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    Facing East, from the West: A Conversation with Estonia’s President
    Jun20

    Facing East, from the West: A Conversation with Estonia’s President

    Jeffrey Gedmin for TAI: The first question I want to ask you is about Estonian politics and the cohesion and stability of our democracies today. Across the West, including in the United States, mainstream establishment parties are having problems. This creates space for other parties, both of the far Left and the far Right. What does Estonia look...

    Facing East, from the West: A Conversation with Finland’s President
    Jun20

    Facing East, from the West: A Conversation with Finland’s President

    Jeffrey Gedmin for TAI: In many Western countries, voter ties to mainstream establishment parties are loosening, and those parties are in trouble. Is that happening in Finland and what does it look like? And second, you’ve been effective as a politician who is popular but not populist. How do you manage that?Sauli Niinisto: To your first...

    Ukrainian Constitutional Court OKs Parliament’s Dissolution, Early Poll
    Jun20

    Ukrainian Constitutional Court OKs Parliament’s Dissolution, Early Poll

    Ukraine’s Constitutional Court on June 20 ruled that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s order to dissolve parliament and call early elections is legal. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin Dismisses MH17 Charges
    Jun20

    Putin Dismisses MH17 Charges

    Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed charges announced against four men suspected of being involved in shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, saying that there was no evidence. He said “dialogue” with Russia was required to find the truth, although the Dutch chief prosecutor said on June 19 that Moscow was not...

    Oh Yes He Did! Ukrainian Women Unite Online Against Presidential Branding
    Jun20

    Oh Yes He Did! Ukrainian Women Unite Online Against Presidential Branding

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a presidential visit abroad that Ukraine’s women were “beautiful” and served as a good “brand” for the country. Now they are letting him have it under the hashtags #Iamnotyourbrand and #Iamnotyourtourismbrand. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    It’s Not Just Central America: Where Illegal Immigrants on the Border Come From
    Jun20

    It’s Not Just Central America: Where Illegal Immigrants on the Border Come From

    The recent spike in illegal immigration from African countries underscores the increase in migrants coming from around the globe to sneak across the southern border–including more than 10,000 from Asia and almost 900 from Europe last year. In recent weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended more than 500 illegal immigrants from...

    EU Extends Sanctions On Russia Over Crimea For Another Year
    Jun20

    EU Extends Sanctions On Russia Over Crimea For Another Year

    European Union leaders have agreed to extend the bloc’s economic sanctions penalizing Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    How to Reset U.S.-Russian Relations Today
    Jun20

    How to Reset U.S.-Russian Relations Today

    For thirty years, since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policy toward Russia has been going in circles with the relationship getting worse as different U.S. administrations came and went. Today, the U.S.-Russian relationship is at the lowest point since before the Cold War ended and the best we can hope for is that it will not get even worse....

    As Russian Suspects Named, Moscow Mocks Dutch MH17 Investigations
    Jun20

    As Russian Suspects Named, Moscow Mocks Dutch MH17 Investigations

    MAXIM ZMEYEVMOSCOW—It’s been nearly five years since Malaysian Airlines MH17 was blown up in the skies over eastern Ukraine, but witnesses to the catastrophe will never forget the day human bodies were raining from the sky on their fields, streets, and on an orphanage near the town of Torez. Two days after the disaster a 15-year-old orphan,...

    Ukrainian Investigative Journalist Who Asked ‘Inconvenient Questions’ Dies After Attack
    Jun20

    Ukrainian Investigative Journalist Who Asked ‘Inconvenient Questions’ Dies After Attack

    An investigative journalist in Ukraine’s central city of Cherkasy has died six weeks after being attacked by an unknown assailant. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...