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    EU Eyes Closer Ties With Armenia Amid Tensions Over Brussels Summit Declaration
    Nov24

    EU Eyes Closer Ties With Armenia Amid Tensions Over Brussels Summit Declaration

    The leaders of the European Union and the six Eastern Partnership countries will meet in Brussels on November 24 in an effort to deepen ties between the EU and the former Soviet republics. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    EU Leaders Prepare To Meet Eastern Neighbors
    Nov24

    EU Leaders Prepare To Meet Eastern Neighbors

    European Union leaders are set to hold a meeting aimed at deepening ties with six of the EU’s eastern neighbors. The November 24 Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels is designed to bolster trade and promote European values in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The EU is expected to sign a partnership deal...

    Veteran Crimean Tatar Activist Dies As Associates Detained By Russia
    Nov24

    Veteran Crimean Tatar Activist Dies As Associates Detained By Russia

    Russian security officers detained several Crimean Tatar activists in Crimea on November 23, a move that comes amid continuing pressure on a group that has broadly opposed Moscow’s 2014 seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The Diplomat vs. the Lobbyist
    Nov23

    The Diplomat vs. the Lobbyist

    One would think Paul Manafort’s current legal troubles would serve as a cautionary tale for Washington lobbyists about the perils of seeking to burnish the reputations of authoritarian political leaders from other lands. And yet these lobbyists persist, even to the point of working for sketchy Ukrainian politico-oligarchic interests with...

    Ukrainian Separatist Chief Accuses Another of Plotting Coup
    Nov23

    Ukrainian Separatist Chief Accuses Another of Plotting Coup

    A separatist leader in Ukraine’s east on Thursday accused a former official of trying to unseat him as a showdown between the two entered its third day. Breaking almost a week of silence, Igor Plotnitsky, leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, claimed that former Interior Minister Igor Kornet “tried to seize...

    Rival factions are battling for control in eastern Ukraine
    Nov23

    Rival factions are battling for control in eastern Ukraine

    MOSCOW — Dozens of armed men occupied the center of the city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, blocking the entrances to several government buildings during a standoff between two top officials in the Russian-backed separatist enclave. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    News of the Day From Around the World, Nov. 22
    Nov23

    News of the Day From Around the World, Nov. 22

    1 Ukraine standoff: Dozens of armed men occupied the center of the city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, blocking the entrances to several government buildings during a standoff between two top officials in the Russian-backed separatist enclave. The menacing deadlock in the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic began on Monday,...

    Rival Factions Battle for Control in Eastern Ukraine
    Nov23

    Rival Factions Battle for Control in Eastern Ukraine

    With armored vehicles on streets, civilians fled a showdown between rival Moscow-backed political leaders in the breakaway Luhansk region. …read more Source: The New York...

    What In The World Is Going On In The Russia-Backed Separatist Luhansk ‘Republic’?

    Heavily armed men on armored vehicles are patrolling the streets of a war-wracked eastern Ukrainian city — but this time it’s different. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The GOP Accepted Donations from an Accused Nazi War Criminal as Recently as 2014: Report
    Nov23

    The GOP Accepted Donations from an Accused Nazi War Criminal as Recently as 2014: Report

    Michael Karkoc is a “lifelong Republican” accused of liquidating a village in Eastern Poland. During the 2016 election, Donald Trump earned the enthusiastic endorsement of Neo-Nazis and the alt right. But a new report published Thursday reveals that the Republican Party counts an actual S.S. commander among its constituents.According...