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    Nunes lawsuit against CNN thrown out
    Feb20

    Nunes lawsuit against CNN thrown out

    A federal judge on Friday threw out a libel lawsuit filed by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) against CNN over coverage saying he was involved an effort to dig up dirt on now-President Biden regarding dealings with Ukraine…. …read more Source:: The...

    Ukraine Sanctions Putin-Friendly Politician, Tycoon Medvedchuk
    Feb20

    Ukraine Sanctions Putin-Friendly Politician, Tycoon Medvedchuk

    Ukraine has placed sanctions on Viktor Medvedchuk, a political heavyweight and tycoon who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a move some see as an attempt by Kyiv to improve relations with the West. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Image And Identity In Play As Ukraine Tries Cultural Diplomacy
    Feb19

    Image And Identity In Play As Ukraine Tries Cultural Diplomacy

    With a new website and a campaign of cultural diplomacy, Ukraine is seeking to raise its profile, improve its image, and shed the long shadow of Moscow. Will domestic developments diminish the challenge or raise higher hurdles to Kyiv’s latest effort to attract attention, investment, and support? …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe...

    Ukrainians Mark Anniversary Of Deadly Shootings Of Euromaidan Protesters
    Feb19

    Ukrainians Mark Anniversary Of Deadly Shootings Of Euromaidan Protesters

    Ukraine is marking the seventh anniversary of the bloody end of the mass street protests that ousted Kremlin-backed President Viktor Yanukovych and in which some 100 people were killed, most of them between February 18-20, 2014. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Belarus journalist on trial over report on protester’s death
    Feb19

    Belarus journalist on trial over report on protester’s death

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Belarussian court on Friday opened the trial of a journalist accused of revealing personal data in her report on the death of a protester, part of authorities’ efforts to stifle protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Katsiaryna Barysevich of the independent tut-by online news portal has been in...

    The Evolution of Trump’s Threat to America
    Feb18

    The Evolution of Trump’s Threat to America

    In folklore and rhetoric, there’s a concept known as the “rule of three.” A trio of events, characters or ideas, the reasoning goes, is for some reason more engaging to the human mind than collections of two or four. The major crises that will define Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law over the course of his...

    Kyiv Begins Marking Anniversary Of Deadly Shootings During Euromaidan Protests
    Feb18

    Kyiv Begins Marking Anniversary Of Deadly Shootings During Euromaidan Protests

    Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has marked the seventh anniversary of the shooting deaths of dozens of participants in the Euromaidan anti-government protests that toppled Ukraine’s Russia-friendly former president, Viktor Yanukovych, in 2014. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    NATO Delivers Disinfectant To Ukraine To Help Battle COVID-19
    Feb17

    NATO Delivers Disinfectant To Ukraine To Help Battle COVID-19

    NATO says it is delivering over 9,000 liters of surface disinfectant to Ukraine in response to Kyiv’s request for international assistance to combat COVID-19. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Estonia report: Russia bets on COVID-19 weakening the West
    Feb17

    Estonia report: Russia bets on COVID-19 weakening the West

    HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s foreign intelligence agency said on Wednesday that Russia is counting on the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken unity in the West which will help Moscow gain a more prominent role in international affairs and lead to “declining Western influence on the global stage”. The Kremlin believes that the pandemic will force the...

    Ex-presidential hopeful faces trial in Belarus
    Feb17

    Ex-presidential hopeful faces trial in Belarus

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus’s highest court on Wednesday opened a trial of a bank executive who had aspired to challenge the country’s authoritarian president in last year’s vote but was blocked from running due to criminal charges that he rejected as political. Viktor Babariko, the former head of Russia-owned Belgazprombank,...