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    Ukraine cut off cooperation with Mueller to curry favor with Trump
    May02

    Ukraine cut off cooperation with Mueller to curry favor with Trump

    Unprecedented conflicts of interest lead to unprecedented policy problems. Andrew Kramer reports Wednesday for the New York Times that cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller and his team has “been effectively frozen by Ukraine’s chief prosecutor” and that “the decision to halt the investigations by an anticorruption prosecutor was...

    Why Russia Fears the Javelin (America’s Super Tank-Killer)
    May02

    Why Russia Fears the Javelin (America’s Super Tank-Killer)

    Sebastien Roblin Security, The Javelin is so effective that who the United States sells or gives Javelins to has become a political issue on more than one occasion. When Russia provided military support to separatists in Ukraine, columns of Russian tanks were instrumental in turning back Ukrainian Army offensives and seizing government...

    Ukraine Stopped Helping Mueller Probe After Trump Administration Gave It Weapons to Fight Russia

    Ukraine’s chief prosecutor has stopped cooperating with the Mueller investigation in order to remain on Trump’s good side, according to reports. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine stops cooperating with Mueller to guard relationship with Trump
    May02

    Ukraine stops cooperating with Mueller to guard relationship with Trump

    Ukraine has appeared in the Trump–Russia investigation from before there was an official Trump–Russia investigation. There was the incident at the Republican convention where Trump campaign officials intervened to weaken a plank in the party platform concerning support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. There were Paul Manafort’s...

    Ukrainian Patriarch Calls On EU To Maintain Russia Sanctions
    May02

    Ukrainian Patriarch Calls On EU To Maintain Russia Sanctions

    Patriarch Filaret, the head of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church, has called on the European Union not to treat the conflict in his country’s east as Kyiv’s internal problem and urged the bloc to maintain sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Mike Pompeo spent his first week as secretary of state being the anti-Rex Tillerson
    May02

    Mike Pompeo spent his first week as secretary of state being the anti-Rex Tillerson

    Experts think Pompeo might bring back some normalcy to the State Department. Only time will tell if that’s true. Belgium. Saudi Arabia. Israel. Jordan. That sounds like a nice vacation, but it’s actually where Mike Pompeo spent his first five days as the newly minted secretary of state. After his official confirmation last week,...

    Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation
    May02

    Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation

    Ukraine, deeply dependent on the Trump administration for financial and military aid, froze its cooperation with the special counsel’s office. …read more Source: The New York...

    Congressmen’s letter on Ukraine anti-Semitism may be Russian conspiracy, Jewish leader suggests
    May02

    Congressmen’s letter on Ukraine anti-Semitism may be Russian conspiracy, Jewish leader suggests

    (JTA) — A leader of Ukrainian Jews suggested that recent criticism of his country by 57 U.S. congressmen was part of an orchestrated campaign, possibly paid for by Russia. Josef Zissels, chairman of the Vaad Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine, was quoted as saying this by the state-run National News Agency of Ukraine,...

    Security Beefed Up In Odesa On Anniversary Of Deadly Clash
    May02

    Security Beefed Up In Odesa On Anniversary Of Deadly Clash

    Security has been beefed up in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa as ceremonies are under way to commemorate 48 people killed in a 2014 clash between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian demonstrators. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Rhee, who helped bring taekwondo to US, dead at 86
    May02

    Rhee, who helped bring taekwondo to US, dead at 86

    By Harrison Smith | Washington Post Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, a Korean-born martial artist who settled in Washington, D.C., and helped popularize taekwondo in the United States, preaching a philosophy of “truth, beauty and love” while teaching members of Congress how to kick and punch, died April 30 at an assisted-living community in Arlington,...