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    Ukraine Investigates Audio Recordings Discussing Journalist’s Murder
    Jan04

    Ukraine Investigates Audio Recordings Discussing Journalist’s Murder

    By Natalia ZinetsKYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police said on Monday they were investigating documents and audio recordings dating back to 2012 about… …read more Source:: U.S....

    How Russian Media Tries to Undermine Ukraine
    Jan04

    How Russian Media Tries to Undermine Ukraine

    GettyEarlier this month in a small village in western Ukraine, a group of political pranksters met to declare self-government and to fly the country’s yellow-and-blue national flag upside down as their new symbol. The tiny group of misfits, led by a former plumber named Anatoly Balakhnin, was ignored by most Ukrainians; only Radio Liberty...

    Trump’s ‘Perfect Call’ to Try and Change the Georgia Election Result Is a Crime Against Democracy
    Jan04

    Trump’s ‘Perfect Call’ to Try and Change the Georgia Election Result Is a Crime Against Democracy

    REUTERSIt was not a perfect call. Indeed, it was a very imperfect one. In a move eerily reminiscent of the at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Ukraine’s Health-Care System, Economy Struggle To Cope With COVID-19
    Jan03

    Ukraine’s Health-Care System, Economy Struggle To Cope With COVID-19

    Already struggling with a simmering conflict in the east and endemic corruption, Ukraine now confronts another challenge: containing COVID-19. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    TurkStream, Russia pipeline bypassing Ukraine, advances
    Jan02

    TurkStream, Russia pipeline bypassing Ukraine, advances

    A major new Russian pipeline designed to bypass Ukraine to supply southeastern Europe got a major symbolic boost on New Year’s Day as Serbian President Alexandar Vucic officially proclaimed the first nearly 250 miles of the Balkan Stream natural gas pipeline to be open for business. Mr. Vucic called the … …read more Source:: The...

    Serbia opens pipeline for Russian gas, ignores US opposition
    Jan01

    Serbia opens pipeline for Russian gas, ignores US opposition

    BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Defying U.S. calls to reduce its dependency on energy supplies from Russia, Serbia on Friday officially launched a new gas link that will bring additional Russian gas to the Balkan country via Bulgaria and Turkey. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic attended a ceremony Friday for the opening of the 400-kilometer (250-mile)...

    Trump’s foreign policy was disastrously impulsive — it’s time for some idealism
    Jan01

    Trump’s foreign policy was disastrously impulsive — it’s time for some idealism

    In a recent (December 20) Washington Post Outlook commentary, journalist Robert Wright voices the article’s title: “Biden’s team of idealists will keep getting people killed.” What’s noteworthy about this apologia is its perpetuation of tired tropes that have been with us throughout modern memory about idealists and...

    NATO is furious at Trump delaying the military handover to Biden while ‘there’s a significant security situation underway with Iran that could explode at any time’
    Dec31

    NATO is furious at Trump delaying the military handover to Biden while ‘there’s a significant security situation underway with Iran that could explode at any time’

    President-elect Joe Biden and outgoing President Donald Trump. JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images The Russians have hacked the US government. Iran has vowed revenge on America for the assassination of one of its military leaders. Yet Trump is mishandling the transition of the Pentagon to incoming President Joe Biden, sources tell Insider....

    US Accuses Ukrainians of Using Misappropriated Funds for Ohio Real Estate
    Dec31

    US Accuses Ukrainians of Using Misappropriated Funds for Ohio Real Estate

    U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky and another Ukrainian businessman of using misappropriated funds to buy real estate in Ohio, following earlier similar U.S. allegations involving property in Kentucky and Texas.Kolomoisky, one of the most prominent tycoons in Ukraine and regarded as a key political backer of...

    Iran to pay $150G to families of Ukraine plane crash victims
    Dec31

    Iran to pay $150G to families of Ukraine plane crash victims

    Iran on Wednesday said it will pay $150,000 to the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces near Tehran in January. …read more Source:: FOX...