Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador Says - NPR

October 23, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador Says - NPR Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, Russia to testify in impeachment inquiry - Reuters Russian seeks for political asylum in Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine Ukrainian director thanks Poles for help in release from Russian prison - The First News Prosecutors flagged possible ties between Ukrainian gas tycoon and Giuliani associates - The Washington Post Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador Says - NPR NPR's David Greene talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to gain influence and is making strategic moves to accomplish that goal. more › Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, Russia to testify in impeachment inquiry - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Pentagon official who oversees policy on Ukraine and Russia is expected to testify on Wednesday before the U.S. House of Representatives panels leading an impeachment inquiry of Republican President Donald Trump. more › Russian seeks for political asylum in Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine 10:35 23.10.2019 Russian seeks for political asylum in Ukraine Twenty-six years old citizen of the Russian Federation, who arrived to a checkpoint Senkivka of Chernihiv region, has asked for a political asylum in Ukraine, an official website of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported. more › Ukrainian director thanks Poles for help in release from Russian prison - The First News “Thank you to all Poles, filmmakers, politicians, who supported me and fought for my freedom,” said Sentsov. Paweł Supernak/PAP Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker, writer and social activist from Crimea, who was a political prisoner in Russian between 2014 and 2019, gave thanks in Warsaw on Tuesday to all those who had helped secure his release. more › Prosecutors flagged possible ties between Ukrainian gas tycoon and Giuliani associates - The Washington Post The Chicago prosecutors reached out to their counterparts in New York, where the foreign money charges had been brought, to offer assistance, the people said. Parnas had been working as an interpreter for the lawyers of the tycoon, Dmytro Firtash, since late July. more ›

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Kremlin: Preparations for Normandy Summit on Ukraine Have Ground to a Halt - The Moscow Times

October 22, 2019

Russia Ukraine Kremlin: Preparations for Normandy Summit on Ukraine Have Ground to a Halt - The Moscow Times Why Does Ukraine Make Headlines? - Thrive Global Ukrainian journalist Aseyev sentenced to 15 years in prison in Russia-occupied Donetsk - UNIAN More than 10% of Ukrainians use Russia media as news source - Kyiv Post Ukraine, EC, Russia hold technical consultations on gas transit - UNIAN-Economy Kremlin: Preparations for Normandy Summit on Ukraine Have Ground to a Halt - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times The Kremlin said Tuesday that preparations to organize a four-way summit aimed at finding a resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine had effectively ground to a halt. A breakthrough in talks last month appeared to open the way to a possible summit between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany, known as the Normandy Four. Read More Why Does Ukraine Make Headlines? - Thrive Global Thrive Global A struggling Ukraine makes the unfavorable-context headlines again. But America should continue supporting it – never underestimating Russia’s track record and warheads. Proud of the New Ukraine Read More Ukrainian journalist Aseyev sentenced to 15 years in prison in Russia-occupied Donetsk - UNIAN UNIAN Ukrainian journalist Aseyev sentenced to 15 years in prison in Russia-occupied DonetskHe has been held captive since May or June 2017, according to different sources. Aseyev in Donbas captivity since May or June 2017 / Image from Chornomorska TRC Read More More than 10% of Ukrainians use Russia media as news source - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post More than 10% of Ukrainians use Russia media as news source Published Oct. 22 at 2:44 pm Journalists watch Russian President Vladimir Putin answering questions during the annual "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin broadcast live" by Russian TV channels and radio stations at the Gostiny Dvor studio, in Moscow on June 15, 2017. Read More Ukraine, EC, Russia hold technical consultations on gas transit - UNIAN-Economy UNIAN-Economy Ukraine, EC, Russia hold technical consultations on gas transit14:30, 22 October 2019 Economy 10 0 The parties discussed the signing of an interconnection agreement between the GTS operators of Ukraine and Russia on standard European conditions. Read More

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

October 21, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More ‘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. Read More 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. Read More

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

October 20, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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." Read More 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. Read More

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

October 19, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More Impeachment Inquiry Update: What The Past Week Revealed About The Ukraine Affair - NPR NPR 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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

October 18, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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). Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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