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    View from the Left: Trump trashes the planet to distract from Russia
    Jun03

    View from the Left: Trump trashes the planet to distract from Russia

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 20:55 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    Among Donald Trump’s cabinet members, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has thus far dominated the pr*sident’s time. By Politico’s count last month, Tillerson had met with Trump 22 times, while Environmental Protection Agency destroyer Scott Pruitt didn’t even get a mention in the tally (graphic below). Pruitt’s Oval...

    Trump is still spouting falsehoods about NATO, and it’s yet another sign of his incapacity
    Jun03

    Trump is still spouting falsehoods about NATO, and it’s yet another sign of his incapacity

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 18:55 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    Donald Trump’s bizarre speech to NATO last week was yet another opportunity for America’s fact-checkers to do that thing they do, patiently explaining that even though this orange-hued fellow keeps huffing about the members of NATO owing us some cash, that is not even remotely how this works. But Trump is really talking about indirect...

    Special counsel Mueller adds to his investigation the probe of ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort
    Jun03

    Special counsel Mueller adds to his investigation the probe of ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 16:40 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    Sadie Gurman, Eric Tucker and Jeff Horwitz report: The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney...

    India Is Building Its Own Aircraft Carriers Now (And It’s All Russia’s Fault)
    Jun03

    India Is Building Its Own Aircraft Carriers Now (And It’s All Russia’s Fault)

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 15:40 (EEST) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    Kyle Mizokami Security, Asia New Delhi asked Moscow for an aircraft carrier—and that’s where the problems began. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 scattered its military hardware among twelve newly independent republics. One such piece of hardware was the relatively new aircraft carrier Baku. Built in Ukraine, named after an Azeri...

    Operation Typhoon: Nazi Germany’s Master Plan to Sack Moscow
    Jun03

    Operation Typhoon: Nazi Germany’s Master Plan to Sack Moscow

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 15:40 (EEST) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    Warfare History Network History, Europe Red Army forces mounted a gallant stand against the Germans. The war map gave Adolf Hitler every reason to be confident. Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union begun on June 22, 1941, had succeeded spectacularly on nearly every front. One Soviet army after another had been...

    Montenegro Bars 149 Russians Linked To Annexation Of Crimea
    Jun03

    Montenegro Bars 149 Russians Linked To Annexation Of Crimea

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 9:25 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Media reported on June 2 that Montenegro has barred 149 Russians and Ukrainians from entering the country in response to recent bans Moscow placed on Montenegrins traveling to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    This Year, No US Pressure to Avoid Russia’s Davos
    Jun03

    This Year, No US Pressure to Avoid Russia’s Davos

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 5:55 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    For three years after Russia annexed Crimea, Washington officials quietly cautioned major U.S. firms about attending the annual St. Petersburg forum, where investors mingle with President Vladimir Putin and his lieutenants. This year, the first forum since Donald Trump became U.S. president, such cautions were not issued, according to four people...

    Mueller’s Investigation Goes Wide
    Jun03

    Mueller’s Investigation Goes Wide

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 2:25 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    Special Counsel Robert Mueller is casting a wide net in his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether President Trump’s campaign colluded with Moscow.The Associated Press reported Friday that the former FBI director’s inquiry will absorb a federal criminal investigation into Paul Manafort,...

    Special Counsel’s Trump Probe Adds Manafort Case
    Jun03

    Special Counsel’s Trump Probe Adds Manafort Case

    Saturday, June 3 , 2017 - 0:40 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    The Associated Press has learned that the special counsel running the U.S. investigation into possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has assumed oversight of an ongoing investigation involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller may...

    Six Countries to Join UN Security Council for Temporary Terms
    Jun02

    Six Countries to Join UN Security Council for Temporary Terms

    Friday, June 2 , 2017 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.N. member states elected six countries Friday to temporary seats on the Security Council, the U.N. body responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Starting January 1, 2018, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Poland and Peru will serve two-year terms, while the Netherlands will join for one year, in a special arrangement...