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    White House won’t blame Russia for attack on former spy, but Rex Tillerson will
    Mar13

    White House won’t blame Russia for attack on former spy, but Rex Tillerson will

    Tuesday, March 13 , 2018 - 3:13 (EEST) Section: VICE News (USA)

    Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took a bold stance at odds with the White House Monday, specifically pointing a finger at Russia for the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the UK last week. “This is a really egregious act. It appears that it clearly came from Russia,” Tillerson said in a statement. “Whether it...

    Tillerson: Alleged Russia Attack on British Soil ‘Really Egregious Act’
    Mar13

    Tillerson: Alleged Russia Attack on British Soil ‘Really Egregious Act’

    Tuesday, March 13 , 2018 - 3:13 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is backing up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s assertion that Russia is behind the attack on a former Russian spy in England, saying it certainly “will trigger a response.” “This is a really egregious act. It appears that it clearly came from Russia,” Tillerson said Monday en route to Cape Verde....

    Air of corruption hovers over RNC finance team as legal liabilities explode
    Mar13

    Air of corruption hovers over RNC finance team as legal liabilities explode

    Tuesday, March 13 , 2018 - 2:58 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    Everyone remembers last month’s implosion of Republican National Committee finance chair Steve Wynn, who resigned due to what he called “an avalanche of negative publicity” over sexual harassment charges. Well, now two other gents on the RNC finance leadership team are embroiled in some legal trouble of their own: Michael Cohen, Donald...

    Why some Jews in Russia don’t think Putin’s comment about them was anti-Semitic
    Mar12

    Why some Jews in Russia don’t think Putin’s comment about them was anti-Semitic

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 22:13 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, left, and Alexander Boroda, head of the Federation of Jewish Communities, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Dec. 28, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images) (JTA) — When Boruch Gorin, a well-known rabbi in Moscow, traveled for the first time from Russia...

    Putin Suggests Jews, Ethnic Groups May Have Meddled in US Election
    Mar12

    Putin Suggests Jews, Ethnic Groups May Have Meddled in US Election

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 22:13 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that Jews, Ukrainians or Tatars might have meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but again is rejecting Kremlin interference. In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News that aired Sunday, Putin dismissed the conclusion of the U.S. intelligence community that he ordered a campaign to...

    UK PM Theresa May calls out Russia for nerve gas attack, promises a response

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 20:43 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    On Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke before Parliament on the attack that left at least two people in the UK hospitalized from exposure to a toxin. May left no doubt that she was taking this extremely seriously: It is now clear that Mr Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by...

    Vladimir Putin suggests “Russian Jews” could have carried out election meddling
    Mar12

    Vladimir Putin suggests “Russian Jews” could have carried out election meddling

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 19:13 (EEST) Section: Salon (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin (Credit: Getty/Alexey Nikolsky) Denying any involvement with the 2016 U.S. election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has come under fire after suggesting any alleged meddling could have been carried out by Russian Jews. Putin claimed election interference could have come from anyone — even from people living...

    Ukraine is moving forward with its push to join NATO
    Mar12

    Ukraine is moving forward with its push to join NATO

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 19:13 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv is seeking a Membership Action Plan, a formal step toward joining NATO. …read more Source: Business...

    Putin Says he Approved Plan to Shoot Down Hijacked Passenger Plane in 2014

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 19:13 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in a new documentary that he approved of a plan to shoot down a hijacked passenger jet four years ago. A Ukrainian man tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight and demanded that it go to Sochi as the Winter Olympics were about to start there in February 2014. The Sochi Games were Putin’s pet project...

    Multilateralism for a Despotic Age
    Mar12

    Multilateralism for a Despotic Age

    Monday, March 12 , 2018 - 17:28 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    “I know very well that right now some are trying to isolate Cuba. We Europeans want to show, on the contrary, that we are closer to you than ever,” said Federica Mogherini, the head of the European External Action Service, in a not-so-subtle dig at the Trump Administration. A few weeks later, Carl Bildt, Sweden’s former Prime Minister,...