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Paul Manafort, who once ran Trump’s campaign, expected to admit he worked as a foreign agent
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort had a big day Wednesday. Manafort, who resigned from the Trump campaign under a cloud of suspicion about his lobbying work in Ukraine, has reportedly decided to register with the government as a foreign agent. Manafort said through a spokesperson that he decided to file...
Sending a message to Putin in the Baltics
In a few months, Canada will take the lead in a NATO battle group in Latvia that is meant to send a strong message to Vladimir Putin. After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, NATO is taking no chances and this mission, dubbed Enhanced Forward Presence, is a warning to Moscow not to overstep its place in the region. About 4,000 troops...
Rust Belt despair translated into support for Trump — and Putin
The mysterious warmth between Donald Trump and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin was one of the odder elements of the 2016 presidential race. But Trump’s affection for the former KGB officer — not generally a figure of great appeal to Americans — also spread to his supporters. In late 2016, approval of Putin was up sharply among Trump...
Dozens of Russian tanks spotted six miles from Ukrainian border
Dozens of Russian tanks were seen near the Ukrainian border on Friday. They arrived in the southern Rostov region on cargo trains, and were deployed near a Russian village just six miles from the hostile Ukraine border. Russia has several military bases in the Rostov region, where its military often holds drills. Last May, Russian officials said...
Meet the Russian oligarch who paid Trump’s former campaign manager $10 million
Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch whose name this week was thrown into the Trump administration’s ongoing Russia saga, is no stranger to allegations of shady business dealings. He is also known as one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most loyal and valued allies. On Wednesday, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort...
Ukrainian military warehouse explodes near war’s front line
Ukrainian officials suspect pro-Russia forces were behind a massive fire at an ammunition warehouse 60 miles from the front line of the war with Russian-backed separatists. Ukraine Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak made the claim following the morning fire but didn’t cite any evidence pointing to Russian involvement. The Russian military...
Ex-Russian lawmaker who compared Putin’s Russia to Nazi Germany killed in Kiev
Denis Voronenkov, former Russian lawmaker and a well-known critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in Kiev on Thursday. Voronenkov, a member of the Communist party in Russia’s lower house before fleeing to Ukraine in 2016 due to concerns for his safety, became an unabashed critic of Putin’s...
Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to benefit Putin
Donald Trump faces yet another Russian controversy. An explosive investigation by AP Wednesday revealed that the president’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort secretly worked for a Russian oligarch to help advance the interests of Vladimir Putin. Manafort, who has strenuously denied ever working for the Kremlin, has labelled the latest...
Spicer says former head of Trump campaign played “minimal role” in Trump campaign
The White House on Monday tried to downplay the role of a former Trump campaign manager with ties to pro-Russia groups in Ukraine, incorrectly stating that he’d been employed by the campaign for about half as long as he actually was. Press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters during a press briefing that Paul Manafort started working for...
Trump advisor Roger Stone communicated with DNC hacker “Guccifer 2.0” during the 2016 campaign
Roger Stone, President Trump’s longtime advisor, has admitted to exchanging what he claims are “completely innocuous” messages with the hacker or hackers who claim to have infiltrated the DNC during the 2016 presidential campaign. He told the Washington Times that he corresponded on Twitter with “Guccifer 2.0,” the self-described...
