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    Apprehension of Chechens in Europe Mounts after Attack on Blogger
    Mar01

    Apprehension of Chechens in Europe Mounts after Attack on Blogger

    Chechen emigres in Europe are becoming increasingly apprehensive about their safety following a hammer attack last week by a would-be assassin on a trenchant critic of Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.They say the attack, foiled when popular Chechen blogger Tumso Aburakhmanov confronted his assailant, is part of a violent...

    Serbian Orthodox Church Again Protests Against Montenegro’s Religion Law
    Feb29

    Serbian Orthodox Church Again Protests Against Montenegro’s Religion Law

    Thousands marched in central Podgorica, Montenegro’s capital, on February 29 marking St. Simeon Day, a festive occasion for the Serbian Orthodox Church, which took the opportunity to reiterate its opposition to Montenegro’s law on freedom of religion. Metropolitan Onufriy, head of Ukraine’s Moscow-led Orthodox Church, led the...

    Europe Races to Ready Hospitals for Coronavirus Break Out
    Feb29

    Europe Races to Ready Hospitals for Coronavirus Break Out

    With public health experts warning a tipping point for coronavirus is getting closer, European authorities are racing to try to ready their health systems to cope with a flood of sick and highly contagious patients.European countries are still in containment mode but they’re also trying simultaneously to prepare their health services and...

    Ukraine Opens Case Involving Former Prosecutor General
    Feb29

    Ukraine Opens Case Involving Former Prosecutor General

    Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation, responsible for investigating high-level crime in that country, Thursday opened a criminal case concerning alleged pressure by then-U.S. vice president Joe Biden to get rid of Viktor Shokin, then Ukraine’s prosecutor general.Biden, who served under former U.S. President Barack Obama, is running...

    Where Does Donald Trump’s Strange (And Dangerous) ‘Absolute Rights’ Idea Come From?
    Feb29

    Where Does Donald Trump’s Strange (And Dangerous) ‘Absolute Rights’ Idea Come From?

    President Donald Trump’s theory of executive power starts and ends with his “absolute rights.”Trump invoked that catchphrase earlier this month, when, in apparent response to his angry tweets, the Justice Department undercut its own prosecutors and reduced their recommended prison sentence for Roger Stone, Trump’s longtime friend and...

    The ‘Puppet Master’ of Putin’s Kremlin Is Out, but His Sinister Policies Are Still In
    Feb29

    The ‘Puppet Master’ of Putin’s Kremlin Is Out, but His Sinister Policies Are Still In

    ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP via Getty ImagesMOSCOW—Historians of Vladimir Putin’s reign used to write volumes about the man who stood behind him, directing and manipulating, like the éminence grise of old. Kremlinologists described Vladislav Surkov as a shadowy crafter of Russian domestic policies, and somebody who destroyed his opponents without...

    Ukraine’s Prime Minister Submits Resignation Again: NV
    Feb29

    Ukraine’s Prime Minister Submits Resignation Again: NV

    KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk submitted his resignation for a second time after reports that President Volodymyr… …read more Source:: U.S....

    Ukraine Is Threatening to Arrest Its Former President
    Feb29

    Ukraine Is Threatening to Arrest Its Former President

    The Ukrainian authorities have threatened to arrest Petro O. Poroshenko, the former president and current leader of the political opposition. …read more Source:: The New York...

    Ukraine investigating Biden’s role in firing of top prosecutor
    Feb29

    Ukraine investigating Biden’s role in firing of top prosecutor

    by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2020 An investigation is underway into allegations that Joe Biden threatened to withhold U.S. funding to Ukraine if the nation’s leaders did not fire their top prosecutor, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations has confirmed. The investigation was launched in response to a court order, after the...

    Go or No Go? US Updates Travel Advisories Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
    Feb28

    Go or No Go? US Updates Travel Advisories Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

    As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe and countries are reporting new confirmed cases, the United States is closely monitoring and updating travel advisories. The State Department says when it comes to issuing a travel alert for Americans traveling abroad, it takes into account health risks, including current...