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

February 14, 2019

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

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Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver

February 13, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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). Read More 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 ... Read More 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. Read More One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO - UNIAN UNIAN One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO09:48, 13 February 2019 War 0 Read More

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

February 12, 2019

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

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

February 11, 2019

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

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

February 10, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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 Read More 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). Read More Agri chief orders ban on pork from Japan due to African swine fever - ABS-CBN News ABS-CBN News 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. Read More UA.TV Russia-backed separatists attack Ukrainian positions near Zolote (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post All materials, including photographs, contained on this site are protected by copyright law and may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of Businessgroup LLC at Read More 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. Read More

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

February 09, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More Belgium ready to support sanctions against Russians involved in Kerch Strait attack - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Belgium ready to support sanctions against Russians involved in Kerch Strait attack Read More 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 Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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