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    Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny ‘flashlight’ protests
    Feb14

    Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny ‘flashlight’ protests

    MOSCOW (AP) — When the team of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged people to come out to their residential courtyards and shine their cellphone flashlights in a display of unity, many responded with jokes and skepticism. After two weekends of nationwide demonstrations, the new protest format looked to some like a retreat....

    Our Top Weekend Reads
    Feb13

    Our Top Weekend Reads

    Political psychologists offer a new approach to authoritarianism, Ukraine clamps down on pro-Russian media, and a critically acclaimed documentary chronicles Wuhan’s lockdown. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    More Progress Needed From Ukraine For New Tranche, IMF Says
    Feb13

    More Progress Needed From Ukraine For New Tranche, IMF Says

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ukraine must show more progress on reforms to reach an agreement for a new tranche under a $5 billion program with the international lender. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine’s President Finally Flexes His Muscles
    Feb12

    Ukraine’s President Finally Flexes His Muscles

    Volodymyr Zelensky is taking on his country’s pro-Russian media machine. But can he emerge victorious? …read more Source:: Foreign...

    Biden’s Concerning Foreign Policy
    Feb12

    Biden’s Concerning Foreign Policy

    It’s been only three weeks, but already I’ve lost count of the times the Biden administration has expressed its deep concern over a matter of foreign policy. Hungarian media closures, Somali election disputes, Chinese intimidation, Russian repression, Sandinista crackdowns, the coup in Burma, the International Criminal Court...

    Russia Clashes With US and West Over Conflict in Ukraine
    Feb12

    Russia Clashes With US and West Over Conflict in Ukraine

    Russia clashed with the United States and its Western allies over the nearly 7-year conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....

    Russia clashes with US and West over conflict in Ukraine
    Feb12

    Russia clashes with US and West over conflict in Ukraine

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Russia clashed with the United States and its Western allies Thursday over the nearly seven-year conflict in eastern Ukraine, and the U.N. warned that the current fragile cease-fire risks being reversed if peace negotiations become deadlocked. Russia called the Security Council meeting to mark Friday’s sixth...

    EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption
    Feb11

    EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption

    BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Thursday appealed to Ukraine to make good on long-promised justice and economic reforms and to step up the fight against corruption, as both sides announced a review of a key agreement governing their relations. After a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal … …read more...

    EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption
    Feb11

    EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption

    The European Union is appealing to Ukraine to make good on long-promised justice and economic reforms and to step up the fight against corruption …read more Source:: ABC...

    No Sputnik Shot For Ukraine As Kyiv Bans Registration Of COVID Vaccines From ‘Aggressor States’
    Feb11

    No Sputnik Shot For Ukraine As Kyiv Bans Registration Of COVID Vaccines From ‘Aggressor States’

    Ukraine’s government has banned the registration of vaccines for COVID-19 from “aggressor states,” a designation it has applied to Russia since 2015. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...