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    The Young and the Restless of the Maidan Generation
    Oct31

    The Young and the Restless of the Maidan Generation

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 21:10 (EET) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    “I have bad news for the hucksters in power: people from all over Ukraine have gathered here to demand change!” Georgia’s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili shouted passionately from the stage on October 17 in Kyiv. Cheered sporadically by a crowd of protesters under a canopy of party flags, including those of his own Movement of New Forces,...

    Podestas Embroiled In Mueller Probe
    Oct31

    Podestas Embroiled In Mueller Probe

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 6:10 (EET) Section: FrontPage Mag (USA)

    ​Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former presidential campaign manager for a brief time, was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury, along with one of his business associates Richard W. Gates, on twelve counts. The charges, which cover conduct going as far back as 2006 and continuing through 2016, include conspiring to defraud the United...

    Chicken Littles Insist U.S. Military Is Too Old, Too Small
    Oct31

    Chicken Littles Insist U.S. Military Is Too Old, Too Small

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 5:40 (EET) Section: The American Conservative (USA)

    According to a recently released report by The Heritage Foundation, the condition of the U.S. military is “marginal.” The report claims that the U.S. military is “too small” and “too old.” Moreover, “the readiness that we have seen over the several years has been in dramatic decline, given the sorts of things we want the military to accomplish...

    Mueller’s First Indictments
    Oct31

    Mueller’s First Indictments

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 5:40 (EET) Section: National Review (USA)

    Robert Mueller has made his first strike. He indicted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates, and reached a plea agreement with former Trump foreign-policy adviser George Papadopoulos. Between 2006 and 2015, Manafort and Gates worked as lobbyists for a Ukrainian political party that is a cat’s paw of the...

    Putin Opens Monument to Stalin’s Victims, Dissidents Cry Foul
    Oct31

    Putin Opens Monument to Stalin’s Victims, Dissidents Cry Foul

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 5:40 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    President Vladimir Putin inaugurated a monument to the victims of Stalinist purges on Monday, but Soviet-era dissidents accused him of cynicism at a time when they say authorities are riding roughshod over civil freedoms. “The Wall of Grief” occupies a space on the edge of Moscow’s busy 10-lane ring road and depicts a mass of...

    Who Is Viktor Yanukovych And What’s His Connection To Paul Manafort?
    Oct31

    Who Is Viktor Yanukovych And What’s His Connection To Paul Manafort?

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 2:40 (EET) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    The former Ukrainian president was named in the indictment of Trump’s former campaign chair. …read more Source: The Huffington...

    Wife Of Chechen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Shot Dead Near Kyiv
    Oct31

    Wife Of Chechen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Shot Dead Near Kyiv

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 2:40 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The wife of a Chechen man accused by Russian authorities of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin has been killed in an ambush near Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Finnish President Says Joining NATO Would Require Referendum
    Oct31

    Finnish President Says Joining NATO Would Require Referendum

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 1:55 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Any move by Finland to join NATO would need public approval via a referendum, President Sauli Niinisto told a panel debate on Monday ahead of elections in January. The Nordic country is a member of the European Union but has stayed outside the NATO military alliance in line with its tradition of avoiding confrontation with Russia, with which it...

    Trump Fumes As Mueller’s Investigation Enters New Phase With Charges
    Oct31

    Trump Fumes As Mueller’s Investigation Enters New Phase With Charges

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 1:55 (EET) Section: TPM (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Muller’s charges Monday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other aides marked a new phase in his sprawling investigation into Russia and President Donald Trump, underscoring the ongoing threat Mueller poses to the president. Trump immediately sought to distance himself after...

    The deep roots of Trump’s Manafort problem
    Oct31

    The deep roots of Trump’s Manafort problem

    Tuesday, October 31 , 2017 - 1:55 (EET) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    It was clear from the beginning that Paul Manafort was problematic.When Donald Trump hired him in March 2016 to help him tamp down a delegate revolt at the Republican convention, Manafort’s distasteful associations were widely known in Washington. He hadn’t worked for an American political candidate since Bob Dole, in 1996, and he had...