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FBI Investigating U.S. Ties To Alleged Corruption By Former Ukraine President
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and U.S. Justice Department are investigating possible U.S. ties to alleged corruption involving the former president of Ukraine, including the work of firms headed by political operatives Paul Manafort and Tony Podesta, CNN reported on Friday, citing multiple U.S. law enforcement officials.The broad-based...
Ukraine at a Crossroads: Could Putin Lose His Job Over Mishandling the Crisis?
Anti-government protestors in Euromaidan Square, Kiev February 21, 2014 One of the unintended consequences of Great Britain’s Brexit vote is that the European Community has put any future expansion of its membership on hold. Kiev had signed the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement on June 27, 2014, with high hopes that it would...
Why American Democrats May Be Right About Russia Using Lies in Next Email Dump
Image: Hillary Clinton. Public Domain Top figures in America’s Democratic Party are warning that any new release of emails that the Russians have hacked may contain lies aimed to damage Hillary Clinton’s run for president. Republicans have labeled such announcements by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and others as Democratic...
Ukrainian Lawmaker Outlines Details On Alleged Payments To Trump Campaign Chief
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian lawmaker on Friday divulged more details of what he said were payments made to Donald Trump’s campaign chief in the U.S. presidential race by the political party of the Kremlin-backed former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich.Member of Parliament Serhiy Leshchenko said money was allocated for Trump aide...
California Diaspora Protest Sends a Message to Armenian Leadership
Image: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev in 2010. Author: Kremlin.ru A thousand ethnic Armenians in the diaspora enclave of Glendale, California, held a protest recently to demand that their homeland free political prisoners. Ethnic Armenians in the United States and Europe are politically active, so a demonstration to call...
As Russia and Iran Strengthen Ties, U.S. Should Support Key Ally Georgia
As the US is engaged in pre-election navel-gazing, Russia is not taking a summer nap. The Kremlin never sleeps, and especially not in August, and not during the Olympic season. The Beijing Olympics in 2008 coincided with the Russia-Georgian conflict, and the Ukrainian crisis developed during the Sochi Winter Olympics. President Vladimir Putin is...
The Unhappy Campaign Of Paul Manafort
WASHINGTON ― This spring, as he was becoming chairman of Donald Trump’s campaign, Paul Manafort told friends that the candidate knew all about his work for foreign leaders and thought the criticism he received for it was a “badge of honor.” That was May. Now, in the heat of August ― after a series of investigative reports on...
Even Donald Trump’s Supporters Are Telling Him To Release His Tax Returns
Donald Trump’s critics have been calling for months on the Republican presidential candidate to release his tax returns, to no avail. Now, even Trump supporters are joining the chorus.Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), a professed Trump backer (for now), wrote a Sunday New York Times op-ed titled, “I Support You, Donald Trump. Now Release Your Tax...
Turkey’s Russian Flirtation
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Russian President Vladimir Putin On Tuesday, August 9, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled to St. Petersburg for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. That Erdogan would travel outside of Turkey, less than two weeks after an attempted coup, speaks reams about his hold on power....
Police-Station Occupiers Also Shined Spotlight on Russian Subjugation of Armenia
Image: Peaceful protesters and journalists were subjected to excessive force by Armenian police on July 29, 2016. Author: Human Rights Watch The 31 armed men who took over a police station in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan on July 17 made two demands that got widespread news coverage. After the 20 men who were still in the station on July 31...
