Thursday, February 14, 2019

Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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February 14, 2019
Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea - Kyiv Post
CBC: Canadian election observers arrive in Ukraine amid fears of Russian meddling - UNIAN
Irish Times: Manafort lied to investigators on Russia, judge rules - Kyiv Post
Ukraine demands reciprocal doctor visits for Hryb, Vyshinsky - Kyiv Post

Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
KYIV -- Ukraine has taken the extraordinary step of deporting a senior cleric of the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church and stripping him of his citizenship, marking a political escalation in the historic rift that has shaken the Eastern Orthodox world and further raised tensions between Kyiv and Moscow.
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Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea
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CBC: Canadian election observers arrive in Ukraine amid fears of Russian meddling - UNIAN

UNIAN
"Election observation is one of most transparent and accountable ways to support democracy." Photo from UNIAN The first waves of Canadian election monitors have arrived in Ukraine, as fears rise over Russian meddling in the March 31 presidential ballot.The observer missions are crucial to preserving Ukraine's ability to conduct a democratically sound election in the face of Russian efforts designed to portray the country as poorly run and corrupt, CBC News reported.
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Irish Times: Manafort lied to investigators on Russia, judge rules - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Irish Times: Manafort lied to investigators on Russia, judge rules Published Feb.
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Ukraine demands reciprocal doctor visits for Hryb, Vyshinsky - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
The access of doctors to Editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti Ukraina Kirill Vyshinsky, accused in Ukraine of treason, and the Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb accused in Russia should be synchronous, the Verkhovna Rada’s Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova has said.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver

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February 13, 2019
Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver
Russia's Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two) - The Jamestown Foundation
Anti-Russia Sanctions Imposed Due to Strong US Pressure - Lavrov - Sputnik International
UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Feb. 13 - Kyiv Post
One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO - UNIAN

Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver

EUobserver
Tymoshenko did herself no favours by reportedly suggesting to a state department official that peace settlement negotiations between Russia and Ukraine should also include America's strategic rival China.
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Russia's Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two) - The Jamestown Foundation

The Jamestown Foundation
Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan stated, on February 1, that “Russian’s most recent actions in the Sea of Azov have resulted in Ukraine losing $360 million” (RBC, February 1).
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Anti-Russia Sanctions Imposed Due to Strong US Pressure - Lavrov - Sputnik International

Sputnik International
Anti-Russia Sanctions Imposed Due to Strong US Pressure - Lavrov  Sputnik InternationalOn Tuesday, the Financial Times reported that the United States and the European Union had been negotiating and were close to reaching an agreement on ...
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UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Feb. 13 - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Feb.
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One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO - UNIAN

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One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO09:48, 13 February 2019 War 0
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Feb. 12, 12:10 pm Poroshenko plans to disclose data on Russian intervention in Ukraine's elections - Kyiv Post

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February 12, 2019
Feb. 12, 12:10 pm Poroshenko plans to disclose data on Russian intervention in Ukraine's elections - Kyiv Post
Russia Considers US-Ukraine Sea Breeze 2019 Drills Dangerous Idea - Foreign Ministry - UrduPoint News
The New Containment - Foreign Affairs
Kremlin Puppet Master Surkov Distracts Public with Putin Panegyric (Op-ed) - The Moscow Times
Ukraine Opens Treason Investigation Into Vladimir Putin Ally Who Proposed 'Peace Plan' for War With Russia - Newsweek

Feb. 12, 12:10 pm Poroshenko plans to disclose data on Russian intervention in Ukraine's elections - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Poroshenko plans to disclose data on Russian intervention in Ukraine’s elections Published Feb.
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Russia Considers US-Ukraine Sea Breeze 2019 Drills Dangerous Idea - Foreign Ministry - UrduPoint News

UrduPoint News
Russia Considers US-Ukraine Sea Breeze 2019 Drills Dangerous Idea - Foreign Ministry Umer Jamshaid 4 hours ago Tue 12th February 2019 | 02:50 PM The Russian Foreign Ministry considers the idea of the United States and Ukraine to hold Sea Breeze 2019 drills in the northeast of the Black Sea dangerous, Russian State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said Tuesday
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The New Containment - Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs
The quarter century following the Cold War was the most peaceful in modern history. The world’s strongest powers did not fight one another or even think much about doing so.
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Kremlin Puppet Master Surkov Distracts Public with Putin Panegyric (Op-ed) - The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times
On Feb. 11, the ill-reputed Vladislav Surkov, now personal advisor to President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, published another magnum opus that will almost surely have the pundits hopping.
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Ukraine Opens Treason Investigation Into Vladimir Putin Ally Who Proposed 'Peace Plan' for War With Russia - Newsweek

Newsweek
Authorities in Ukraine have launched an investigation into whether Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian political operative who is closely linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has committed treason against Ukraine.
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Monday, February 11, 2019

Firefly returns from the dead—with a larger rocket and lunar aspirations - Ars Technica

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February 11, 2019
Firefly returns from the dead—with a larger rocket and lunar aspirations - Ars Technica
Diplomats send protest note to Italian FM over Russia-led separatist office in Verona - Kyiv Post
Are Russian DisInfo Warriors Meta-Trolling Us With Mueller's Trial? - Daily Beast
Rousing ghosts: Ukraine famine film warns Europe - Reuters
A Russian Neighbor Has Cybersecurity Lessons for the Rest of Us - Bloomberg

Firefly returns from the dead—with a larger rocket and lunar aspirations - Ars Technica

Ars Technica
Enlarge / Testing a turbopump as the sun sets in Central Texas. Firefly 3 with 3 posters participating CEDAR PARK, Texas—Some four centuries ago, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire wearied of his bothersome neighbors in Eastern Europe.
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Diplomats send protest note to Italian FM over Russia-led separatist office in Verona - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Diplomats send protest note to Italian FM over Russia-led separatist office in Verona Published Feb.
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Are Russian DisInfo Warriors Meta-Trolling Us With Mueller's Trial? - Daily Beast

Daily Beast
Welcome to Rabbit Hole, a breaking-news analysis that helps you get smart on the one story everyone’s obsessing over—for Beast Inside members only. If the Russian troll factory’s criminal trial seems like a circus, that’s probably on purpose.
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Rousing ghosts: Ukraine famine film warns Europe - Reuters

Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - Fading memories of 20th century horrors are leaving European society less resilient to similar evils that could lie ahead, Polish director Agnieszka Holland said at the premiere of “Mr Jones”, her film about the 1930s Ukrainian famine.
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A Russian Neighbor Has Cybersecurity Lessons for the Rest of Us - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
A Russian Neighbor Has Cybersecurity Lessons for the Rest of Us  BloombergEstonia's online militia offers advice to the U.S. and Europe on preparing for increasingly digital war.
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Sunday, February 10, 2019

Hierarch of Russian Church in Ukraine puts pressure on priests joining new Orthodox Church of Ukraine - UNIAN

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February 10, 2019
Hierarch of Russian Church in Ukraine puts pressure on priests joining new Orthodox Church of Ukraine - UNIAN
Church of Ukraine won't be a state Church but it will have the support of the state - The Ukrainian Weekly
Agri chief orders ban on pork from Japan due to African swine fever - ABS-CBN News
UA.TV Russia-backed separatists attack Ukrainian positions near Zolote (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post
Ukraine's autocephaly process discussed via virtual town hall - The Ukrainian Weekly

Hierarch of Russian Church in Ukraine puts pressure on priests joining new Orthodox Church of Ukraine - UNIAN

UNIAN
Hierarch of Russian Church in Ukraine puts pressure on priests joining new Orthodox Church of Ukraine15:30, 10 February 2019 Ukraine
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Church of Ukraine won't be a state Church but it will have the support of the state - The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly
February 9, 2019Church of Ukraine won’t be a state Church but it will have the support of the stateBy Paul Goble | February 9, 2019On the day of the enthronement of the metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), President Petro Poroshenko said that, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, the Church is and will remain independent of the state (president.gov.ua/ru/news/nezalezhnist-i-vzayemna-povaga-vidkrivaye-shlyah-do-spravzhn-52902).
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Agri chief orders ban on pork from Japan due to African swine fever - ABS-CBN News

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MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ordered on Sunday a ban on the entry of pork and pork products from Japan after reports that the African swine fever (ASF) has spread in the East Asian nation.
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UA.TV Russia-backed separatists attack Ukrainian positions near Zolote (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
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Ukraine's autocephaly process discussed via virtual town hall - The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly
PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A virtual Town Hall meeting, “Ukraine Autocephaly: An Issue So Critical,” was hosted on January 26 by the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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Saturday, February 9, 2019

Head of Southern Command on Russia in Venezuela: ‘Anything’s Possible’ - VOA News

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February 09, 2019
Head of Southern Command on Russia in Venezuela: ‘Anything’s Possible’ - VOA News
Belgium ready to support sanctions against Russians involved in Kerch Strait attack - Kyiv Post
Ukrinform: Russia-backed separatists violated ceasefire nine times - Kyiv Post
Russia rules Jehovah's Witnesses 'on par with terrorists' - PRI
US navy chief tells Trump to be more AGGRESSIVE in combating Russia - Time to 'PUSH BACK' - Express.co.uk

Head of Southern Command on Russia in Venezuela: ‘Anything’s Possible’ - VOA News

VOA News
WASHINGTON —  The United States should not rule out Russian military involvement in Venezuela, according to the new head of U.S. Southern Command. Speaking exclusively in his first in-depth interview since taking command, Navy Admiral Craig Faller told VOA that Russia was acting like a “wounded, declining bear that’s just lashing out” against democratic interests in the region.
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Belgium ready to support sanctions against Russians involved in Kerch Strait attack - Kyiv Post

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Russia's War Against Ukraine Belgium ready to support sanctions against Russians involved in Kerch Strait attack
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Ukrinform: Russia-backed separatists violated ceasefire nine times - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Ukrinform: Russia-backed separatists violated ceasefire nine times
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Russia rules Jehovah's Witnesses 'on par with terrorists' - PRI

PRI
A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah's Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for six years in a case critics condemn as crushing religious freedom.
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US navy chief tells Trump to be more AGGRESSIVE in combating Russia - Time to 'PUSH BACK' - Express.co.uk

Express.co.uk
Navy Admiral John Michael Richardson issued the tub-thumping call to stand up to Vladimir Putin’s armada of warships in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. He urged the US to flex its naval muscles and to be “pushing back” against Moscow’s military might.
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