Monday, October 21, 2019

Gazprom CEO says all legal disputes must be resolved before Ukraine gas transit deal - S&P Global

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October 21, 2019
Gazprom CEO says all legal disputes must be resolved before Ukraine gas transit deal - S&P Global
Giuliani’s conspiracy theories cost this anti-corruption lawmaker in Ukraine his job - The Detroit News
US impeachment heats up in Ukraine and Russia - Emerging Europe
‘Get Over It’? Why Political Influence in Foreign Policy Matters - The New York Times
Mick Mulvaney said US held up aid to Ukraine over 2016 conspiracies - Vox.com

Gazprom CEO says all legal disputes must be resolved before Ukraine gas transit deal - S&P Global

S&P Global
London — Russia's Gazprom has reaffirmed its stance that it cannot sign a new gas transit agreement with Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrayiny while the legal disputes between the parties over their 2009 agreement remain unresolved.
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Giuliani’s conspiracy theories cost this anti-corruption lawmaker in Ukraine his job - The Detroit News

The Detroit News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s team realized it had a potential problem in U.S. relations on May 10, when Rudolph W. Giuliani told Fox News that a Ukrainian advisor to the newly elected leader was a Trump enemy.
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US impeachment heats up in Ukraine and Russia - Emerging Europe

Emerging Europe
The whistleblower complaint by a US intelligence official about President Donald Trump’s phone call in July with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stirred discussion of Ukrainian-US relations in both Ukrainian and Russian media.
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‘Get Over It’? Why Political Influence in Foreign Policy Matters - The New York Times

The New York Times
WASHINGTON — A July 25 call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine is the basis for an impeachment inquiry into whether Mr. Trump withheld American military aid until Ukrainian officials investigated former Vice President Joseph R.
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Mick Mulvaney said US held up aid to Ukraine over 2016 conspiracies - Vox.com

Vox.com
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted — on camera, in front of reporters, in the White House briefing room — that the Trump administration withheld military aid to Ukraine to get it to investigate absurd, debunked conspiracy theories President Donald Trump believes in.
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Sunday, October 20, 2019

The full Trump-Ukraine timeline - The - The Washington Post

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October 20, 2019
The full Trump-Ukraine timeline - The - The Washington Post
RFE/RL: How Russians and Ukrainians see each other - Kyiv Post
Ukraine peace plan in limbo after inconclusive talks - Hartford Courant
Impeachment Inquiry Update: What This Week Revealed About The Ukraine Affair - WFUV News
Republicans blast Mick Mulvaney's admission of quid pro quo in Ukraine scandal - Salon

The full Trump-Ukraine timeline - The - The Washington Post

The Washington Post
2014-2015Feb. 22, 2014: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is ousted from power during a popular uprising in the country. He flees to Russia. Yanukovych came to power with the assistance of political consultant Paul Manafort, who worked for Yanukovych’s Party of Regions.
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RFE/RL: How Russians and Ukrainians see each other - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine RFE/RL: How Russians and Ukrainians see each other Published Oct. 20. Updated Oct. 20 at 9:32 am People walk past a huge state emblem of the USSR and sculptures of Vladimir Lenin (R) and Joseph Stalin (hidden) in a modern history sculpture park in Moscow on Sept.
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Ukraine peace plan in limbo after inconclusive talks - Hartford Courant

Hartford Courant
Ukraine's newly-elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has sought to revive a long-stalled peace plan by pressing for a troop withdrawal and local elections in the nation's rebel-held east, where a five-year conflict between the separatists and Ukrainian troops has killed more than 13,000 people since 2014.
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Impeachment Inquiry Update: What This Week Revealed About The Ukraine Affair - WFUV News

WFUV News
Impeachment Inquiry Update: What This Week Revealed About... Charles Krupa by 10.19.19 12:29pm President Trump deputized lawyer Rudy Giuliani to run a shadow foreign policy for Ukraine outside the State Department, witnesses told Congress this past week — and the White House said people should "get over it."
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Republicans blast Mick Mulvaney's admission of quid pro quo in Ukraine scandal - Salon

Salon
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney revealed at a press conference Thursday that President Donald Trump had withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country to launch an investigation that could benefit him politically.
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

Review of Russia Inquiry Grows as F.B.I. Witnesses Are Questioned - The New York Times

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October 19, 2019
Review of Russia Inquiry Grows as F.B.I. Witnesses Are Questioned - The New York Times
Impeachment Inquiry Update: What The Past Week Revealed About The Ukraine Affair - NPR
Fox on cleanup job after Mulvaney admits Ukraine quid pro quo - Salon
EU: All foreign armed formations and mercenaries must be removed from Ukraine - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Editorial: Mick Mulvaney and Gordon Sondland fill in the blanks on quid pro quo in Ukraine - Los Angeles Times

Review of Russia Inquiry Grows as F.B.I. Witnesses Are Questioned - The New York Times

The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors reviewing the origins of the Russia investigation have asked witnesses pointed questions about any anti-Trump bias among former F.B.I. officials who are frequent targets of President Trump and about the earliest steps they took in the Russia inquiry, according to former officials and other people familiar with the review.
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Impeachment Inquiry Update: What The Past Week Revealed About The Ukraine Affair - NPR

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Rudy Giuliani, attorney for President Trump, addresses a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., in August 2018. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Rudy Giuliani, attorney for President Trump, addresses a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., in August 2018.
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Fox on cleanup job after Mulvaney admits Ukraine quid pro quo - Salon

Salon
Several Fox News hosts embarked on a large cleanup effort Thursday night in the hours after acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged that President Donald Trump withheld millions in military aid to Ukraine in an attempt to pressure the country to launch an investigation that could benefit him politically.
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EU: All foreign armed formations and mercenaries must be removed from Ukraine - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
The European Union commends the Ukrainian leadership for its unwavering commitment to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbas. This is underscored in the EU Statement on “Russia’s Ongoing Aggression against Ukraine and Illegal Occupation of Crimea” which was made public at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
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Editorial: Mick Mulvaney and Gordon Sondland fill in the blanks on quid pro quo in Ukraine - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Two of President Trump’s presumably loyal appointees painted an alarming picture Thursday of how Trump and lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani turned up the pressure on Ukraine to ensure its help with two politically oriented investigations.
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Friday, October 18, 2019

Greek Orthodox Church becomes first to recognize Orthodox Church of Ukraine - The Ukrainian Weekly

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October 18, 2019
Greek Orthodox Church becomes first to recognize Orthodox Church of Ukraine - The Ukrainian Weekly
Will the OSCE 'democratize' Russia's occupation in Ukraine's Donbas? - The Ukrainian Weekly
Why Ukraine matters - The Ukrainian Weekly
Learning from cable news' Trump-Russia coverage - Columbia Journalism Review
Russia's Mechel Seeks Compensation over Seized Donetsk Steel Plant - The Moscow Times

Greek Orthodox Church becomes first to recognize Orthodox Church of Ukraine - The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly
The Greek Orthodox Church has essentially recognized the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), which in January was granted autocephaly, or independence, from Moscow by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a move that angered Russia and caused what some termed the greatest Christian schism since 1054.
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Will the OSCE 'democratize' Russia's occupation in Ukraine's Donbas? - The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly
Kyiv has co-signed with Russia and the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR, LPR) a commitment to: a) accept the holding of “local elections” in that Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine and b) accept the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) monitoring and assessment of the democratic validity of such “elections.” Under those documents, signed on October 1, the OSCE’s validation of those “elections” would qualify the Donetsk-Luhansk territory for a permanent “special status,” as originally prescribed by the Russia-dictated Minsk armistice (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, September 17, 24, 25, 26, October 3).
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Why Ukraine matters - The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly
Early in September, I was getting urgent messages. The White House, for no discernable reason, was blocking congressionally appropriated aid to Ukraine. And “urgent” is the correct word.
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Learning from cable news' Trump-Russia coverage - Columbia Journalism Review

Columbia Journalism Review
With Donald Trump now facing an impeachment inquiry, cable news is, understandably, all-in on the Ukraine story.  Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, and the whistleblower complaint that stemmed from it, has meant that a national press corps already obsessed with Trump and Russia has also become obsessed with Trump and Ukraine.
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Russia's Mechel Seeks Compensation over Seized Donetsk Steel Plant - The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times
Russian oligarch Igor Zyuzin has asked the government for a multi-million dollar refund to compensate for a steel plant lost by his firm in Eastern Ukraine, according to Russian daily Vedomosti.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Russia keeps hindering navigation to Ukraine's Azov ports – experts - UNIAN-Economy

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October 17, 2019
Russia keeps hindering navigation to Ukraine's Azov ports – experts - UNIAN-Economy
Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History - WIRED
10 Ukrainian Rappers You Need to Know - Highsnobiety
Michelle Goldberg: Ukraine has become a vibrant democracy. No wonder Trump hates it - The Register-Guard
Scoop: Kurt Volker testimony revealed depth of concerns about Giuliani - Axios

Russia keeps hindering navigation to Ukraine's Azov ports – experts - UNIAN-Economy

UNIAN-Economy
Russia keeps hindering navigation to Ukraine's Azov ports – expertsOver the coast guard's actions in the Kerch Strait, the ports are suffering major losses. REUTERS The duration of the artificial detentions by the Russian coast guard of vessels navigating through the Kerch Strait en route to Mariupol and Berdyansk has again increased significantly, according to Andriy Klymenko, Head of the Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies and Maidan of Foreign Affairs Foundation.
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Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History - WIRED

WIRED
A tall, soft-spoken engineer, Soumenkov had a habit of arriving at work late in the morning and staying at Kaspersky's headquarters well after dark—a partially nocturnal schedule that he kept to avoid Moscow traffic.
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10 Ukrainian Rappers You Need to Know - Highsnobiety

Highsnobiety
To be a rapper in Ukraine means perpetually making high-stakes decisions that have immediate consequences. Do you rap in Ukrainian and appeal to a country still ironing out its Post-Soviet identity, or do you instead opt for Russian, which allows for a potential audience not only in the much more populous Russia, but also in the rest of the Russian-speaking former Soviet Union?
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Michelle Goldberg: Ukraine has become a vibrant democracy. No wonder Trump hates it - The Register-Guard

The Register-Guard
Wire News: Ukraine Has Become a Vibrant D   ID: 1024382328     Kicker: Head KICKER:     Head BOLD 30: Ukraine Has Become a Vibrant Democracy. No Wonder Trump Hates It.     Head DECK:
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Scoop: Kurt Volker testimony revealed depth of concerns about Giuliani - Axios

Axios
New details from Kurt Volker's closed-door interview indicate Bill Taylor, the acting ambassador to Ukraine, was deeply conflicted about whether to take the job because of concerns about Rudy Giuliani's shadow involvement.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Petro Oleshchuk: What will make Russia talk Crimea? - Kyiv Post

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October 16, 2019
Petro Oleshchuk: What will make Russia talk Crimea? - Kyiv Post
Council of Foreign Relations criticized for Russia-tied donation - Quartz
"Russia walks into Ukraine as if it's their home": Italian journalist points to UEFA's double standards - UNIAN
As Ukraine waited for U.S. assistance, death toll on eastern front line grew - Los Angeles Times
Currently 87 Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia-occupied Crimea - KrymSOS - Interfax-Ukraine

Petro Oleshchuk: What will make Russia talk Crimea? - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Petro Oleshchuk: What will make Russia talk Crimea? Published Oct. 16 at 3:11 pm Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a motorbike before the Babylon's Shadow motorbike show in Sevastopol, Crimea on Aug.
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Council of Foreign Relations criticized for Russia-tied donation - Quartz

Quartz
A group of 56 former US national security officials, academics, and activists have hit out at vaunted think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) for accepting $12 million from Len Blavatnik, a Soviet-born oligarch whose business associates were sanctioned by the United States as part of the blowback against Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
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"Russia walks into Ukraine as if it's their home": Italian journalist points to UEFA's double standards - UNIAN

UNIAN
"Russia walks into Ukraine as if it's their home": Italian journalist points to UEFA's double standards13:35, 16 October 2019 World 1 0 UEFA may move the Champions League Final from Turkey, while giving Russia the right to host.
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As Ukraine waited for U.S. assistance, death toll on eastern front line grew - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
When President Trump froze hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine in July, Oleksandr Markiv was in a trench defending his country’s eastern front line against Russia-backed separatist militias.
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Currently 87 Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia-occupied Crimea - KrymSOS - Interfax-Ukraine

Interfax-Ukraine
11:43 16.10.2019 Currently 87 Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia-occupied Crimea - KrymSOS KYIV. Oct 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) - As of October 2019, in Russia-occupied Crimea there are 87 people – Ukrainian Crimean Tatar activists – political prisoners, Coordinator of the KrymSOS (CrimeaSOS) human rights organization Coordinator Tamila Tasheva has said.
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