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    Zelenskiy’s Second Act: Ukraine Leader Set to Win Snap Parliamentary Election
    Jul18

    Zelenskiy’s Second Act: Ukraine Leader Set to Win Snap Parliamentary Election

    By Matthias WilliamsKIEV (Reuters) – The party of Ukraine’s new president looks set to win Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, repeating… …read more Source: U.S....

    Russia Extends Ukraine Sailors’ Detention Amid Prisoner Swap Talks
    Jul18

    Russia Extends Ukraine Sailors’ Detention Amid Prisoner Swap Talks

    A Russian court on Wednesday prolonged the detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured last year near Crimea, in the midst of sensitive prisoner-swap talks between the two ex-Soviet neighbors.Moscow’s Lefortovsky district court ruled that the sailors must stay in detention for an extra three months until Oct. 24. After the hearings, the...

    Moldova shows Russia and the West can work together. Can they do it again?
    Jul18

    Moldova shows Russia and the West can work together. Can they do it again?

    That Russia, the U.S., and the EU could oust an oligarch in Moldova is raising hopes that they can find solutions in Ukraine and Georgia too. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    Relatives of victims mark 5th anniversary of downing of Malaysia Airlines
    Jul17

    Relatives of victims mark 5th anniversary of downing of Malaysia Airlines

    VIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands — With songs, speeches and solemn silence, relatives and friends on Wednesday commemorated the 298 passengers and crew killed five years ago when a missile blew Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 out of the sky above war-torn eastern Ukraine. Central to the memorial service at a Dutch monument to the MH17 disaster was the reading...

    Putin Widens Citizenship Offer To All Residents Of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk Regions
    Jul17

    Putin Widens Citizenship Offer To All Residents Of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk Regions

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding the simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for all residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    NATO Must Not Forget Central Europe’s Energy Needs In Countering Russian Influence, U.S. Senator Says
    Jul17

    NATO Must Not Forget Central Europe’s Energy Needs In Countering Russian Influence, U.S. Senator Says

    The United States and NATO should invest in the energy infrastructure of former Warsaw Pact members as they seek to counter growing Russian power, a U.S. senator has said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Sunflowers From Ukraine Memorialize Dutch MH17 Victims
    Jul17

    Sunflowers From Ukraine Memorialize Dutch MH17 Victims

    Five years ago, on July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was shot down over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. In the Dutch city of Hilversum, home to 15 of the victims, residents have planted memorial gardens of sunflowers grown from seeds gathered near the crash site. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    RFE/RL Urges Release Of Ukrainian Journalist Held By Separatists For Two Years
    Jul17

    RFE/RL Urges Release Of Ukrainian Journalist Held By Separatists For Two Years

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has urged Russia-backed separatists to release blogger Stanislav Aseyev, who has been held in eastern Ukraine since July 2017. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Could Jeremy Corbyn Destroy the Special Relationship?
    Jul17

    Could Jeremy Corbyn Destroy the Special Relationship?

    The resignation last week of Britain’s ambassador to the United States was a reminder of the sorry state of the special relationship—as if one were needed. The strains on the allegiance that, with a healthy dollop of self-flattery, we Brits think is essential for the United Kingdom, the United States, and even the rest of the world, are...

    Italian Weapons Cache Tied To Suspects Who Fought In Ukraine
    Jul17

    Italian Weapons Cache Tied To Suspects Who Fought In Ukraine

    Italian police are continuing their investigation into a far-right group found to have a large cache of weapons, including an air-to-air missile. The investigation centers on men who once fought in the pro-Russia separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...