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    Crimea Trial Of RFE/RL Contributor Adjourned Until April 18
    Apr04

    Crimea Trial Of RFE/RL Contributor Adjourned Until April 18

    The trial of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena, an RFE/RL contributor who has been indicted on separatism-related charges by the Russian authorities controlling the Ukrainian peninsula, has been adjourned until April 18. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Belarus and the Failure of the Russian World
    Apr04

    Belarus and the Failure of the Russian World

    In April 2014, a month after annexing Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared himself the defender of the Russkiy Mir—a “Russian world” dominated by ethnic Russians and encompassing most of the territory of the former Soviet Union. Observers in Russia and abroad had long interpreted the Kremlin’s interest in Eurasian integration...

    Trump loves despots: He couldn’t shake Angela Merkel’s hand, but falls hard for Egypt’s strongman. Sense a pattern?
    Apr04

    Trump loves despots: He couldn’t shake Angela Merkel’s hand, but falls hard for Egypt’s strongman. Sense a pattern?

    Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Evan Vucci) Whenever I hear someone on the cable gabfests say that President Trump is an isolationist I have to wonder if they’ve ever actually listened to anything the man says. It’s true he claimed to have been against military action in Iraq and Libya, against all evidence to the...

    Watchdog report: ‘Breakdown of democracy’ in Poland, Hungary
    Apr04

    Watchdog report: ‘Breakdown of democracy’ in Poland, Hungary

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S.-based pro-democracy group Freedom House said Tuesday that a “spectacular breakdown of democracy” has been taking place in Poland and Hungary, two countries that stood as models of democratic change after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. The watchdog organization’s report said that Hungary now has the...

    Another Donald Trump-Russia contact: Eric Prince met with Russian sources just before inauguration
    Apr04

    Another Donald Trump-Russia contact: Eric Prince met with Russian sources just before inauguration

    (Credit: AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Two more individuals connected to Donald Trump have been revealed to have connections to Russia. Erik Prince, the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and founder of the private security firm Blackwater (whose project manager once threatened to kill a government investigator), is reported to have...

    The Morning Vertical, April 4, 2017
    Apr04

    The Morning Vertical, April 4, 2017

    Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin Signs Law Granting Sanctions-Hit Russians Tax Breaks
    Apr04

    Putin Signs Law Granting Sanctions-Hit Russians Tax Breaks

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that exempts Russians who are under Western sanctions from paying taxes in Russia if they are registered as taxpayers abroad. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    What Trump’s Foreign-Aid Budget Means to the Rest of the World
    Apr04

    What Trump’s Foreign-Aid Budget Means to the Rest of the World

    The Trump administration’s budget proposal for 2018 sent shockwaves across the country, but when it came to one slice of the funding, the international-affairs budget, those waves extended across the globe.The proposed 31 percent cut affects the U.S. bilateral foreign-aid accounts; funding for the United Nations, World Bank, and other...

    Freedom House Warns Of Effects Of ‘False Promise Of Populism’ On Postcommunist World
    Apr04

    Freedom House Warns Of Effects Of ‘False Promise Of Populism’ On Postcommunist World

    Populists’ recent successes at the polls in the West have increased fears of instability in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia against a backdrop of setbacks for democratic governance, democracy monitor Freedom House has warned. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    NATO Chief Urges European Nations To Increase Defense Spending
    Apr04

    NATO Chief Urges European Nations To Increase Defense Spending

    NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has urged Germany and other European nations to spend more on their defense. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...