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    Ivanka Trump Backed Flynn and Manafort. She Discussed Firing Comey. How Has She Evaded Mueller’s Investigation?
    Mar10

    Ivanka Trump Backed Flynn and Manafort. She Discussed Firing Comey. How Has She Evaded Mueller’s Investigation?

    Ivanka Trump is the ghost of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation: She is connected, either directly or tangentially, to events at the heart of the probe, yet all but invisible to the public. But as Mueller’s investigation broadens, the so-called first daughter is becoming a long overdue part of the bigger story of...

    Income inequality in the U.S. is even worse than you’ve been led to believe
    Mar10

    Income inequality in the U.S. is even worse than you’ve been led to believe

    In this March 7, 2017 photo, a man wearing plastic bags in the rain carries belongings as he walks during a sweep to clear out people living at a homeless encampment known as “The Field,” in Seattle’s Stadium district south of downtown. Sixteen months after he declared a state of emergency on homelessness, Seattle’s mayor...

    Putin on alleged US election interference: I don’t care
    Mar10

    Putin on alleged US election interference: I don’t care

    MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government. In an interview with the US TV network NBC, the Russian president was asked if he condoned the interference by 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies...

    NATO Grants Ukraine Status Of ‘Aspirant Country’
    Mar10

    NATO Grants Ukraine Status Of ‘Aspirant Country’

    NATO has granted Ukraine the status of an aspirant country to eventual membership in the 29-nation Western alliance. Georgia, Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina enjoy similar status. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Donald Trump’s Relentless Fixer: The Many Mysterious Doings of Michael Cohen
    Mar10

    Donald Trump’s Relentless Fixer: The Many Mysterious Doings of Michael Cohen

    Why Trump is so worried about Stormy Daniels remains unclear. But if Michael Cohen is involved, it must be serious. If there is one person lurking around the shadows of every Trump scandal, it would be his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, known as the Tom Hagen of the Trump family, only with much less class and dignity than the original consigliere...

    Latvian FM: Putin’s ‘Global Catastrophe’ Remarks ‘Irresponsible’
    Mar10

    Latvian FM: Putin’s ‘Global Catastrophe’ Remarks ‘Irresponsible’

    Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics says Vladimir Putin’s recent comments on retaliating against nuclear-armed adversaries, which the Russian president acknowledged would lead to a “global catastrophe,” represent a level of animosity not seen since the early Cold War. Speaking to a staunch pro-Kremlin TV host in a...

    The life and myths of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet Russia’s deadliest sniper
    Mar10

    The life and myths of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet Russia’s deadliest sniper

    Lyudmila Pavlichenko, history’s deadliest female sniper, is considered to be a Soviet propaganda myth by some, including some people in Russia. The divorced teenage mother from the tiny Ukrainian town of Bila Tserkva is credited with killing at least 309 Nazis — she simply sounds too good to be true. …read more Source: Public Radio...

    Britain Urged to Target Russian Money, Assets in London
    Mar09

    Britain Urged to Target Russian Money, Assets in London

    Saying Britain is being “pushed around” by the Kremlin, Britain’s defense secretary has joined a chorus in London calling for retaliation against Russia, as a former Russian double agent and his daughter fight for their lives after being struck down by a toxic substance. Gavin Williamson’s remarks came as British police...

    Moldova: Stepping Out of Europe’s Grey Zone
    Mar09

    Moldova: Stepping Out of Europe’s Grey Zone

    Chisinau, Moldova rarely makes it on to the world stage or the front pages of newspapers, but on March 2, 2018, statesmen and experts from Europe and the United States descended on the city to buck the trend. During a high-level inter-parliamentary security conference held on that day for Eastern Partnership countries, the speakers of parliaments...

    It’s Time to Get Over Our Russophobia
    Mar09

    It’s Time to Get Over Our Russophobia

    Unless there is a late surge for Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin, who is running in second place with 7 percent, Vladimir Putin will be re-elected president of Russia for another six years on March 18. Once he is, we must decide whether to continue on course into a second Cold War, or to engage Russia, as every president sought to do in...