News / MN Newsletter // January 20

January 20, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More Autonomy helped Crimea fight against aggressive Ukrainian policy - republic’s leader - TASS TASS Sergey Aksyonov © Mikhail Metsel/TASS Read More 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. Read More

Top News Xbox One news: Shock PlayStation reveal and Microsoft next-gen update - Express Satta and Matka most googled - Times of India OU Impresses in Home Debut - Soonersports.com Even with the Google/Fossil deal, Wear OS is doomed - Ars Technica 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism - The Guardian Xbox One news: Shock PlayStation reveal and Microsoft next-gen update - Express Express Regardless of sales numbers, the Xbox One and its exclusive brands have had a major effect on Sony PlayStation. Not only do both companies react to what the other is doing but they also seem to have a higher impact. Read More Satta and Matka most googled - Times of India Times of India Satta and Matka most googled  Times of IndiaBHOPAL: At a time when Priya Warrier, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra were among the top searched personalities and Karnataka elections the top searche. Read More OU Impresses in Home Debut - Soonersports.com Soonersports.com NORMAN —  The No. 2 ranked Oklahoma men's gymnastics team opened its 2019 home slate with its 104th straight victory, beating No. 11 Arizona State and No. 12 Air Force on Saturday inside McCasland Field House. Read More Even with the Google/Fossil deal, Wear OS is doomed - Ars Technica Ars Technica Enlarge / Wear OS seems nice, but it lacks apps and decent hardware. Ron Amadeo 0 with 0 posters participating Read More 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism - The Guardian The Guardian We’re living through the most profound transformation in our information environment since Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of printing in circa 1439. And the problem with living through a revolution is that it’s impossible to take the long view of what’s happening. Read More

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