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    Donald Trump’s relentless fixer: The many mysterious doings of Michael Cohen
    Mar09

    Donald Trump’s relentless fixer: The many mysterious doings of Michael Cohen

    Stormy Daniels; Michael Cohen (Credit: AP/Damairs Carter/Andrew Harnik) 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 of “Godfather” fame. Back in 2011 ABC News...

    Mueller tight-lipped as media leaks shape Russia narrative
    Mar09

    Mueller tight-lipped as media leaks shape Russia narrative

    Special counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors aren’t talking to the media, but still the leaks keep coming. In the past two weeks, anonymously sourced news reports have said the top federal Russia investigator is preparing to indict Russians for hacking Democratic emails in 2016; focusing on why one of President Donald Trump’s...

    Prisoner-Exchange Organizer Detained Near East Ukraine War Zone
    Mar09

    Prisoner-Exchange Organizer Detained Near East Ukraine War Zone

    An NGO head who has negotiated exchanges of captives in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Ruban, has been detained by Ukrainian authorities on suspicion of smuggling, authorities said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Defense Officials: Russia Poised to Challenge US for Military Dominance
    Mar09

    Defense Officials: Russia Poised to Challenge US for Military Dominance

    Russia’s campaign to modernize and strengthen its armed forces is increasingly putting U.S. and European forces at risk, with some defense officials raising concerns Moscow’s military soon could challenge the U.S. and its allies for dominance across the continent. Most of the focus in recent weeks has been on Russia’s newfound...

    Thousands Worldwide March For Rights, Denounce Abuse On Women’s Day
    Mar09

    Thousands Worldwide March For Rights, Denounce Abuse On Women’s Day

    Thousands of women marched in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kosovo, Ukraine, and elsewhere around the globe on International Women’s Day, demanding equal rights and denouncing harassment and abuse …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Forget Russia, What About Qatar?
    Mar09

    Forget Russia, What About Qatar?

    Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical left and Islamic terrorism. There hasn’t been a sudden explosion of paranoia and fear about Russia like this since Sputnik. In the ‘12 election debates, Obama had breezily dismissed Romney’s...

    It’s Time to Get Over Our Russophilia
    Mar09

    It’s Time to Get Over Our Russophilia

    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...

    More women are in charge of Jewish groups in the former Soviet Union, thanks to a communist legacy
    Mar09

    More women are in charge of Jewish groups in the former Soviet Union, thanks to a communist legacy

    Anna Grigolaya, left, with her son and daughter. (Courtesy of Grigolaya) (JTA) — For a man to gallantly open a door for a female stranger is neither common nor universally appreciated in Ukraine, where gender salary gaps used to be illegal and female tank crews fought the Nazis. Throughout the former Soviet Union, the communist revolution...

    Georgia Mulls Expedited NATO Membership Strategy
    Mar09

    Georgia Mulls Expedited NATO Membership Strategy

    Georgian legislators in Tbilisi are mulling an expedited North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership strategy following nearly a decade of frustrated efforts to join the military alliance. NATO leaders pledged in 2008 to secure membership for Georgia and Ukraine but stopped short of granting the former Soviet republics Membership Action...

    Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Pleads Not Guilty To New Charges In Russia Probe
    Mar08

    Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Pleads Not Guilty To New Charges In Russia Probe

    President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief has pleaded not guilty to the latest set of criminal charges brought by the U.S. special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...