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GOP Lawmakers Press the White House on Aid to Ukraine
GOP lawmakers are waiting on the White House to act on recommendations from top officials to send lethal defensive aid to Ukraine. Russia has boosted Ukrainian separatists with weapons and fighters in the years-long conflict on the country’s eastern border. on WeeklyStandard.com …read more Source: The Weekly...
The Mother of All Fake News
Watchers of Ukraine’s NewsOne television channel on September 25 were treated to what was suggested to be a congressional hearing in Washington about corruption in the National Bank of Ukraine (the NBU), which is the Ukrainian equivalent of the Federal Reserve Board. The event, which took place in the basement of the U.S. Capitol, Room HC...
Mattis: Trump Administration Considering Lethal Defensive Aid for Ukraine
The Trump administration is considering sending lethal defensive aid to Ukraine, defense secretary Jim Mattis said during a visit there Thursday. “On the defensive lethal weapons, we are actively reviewing it,” Mattis said at a press conference with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. on WeeklyStandard.com …read more Source: The...
The Deep State Takes on Tillerson
Anyone who doubts the power of the bureaucracy ought to look into the quandary confronting ExxonMobil. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at Treasury recently announced that it would levy a $2 million fine against the company for alleged violations of Ukraine-related sanctions policy while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson served as...
The Russia, Iran, North Korea Sanctions Bill Is Moving Ahead
Lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday for the Senate to vote on a sweeping sanctions bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the House this week, in a push to promptly get the legislation to the president’s desk. The bill targeting Russia, Iran, and North Korea faced a series of procedural and partisan disputes before breezing through...
Russia’s War of Inches
The Russian government would rather ask for forgiveness than permission. Its foreign policy for years has depended on establishing “facts on the ground.” Once the Kremlin’s forces or its allies take what they want, the Foreign Ministry is happy to commit to accords that cement their aggression in place. Take, for example, recent...
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia
In June, the Senate passed a bill codifying U.S. sanctions on Russia. The bill—based on a series of Obama-era executive orders retaliating for Russia’s de facto invasion of Ukraine and, later, its meddling in the U.S. elections—passed the Senate by an overwhelming margin: 98-2. The lopsidedness of that vote signified that there is...
Trump Administration Has Not ‘Ruled Out’ Providing Lethal Aid to Ukraine
The Trump administration is not ruling out providing Ukraine with defensive weapons in its fight against Russian-backed separatists, a State Department official told THE WEEKLY STANDARD, though the administration is focused on a diplomatic solution to the conflict. The Kremlin has provided the separatists with military support in the face of the...
Prufrock: Banquets in Communist China, Mikhail Bulgakov’s Tragic Life, and a History of the Rock Star
Reviews and News: Why did Mikhail Bulgakov, a conservative medical doctor from Kiev, on WeeklyStandard.com …read more Source: The Weekly...
Amid Conflict With Russia, Ukraine Moves Closer to EU
Don’t look now, but Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine isn’t going how he expected. While the Ukrainian army and its allied militias continue to skirmish with the Russian-backed separatists (and sometimes the Russian army itself) in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions—almost 100 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far this year...
