Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Russia says Ukraine tried to sabotage Trump campaign by linking Manafort to pro-Kremlin oligarchs
A top Russian official accused Ukraine this week of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential race amid renewed discussions in Washington involving Moscow’s own election meddling. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters Wednesday that the Ukrainian government attempted to sabotage President-elect Donald...
Russia withdraws from International Criminal Court after being called out over Crimea invasion
Russia announced its withdrawal Wednesday from the International Criminal Court within hours of being rebuked by the ICC for effectively creating an international armed conflict upon its invasion of Ukraine. The decision to part ways was revealed by the Kremlin through a presidential decree issued Wednesday which said Russia will …...
The Latest: Ukraine says agreement reached on road map
BERLIN (AP) – The Latest on a summit in Berlin to discuss the stalled Ukraine peace process and Syria’s civil war (all times local): 12:50 a.m. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany has resulted in agreement on establishing a so-called “road … …read more...
US-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – Already testy, relations between the United States and Russia plummeted Monday as Washington suspended diplomatic contacts with Moscow over failed efforts to end the war in Syria and President Vladimir Putin put on hold a deal with the U.S. on disposing weapons-grade plutonium. On the surface, the … …read more...
Probe: Malaysian jet downed by missile launcher from Russia
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down in 2014 by a Buk missile that was moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said communications …...
The Latest: Russian missile maker disputes Dutch MH17 probe
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) – The Latest on the probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 (all times local): 5:10 p.m. The Russian maker of the Buk air defense missile system is contesting the conclusions of the Dutch-led investigation into the 2014 downing of Malaysia … …read more Source: The...
Malaysian jet downed by missile launcher from Russia, Dutch probe says
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down by a Buk missile moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said communications intercepts showed that...
New war college institute zeroes in on maritime Russia
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The U.S. Naval War College has opened a new institute to zero in on Russia’s approach to maritime issues as that country continues to assert itself in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere. The college in Newport opened the new Russia Maritime Studies Institute on Wednesday. Faculty and … …read more Source:...
Relatives of MH17 victims seek EU help in getting radar data
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Frustrated relatives of those killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine are appealing to the EU’s top diplomat to put pressure on Russia, Ukraine and the United States to hand over intelligence and radar data to investigators. … …read more Source: The...
DOJ widens KickassTorrents probe, charges three Ukrainians in global copyright-infringement case
The Justice Department broadened its copyright infringement case against the KickassTorrents (KAT) website this week by formally charging three Ukrainian citizens in federal court. A 16-count indictment filed Tuesday accuses Artem Vaulin, Ievgen Kutsenko and Oleksander Radostin of various crimes related to an alleged conspiracy centered around...
