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    Lawyer: Dmytro Firtash could be extradited to U.S. by early July
    Jun07

    Lawyer: Dmytro Firtash could be extradited to U.S. by early July

    The Ukrainian oligarch and former associate of Paul Manafort has been fighting extradition for 5 years. An Austrian court may rule on his fate in June. …read more Source:...

    Lawyer: Ukrainian oligarch like to extradited to US in July
    Jun07

    Lawyer: Ukrainian oligarch like to extradited to US in July

    A lawyer for a Ukrainian oligarch who has business ties to President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager and is charged in an international bribery case in Chicago says his client faces … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    China’s Panda Diplomacy Comes to Moscow
    Jun07

    China’s Panda Diplomacy Comes to Moscow

    Chinese leader Xi Jinping is on a three-day state visit to Russia aimed at underscoring Russian-Sino cooperation — and his close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin — in the face of strained relations with the United States. “In the past six years, we have met nearly 30 times,” said Xi of the Russian leader....

    Nuclear disaster site Chernobyl sees spike in tourism thanks to HBO miniseries
    Jun07

    Nuclear disaster site Chernobyl sees spike in tourism thanks to HBO miniseries

    The site where a nuclear reactor exploded in Ukraine 33 years ago is experiencing another boom — in tourism — all thanks to the wildly successful HBO miniseries “Chernobyl.”What are the details?HBO’s portrayal of the worst nuclear accident in history has been hailed as some of the best television made in history....

    Hungary: Cruise ship captain also part of April collision
    Jun06

    Hungary: Cruise ship captain also part of April collision

    Hungarian prosecutors say the Ukrainian captain whose cruise ship was in a deadly a collision with a sightseeing boat that sank in Budapest was also involved in a collision in the Netherlands on April 1 …read more Source: The Washington...

    Trump’s Great D-Day Speech
    Jun06

    Trump’s Great D-Day Speech

    President Trump gave one of the best speeches of his presidency while many Americans were brushing their teeth. His remarks at the seventy-fifth commemoration of D-Day at the Normandy American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, were gracious, moving, poetic, and delivered in a time zone six hours ahead of the East Coast. Which is too bad....

    US Soldiers on D-Day Set Bar for Courage
    Jun06

    US Soldiers on D-Day Set Bar for Courage

    (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) KYIV, Ukraine—This week we honor the soldiers who saved Europe by storming the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day—June 6, 1944. These soldiers were not born and bred to be warriors. …read more Source: CNS...

    Ukrainian Court Sentences Five Men In Activist’s Death Following Acid Attack
    Jun06

    Ukrainian Court Sentences Five Men In Activist’s Death Following Acid Attack

    A court in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region has sentenced five men to prison terms in the high-profile case surrounding the death of anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Lithuanian Lawmakers Recognize 1944 Soviet Deportation Of Crimean Tatars As Genocide
    Jun06

    Lithuanian Lawmakers Recognize 1944 Soviet Deportation Of Crimean Tatars As Genocide

    Lithuania’s parliament has recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 by the government of the Soviet Union as an act of genocide. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin Says Russia Prepared to Drop Arms Control Treaty
    Jun06

    Putin Says Russia Prepared to Drop Arms Control Treaty

    In a far-ranging discussion on foreign policy, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is prepared to drop the New START arms control treaty if the United States is not interested in renewing it. Speaking on June 6 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin also denied Moscow is pulling defense personnel out of Venezuela,...