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    Czech-Russian relations plunge amid differences over history
    May08

    Czech-Russian relations plunge amid differences over history

    PRAGUE (AP) — It began with the dismantling of a statue of a Russian World War II hero and the renaming of a Prague square. Now three of the Czech capital’s mayors are under police protection, fearing they are the targets of a Russian assassin carrying a deadly toxin, and Russian-Czech relations are in crisis. “There’s a Russian here...

    Georgia recalls its ambassador in Ukraine over ex-president
    May08

    Georgia recalls its ambassador in Ukraine over ex-president

    Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has recalled its ambassador in Kyiv after the former Georgian president was appointed to lead an advisory body in Ukraine …read more Source:: ABC...

    Georgia recalls its ambassador in Ukraine over ex-president
    May08

    Georgia recalls its ambassador in Ukraine over ex-president

    TBILISI, Georgia (AP) – Georgia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday recalled its ambassador in Kyiv after the former Georgian president was appointed to lead an advisory body in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday put Mikheil Saakashvili in charge of the executive committee of the National Reform Council. The …...

    We’re All Preppers Now
    May08

    We’re All Preppers Now

    A few weeks ago, I became convinced I ought to buy a compass. Also a tent, a LifeStraw, and solar chargers. Was I embarrassed about this 48-hour panic? Yes. But reading an op-ed at two in the morning about 40 percent unemployment predictions will do that to you—particularly after weeks of social curtailment. I had already started buying more...

    Ukraine Media Leaders Sound Alarm on Oligarchical Control at Virtual VOA Town Hall
    May08

    Ukraine Media Leaders Sound Alarm on Oligarchical Control at Virtual VOA Town Hall

    For the first time since achieving independence in 1991, Ukraine has ranked among the top 100 countries in the world for press freedom, according to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.But observers and journalists on the ground in Kyiv paint a more nuanced picture of the former Soviet state’s media landscape.Although Ukraine climbed six...

    Schiff Releases 57 Transcripts From House Intel Trump-Russia Probe
    May08

    Schiff Releases 57 Transcripts From House Intel Trump-Russia Probe

    Fifty-seven interview transcripts from the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into allegations of collusion between President Trump and the Russian government during the 2016 election were released to the public on Thursday, after a year-and-a-half long redaction process in which the White House demanded to review and redact the...

    Ex-president of Georgia given official job in Ukraine
    May08

    Ex-president of Georgia given official job in Ukraine

    Ukraine’s president has appointed the former leader of Georgia to lead an advisory body in Ukraine — a move that will likely anger his home country …read more Source:: ABC...

    In Search of Lost Time
    May08

    In Search of Lost Time

    My wife has lost her sense of smell, and we’ve all lost our sense of time. Lockdown feels like one endless loop of a working weekend from home, a never-setting Sunday lost to conference calls that run into one another, unpicking knotted clumps of email chains. If, like me, you are recovering from a bad-ish bout of the virus, progress is...

    Macron to Putin: Virus Crisis Shows Need for Peace-Building
    May08

    Macron to Putin: Virus Crisis Shows Need for Peace-Building

    France’s leader on Thursday called for closer cooperation with Russia as the world struggles against the coronavirus, recalling the joint Allied effort to defeat Nazi Germany that ended 75 years ago.In a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Emmanuel Macron expressed “the recognition of the French people”...

    Ukrainian President Names Saakashvili To Head Reform Council
    May08

    Ukrainian President Names Saakashvili To Head Reform Council

    Ukraine’s president has named former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to head the executive committee of Ukraine’s National Reform Council. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...