deploying nuclear-capable Tu-160 Blackjack bombers to Venezuela this week as part of an increasingly provocative pattern of bomber training flights, according to American defense officials. At least two Blackjacks will fly from a strategic forces air base in Russia to Venezuela as part of a series of training exercises that will include...

    Russia building up forces near Crimea amid tensions with Ukraine, satellite photos show
    Dec09

    Russia building up forces near Crimea amid tensions with Ukraine, satellite photos show

    Two weeks after Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels in the contested Kerch Strait, satellite images obtained exclusively by Fox News on Sunday show that additional forces may be headed to the region. …read more Source: FOX...

    The Mysterious Return of Manafort’s ‘Russian Brain’
    Dec09

    The Mysterious Return of Manafort’s ‘Russian Brain’

    In the Collected Works of Robert Mueller, there are Russian names that come and go. But there’s only one of these figures who provides a recurring presence in this oeuvre. He is a diminutive man, whom Mueller has called an “asset” of Russian intelligence. His presence is either the sort of distracting irrelevance that Alfred Hitchcock...

    Russian Rights Activist Alexeyeva Dies at 91 
    Dec09

    Russian Rights Activist Alexeyeva Dies at 91 

    Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political prisoners and establish democratic rights, died Saturday in a Moscow hospital, a Russian official said. She was 91. “She remained a human rights activist to the very end,” said Mikhail...

    West must take tougher stand against Russia, Ukraine president tells FOX News
    Dec08

    West must take tougher stand against Russia, Ukraine president tells FOX News

    Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko called on Western democratic nations to take a tougher stand against Russia amid escalating tensions between the two regional rivals. …read more Source: FOX...

    U.S. Prosecutors Alleged Former Top Trump Associates Lied Over Russia Contacts
    Dec08

    U.S. Prosecutors Alleged Former Top Trump Associates Lied Over Russia Contacts

    U.S. prosecutors have laid out in court details of what they say are lies by former top associates of President Donald Trump regarding their interactions with Russian contacts, charges that will likely lead to long prison terms for the two men. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Here are the 5 things Paul Manafort has been lying to Robert Mueller about
    Dec08

    Here are the 5 things Paul Manafort has been lying to Robert Mueller about

    Mueller laid out the case in a new court filing — and said his team could back it up with evidence, if need be. When Special Counsel Robert Mueller declared that President Donald Trump’s former Campaign Chair Paul Manafort was in breach of his plea deal, observers were immediately asking: What did he lie about?Now we know. In a new court...

    Mueller: Paul Manafort lied about contacts with Trump administration this year
    Dec08

    Mueller: Paul Manafort lied about contacts with Trump administration this year

    WASHINGTON, DC — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team said Friday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied on five major issues after agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors, including his “contact with administration officials.” In a heavily-redacted document released Friday, Mueller’s team also said Manafort lied about...