Monday, January 21, 2019

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January 21, 2019
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Hromadske Radio: Paul D'Anieri - Flawed as it is, Ukrainian democracy continues to be competitive - Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Russia mulls fines for country's maps without Crimea - Kyiv Post
Ukraine-EU-Russia talks on gas transit expected in Brussels Jan 21 - UNIAN
EU approves sanctions against Russia, Syria for use of chemical weapons - 112 International

Ukrinform - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Ukrinform  Ukrinform. Ukraine and world newsThe head of state said this at a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, the press *service* of the Ukrainian president reported. "The president of Ukraine ...
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Hromadske Radio: Paul D'Anieri - Flawed as it is, Ukrainian democracy continues to be competitive - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
2019 Presidential Election Hromadske Radio: Paul D’Anieri – Flawed as it is, Ukrainian democracy continues to be competitive
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UNIAN: Russia mulls fines for country's maps without Crimea - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Russia mulls fines for country’s maps without Crimea Published Jan. 21 at 11:14 am
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Ukraine-EU-Russia talks on gas transit expected in Brussels Jan 21 - UNIAN

UNIAN
Ukraine-EU-Russia talks on gas transit expected in Brussels Jan 21Ukraine will be represented by Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev. Photo from UNIAN The EU Delegation to Ukraine says the 2nd round of tripartite talks between Ukraine, the European Union, and Russia on the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine to the European Union after 2019 will take place in Brussels on Monday, January 21.In particular, the meeting will be held with the participation of Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Energy Community Maros Sefcovic.
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EU approves sanctions against Russia, Syria for use of chemical weapons - 112 International

112 International
EU approves sanctions against Russia, Syria for use of chemical weapons Four Russians, five Syrians and one Syrian company
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Sunday, January 20, 2019

Here are all the known contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian government-linked people or entities - Business Insider

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January 20, 2019
Here are all the known contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian government-linked people or entities - Business Insider
Analysis: Under Moscow Pressure, Could Belarus's Balancing Act Come Crashing Down? - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russia seizes bus driver and forces him to ‘confess’ to spying for Ukraine - 112 International
Autonomy helped Crimea fight against aggressive Ukrainian policy - republic’s leader - TASS
Ostap Yednak: Let's step away from polarized debate in Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Here are all the known contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian government-linked people or entities - Business Insider

Business Insider
"Glad to see you are re-instated," Stone wrote to Guccifer after a previous suspension of his Twitter account had been lifted. After the Washington Post reported that the DNC was hacked by Russian operatives, Stone responded by writing in Breitbart in July 2016 claiming that Guccifer, "a lone hacker," and not the Russian government carried out the hacking.
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Analysis: Under Moscow Pressure, Could Belarus's Balancing Act Come Crashing Down? - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Speculation that the merger of Russia and Belarus is just over the horizon has become so strident in recent weeks that top officials in both countries have made efforts to refute it.
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Russia seizes bus driver and forces him to ‘confess’ to spying for Ukraine - 112 International

112 International
Leonid Kaplun accused of espionage in Russia Russia’s FSB has come up with another Ukrainian spying story, with a standard ‘confession’ wildly shown on state-controlled television.  The main difference from many other such cases is that the Ukrainian, named as Leonard Kaplun, has purportedly only been deported.  Given the many implausible prosecutions of Ukrainians, it seems unlikely that the absurdity of the plot prevented the FSB from bringing criminal charges, however there are certainty major problems with their story.
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Autonomy helped Crimea fight against aggressive Ukrainian policy - republic’s leader - TASS

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Sergey Aksyonov © Mikhail Metsel/TASS
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Ostap Yednak: Let's step away from polarized debate in Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
It is nice to be smart and critical. One can be eternally smart and critical in our imperfect world, seeing lots of unfair things, being disappointed and frustrated. We’ve seen a lot of such cases for the last five years.
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Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Week In Russia: Dog Diplomacy, Kremlin Imagery, And A Curious Choice To Counter Corruption - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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January 19, 2019
The Week In Russia: Dog Diplomacy, Kremlin Imagery, And A Curious Choice To Counter Corruption - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Klimkin: European rules toward Nord Stream 2 may make trilateral gas talks effective - Kyiv Post
Impeachment seems much more likely after Thursday's bombshell report - NBC News
The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
BIRN Urges Russian Leader To Release Journalists - Balkan Insight

The Week In Russia: Dog Diplomacy, Kremlin Imagery, And A Curious Choice To Counter Corruption - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Editor's Note: To receive Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia each week via e-mail, subscribe by clicking here. A Kremlin-connected tycoon is handed a contract to help fight corruption, while Vladimir Putin is handed a dog in Serbia and his spokesman portrays the president as a superhuman "workaholic" whose tireless labor keeps Russia running like a blast furnace.
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Klimkin: European rules toward Nord Stream 2 may make trilateral gas talks effective - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Ukraine's Energy Challenge Klimkin: European rules toward Nord Stream 2 may make trilateral gas talks effective
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Impeachment seems much more likely after Thursday's bombshell report - NBC News

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Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBEJan. 18, 2019, 1:57 PM GMT By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
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The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Photo: Andriy Dubchak / RadioSvoboda.Org (RFE/RL) Share   The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed We know that rferl.org isn't the only website you read, and it's possible that you may have missed some of our most interesting journalism from the past week.
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BIRN Urges Russian Leader To Release Journalists - Balkan Insight

Balkan Insight
Photo: BIRN BIRN journalists in Serbia on Thursday displayed banners asking Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had arrived in Belgrade, to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and to respect human rights.
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Friday, January 18, 2019

OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election - Kyiv Post

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January 18, 2019
OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election - Kyiv Post
112.ua: Russia moves nuclear-capable missile launcher to border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post
German minister: Kerch Strait is now open for shipping - Reuters
Lukashenko responds to complaints about Belarusian fuel for Ukrainian tanks - Belarus News (BelTA)
Swiss court overturns arrest of Russia’s Gazprom assets which Ukraine claims were seized - RT

OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
2019 Presidential Election OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election
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112.ua: Russia moves nuclear-capable missile launcher to border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia’s defense ministry went for another act of intimidation, placing a medium-range missile launcher not far from the state border with Ukraine. Read more here.
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German minister: Kerch Strait is now open for shipping - Reuters

Reuters
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (R) attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia January 18, 2019. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation/Handout via REUTERS
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Lukashenko responds to complaints about Belarusian fuel for Ukrainian tanks - Belarus News (BelTA)

Belarus News (BelTA)
Lukashenko responds to complaints about Belarusian fuel for Ukrainian tanks MINSK, 18 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has given a response to complaints about Belarusian diesel fuel being used for military purposes in Ukraine.
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Swiss court overturns arrest of Russia’s Gazprom assets which Ukraine claims were seized - RT

RT
Switzerland's high court has overruled an injunction blocking payments from the operators of the Nord Stream gas pipeline at the request of Ukrainian state gas firm Naftogaz, according to Russian energy giant Gazprom.
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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Ukrainian prosecution confirms searches of home, office of Russian journalist’s lawyer - TASS

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January 17, 2019
Ukrainian prosecution confirms searches of home, office of Russian journalist’s lawyer - TASS
UNIAN: Poltorak claims Russia continues creeping offensive not only in Azov, but also in Black Sea - Kyiv Post
Facebook removes 364 pages linked to employees of Russian news agency - Sky News
Mueller’s Quiet Cooperator Rick Gates Has Key Role in Trump Probe - Bloomberg
Facebook removes more pages, accounts with Russia links - Nasdaq

Ukrainian prosecution confirms searches of home, office of Russian journalist’s lawyer - TASS

TASS
KIEV, January 17. /TASS/. Friday’s searches of the home and office of Andrei Domansky, the lawyer of the RIA Novosti Ukraine news outlet’s chief editor Kirill Vyshinsky, were linked to the 2013 case concerning wrongful alienation of property, Spokesperson for the Ukrainian prosecutor general Larisa Sargan wrote on Twitter.
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UNIAN: Poltorak claims Russia continues creeping offensive not only in Azov, but also in Black Sea - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Poltorak claims Russia continues creeping offensive not only in Azov, but also in Black Sea  Kyiv PostUkrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said the Russian Federation continues its creeping offensive not only in the Azov Sea, but also in the Black Sea.
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Facebook removes 364 pages linked to employees of Russian news agency - Sky News

Sky News
Facebook removes 364 pages linked to employees of Russian news agency  Sky NewsFacebook has removed 364 pages and accounts linked to employees of Russian news agency Sputnik from its platform.
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Mueller’s Quiet Cooperator Rick Gates Has Key Role in Trump Probe - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Mueller’s Quiet Cooperator Rick Gates Has Key Role in Trump Probe  BloombergBehind the headline-grabbing developments in Robert Mueller's Russia probe, one potentially pivotal witness has been quietly cooperating for almost a year on ...
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Facebook removes more pages, accounts with Russia links - Nasdaq

Nasdaq
Reuters By Ishita Palli Jan 17 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed hundreds of Russia-initiated pages, accounts and groups that it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – Omelyan - UNIAN

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January 16, 2019
Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – Omelyan - UNIAN
UNIAN: Russia will seek return of chief of RIA Novosti's Kyiv office through international channels - Kyiv Post
Poroshenko, President of Austrian National Council Sobotka discuss release of Ukrainian hostages, POWs from Russia - Interfax Ukraine
Russian tank crews fear Ukraine's new Javelin missiles, says Poroshenko - Kyiv Post
New court filing indicates prosecutors have extensive details on Manafort actions not yet made public - The Washington Post

Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – Omelyan - UNIAN

UNIAN
Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – OmelyanUkraine is developing railway services with the European Union member states. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says passenger traffic from Ukraine to the Russian Federation fell by 15% in 2018.Read alsoTermination of railway communication with Russia "inevitable" – Ukraine minister
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UNIAN: Russia will seek return of chief of RIA Novosti's Kyiv office through international channels - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: Russia will seek return of chief of RIA Novosti’s Kyiv office through international channels
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Poroshenko, President of Austrian National Council Sobotka discuss release of Ukrainian hostages, POWs from Russia - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
11:33 16.01.2019 Poroshenko, President of Austrian National Council Sobotka discuss release of Ukrainian hostages, POWs from Russia
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Russian tank crews fear Ukraine's new Javelin missiles, says Poroshenko - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russian tank commanders are allegedly refusing to deploy their armored vehicles against Ukrainian forces in the country’s eastern Donbas region for fear of Ukraine’s new Javelin anti-tank missiles, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Jan.
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New court filing indicates prosecutors have extensive details on Manafort actions not yet made public - The Washington Post

The Washington Post
Prosecutors working for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III have intensively scrutinized Paul Manafort’s activities after President Trump’s election — including after Manafort was criminally charged — and indicated they have extensive details not yet made public about Manafort’s interactions with former Russian aide Konstantin Kilimnik and others, a Tuesday court filing showed.
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