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    Report: Ukrainian Records Show $12M Designated for Trump Campaign Chief Manafort
    Aug15

    Report: Ukrainian Records Show $12M Designated for Trump Campaign Chief Manafort

    The Ukrainian government set aside millions of dollars in cash payments for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, while he was a political consultant in the country, the New York Times reported late Sunday. Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators found in a secret ledger that former president Viktor Yanukovych’s pro-Russian...

    Clinton team hits report of Trump aide’s ties to Russia
    Aug15

    Clinton team hits report of Trump aide’s ties to Russia

    NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s campaign is questioning Donald Trump’s top political aide’s ties to a pro-Kremlin political party in the Ukraine… …read more Source:...

    In Ukraine, Attacks On Journalists Chill Media Landscape
    Aug15

    In Ukraine, Attacks On Journalists Chill Media Landscape

    Journalists who have challenged Ukraine’s authorities or reported from separatist-held areas are coming under attack. Extreme nationalists have unleashed a torrent of criticism that has inspired public contempt for journalists, while leaks have exposed their personal data. At the same time, journalists have received death threats, been...

    Trump struggles for a campaign reset
    Aug15

    Trump struggles for a campaign reset

    New revelations about the foreign financial ties of Donald Trump’s campaign chairman are threatening to steal the thunder from the Republican presidential nominee’s much-hyped foreign policy speech, adding to the turmoil that has engulfed his presidential bid.Paul Manafort on Monday blasted a New York Times report that detailed secret...

    Why Russia’s Naval Exercise Off The Syrian Coast Is A Big Deal
    Aug15

    Why Russia’s Naval Exercise Off The Syrian Coast Is A Big Deal

    The Russian navy began on Monday an exercise in the eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria, to test its ability to deal with “crisis situations caused by terrorist threats,” according to a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry.The live-fire exercise comes while Russian forces are actively involved in fighting in Syria,...

    The Manafort Dossier
    Aug15

    The Manafort Dossier

    Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver what aides are billing as a major foreign-policy speech Monday afternoon, but his campaign is, yet again, already playing defense.In a major piece published Sunday evening, The New York Times delves into the work of Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in Ukraine. For years, Manafort worked for Viktor...

    Donald Trump’s campaign chairman denies receiving illegal payments for work in Ukraine
    Aug15

    Donald Trump’s campaign chairman denies receiving illegal payments for work in Ukraine

    Ed AdamczykWASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) — Paul Manafort, chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, denied he accepted cash payments while working on a Ukrainian political campaign. …read more Source: United Press...

    Why the Minsk agreement will not solve the Ukraine conflict
    Aug15

    Why the Minsk agreement will not solve the Ukraine conflict

    Bryan MacDonald, Special to Russia Beyond the Headlines The Minsk II agreement signed in February 2015 cannot be implemented in its current form and all sides are fully aware of that. …read more Source: United Press...

    Even Donald Trump’s Supporters Are Telling Him To Release His Tax Returns
    Aug15

    Even Donald Trump’s Supporters Are Telling Him To Release His Tax Returns

    Donald Trump’s critics have been calling for months on the Republican presidential candidate to release his tax returns, to no avail. Now, even Trump supporters are joining the chorus.Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), a professed Trump backer (for now), wrote a Sunday New York Times op-ed titled, “I Support You, Donald Trump. Now Release Your Tax...

    Lavrov Ratchets Down the Rhetoric?
    Aug15

    Lavrov Ratchets Down the Rhetoric?

    The public Western response to Russian President Vladimir Putin rattling the cage with Ukraine last week has been reasonably unified. All the statements released over the course of the weekend, from Paris, Washington, and Brussels, have urged that cooler heads prevail, have reiterated that Crimea belongs to Ukraine and is currently being occupied...