Voice of America: US Imposes First N. Korea-Linked Sanctions Since Failed Summit

March 21, 2019

Russia-3 Voice of America: US Imposes First N. Korea-Linked Sanctions Since Failed Summit Voice of America: Trump's Numerous Declarations of Victory Over IS "russia" - Google News: China, Russia find common cause in Arctic - Alaska Public Radio Network "syria kurds russia" - Google News: By recognizing Golan, US seen 'solving' a problem that doesn't exist - The Times of Israel "Russia influence in Eastern Europe" - Google News: The truth about neoliberalism - Spiked Voice of America: US Imposes First N. Korea-Linked Sanctions Since Failed Summit 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) WHITE HOUSE — With negotiations at an impasse, Washington has imposed additional sanctions on those assisting Pyongyang — the first such action since February's failed summit in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Read More Voice of America: Trump's Numerous Declarations of Victory Over IS 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) In late 2018, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw almost all of its troops from Syria, saying the Islamic State terror group had been defeated and there was no longer a reason to deploy U.S. Read More "russia" - Google News: China, Russia find common cause in Arctic - Alaska Public Radio Network 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Rebecca Pincus (Photo: U.S. Naval War College)China and Russia are teaming up to pursue their interests in the Arctic, and regional security expert Rebecca Pincus says the United States needs to pay more attention. Read More "syria kurds russia" - Google News: By recognizing Golan, US seen 'solving' a problem that doesn't exist - The Times of Israel 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Less than a decade ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was waist-deep in serious negotiations with Syria for the return of the Golan Heights in exchange for peace. But after a civil war that has managed to shake up the whole region and the rise of US President Donald Trump which has done much the same, Netanyahu is on the cusp of what was likely unthinkable in 2010: international recognition of Israeli sovereignty on the strategic plateau, at least in Washington. Read More "Russia influence in Eastern Europe" - Google News: The truth about neoliberalism - Spiked 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) This is the second essay in a two-part series by Phil Mullan exploring the political and economic creed of globalism. The first part, exploring the ideology of globalism, is published here. Read More

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News / MN Newsletter // March 21

March 21, 2019

News and Times Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: White House rejects Dem requests for info on Putin communications Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: Lawyer for Kushner and Ivanka Trump acknowledged use of private email, Democrats say Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: House Oversight Committee Investigating Jared Kushner's Use of WhatsApp for Foreign ... Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: Revealed: Jared Kushner uses private email and WhatsApp to conduct official government business Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: Special Counsel Investigations In History: From Nixon To Clinton To Trump - NPR Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: White House rejects Dem requests for info on Putin communications News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) In a letter to three Democratic committee chairmen, White House counsel Pat Cipollone said that the courts have long established that presidential communications with foreign leaders are protected and confidential. Read More Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: Lawyer for Kushner and Ivanka Trump acknowledged use of private email, Democrats say News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Lawyer for Kushner and Ivanka Trump acknowledged use of private email, Democrats say By Camilo Montoya-Galvez March 21, 2019 / 3:38 PM / CBS News Washington — House Democrats are pressing the White House to turn over information and documents related to an investigation into whether some of President Trump's advisers, including daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, violated federal records law, threatening to take "alternative means" if the administration does not comply.  Read More Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: House Oversight Committee Investigating Jared Kushner's Use of WhatsApp for Foreign ... News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) House Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings gave the White House until early April to voluntarily deliver documents in relation to presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s use of personal messaging applications like WhatsApp for official business. Read More Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: Revealed: Jared Kushner uses private email and WhatsApp to conduct official government business News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is expressing concerns over senior White House aide Jared Kushner’s use of the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp and his personal e-mail account for official government business. Read More Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠: Special Counsel Investigations In History: From Nixon To Clinton To Trump - NPR News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Washington is waiting for special counsel Robert Mueller to complete a report on his investigation into Russian interference in 2016. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Washington is waiting for special counsel Robert Mueller to complete a report on his investigation into Russian interference in 2016. Read More

Russia-2 Window on Eurasia -- New Series: A Third of Russian Army Doesn’t Know How to Fight and Will Never Learn, Military Experts Say "russia france" - Google News: Australia to start revamped Davis Cup campaign against Colombia - The Sydney Morning Herald "russia" - Google News: Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily on 'Collusion' - RealClearPolitics "Putin personal dictatorship" - Google News: Yellow Vest Protests Continue as Europeans Burn for New Leadership - theTrumpet.com Voice of America: US-backed Forces Sweeping to Victory in Baghuz Window on Eurasia -- New Series: A Third of Russian Army Doesn’t Know How to Fight and Will Never Learn, Military Experts Say 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, March 21 – Vladimir Putin’s push to make the Russian military an all-volunteer force has fallen short, and Russia continues to rely on the draft to fill roughly a third of all billets in the services. Read More "russia france" - Google News: Australia to start revamped Davis Cup campaign against Colombia - The Sydney Morning Herald 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Australia will kick off their campaign in the new-look Davis Cup against Colombia in Madrid on November 19. The week-long event in the Spanish capital starts on November 18 with Lleyton Hewitt's side playing their second and final group D clash against fourth-ranked Belgium on November 20. Read More "russia" - Google News: Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily on 'Collusion' - RealClearPolitics 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Key Democratic operatives and private investigators who tried to derail Donald Trump’s campaign by claiming he was a tool of the Kremlin have rebooted their operation since his election with a multimillion-dollar stealth campaign to persuade major media outlets and lawmakers that the president should be impeached. Read More "Putin personal dictatorship" - Google News: Yellow Vest Protests Continue as Europeans Burn for New Leadership - theTrumpet.com 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Current leaders in France and beyond face unrelenting resistance in the streets. For the 18th week in a row, protesters wearing yellow vests spilled into Champs Elysées, Paris, on March 16 to vent their anger. Read More Voice of America: US-backed Forces Sweeping to Victory in Baghuz 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) U.S.-backed forces are sweeping through the rubble in what is left of the Islamic State's final enclave in northeastern Syria, edging closer to declaring victory over the terror group's self-declared caliphate. Read More

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Poland snub to Putin over WWII anniversary angers Kremlin - The Telegraph

March 21, 2019

Putin Poland snub to Putin over WWII anniversary angers Kremlin - The Telegraph White House rebuffs Dem demands for docs on Trump-Putin talks - POLITICO Putin extends condolences to Iraqi president over ferry sinking victims - TASS Russia to Supply Advance Fighter Aircraft to Egypt - Washington Free Beacon Crimea Marks 5 Years of Russian Annexation as Western Sanctions Bite - VOA News Poland snub to Putin over WWII anniversary angers Kremlin - The Telegraph The Telegraph Russia has accused the Polish government of having a "warped mentality" and of falsifying history after Warsaw apparently refused to issue an invitation to Vladimir Putin to commemorations marking the 80th-anniversary of the start of the Second World War. Read More White House rebuffs Dem demands for docs on Trump-Putin talks - POLITICO POLITICO House Democrats demanded documents from a litany of individuals and organizations in Trump's orbit as part of their probe into Russian ties with the president. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Read More Putin extends condolences to Iraqi president over ferry sinking victims - TASS TASS MOSCOW, March 21./TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended condolences to his Iraqi counterpart Bahram Ahmed Salih over the sinking of a ferry in the Tigris River, in which dozens of people died. Read More Russia to Supply Advance Fighter Aircraft to Egypt - Washington Free Beacon Washington Free Beacon Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi / Getty Images BY: Reuben F. Johnson March 21, 2019 12:15 pm KIEV, Ukraine—Moscow announced earlier this week that it had concluded a contract to deliver "20 or more" of the "heavy multi-role fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-35 to Egypt." Read More Crimea Marks 5 Years of Russian Annexation as Western Sanctions Bite - VOA News VOA News LONDON — Residents and officials in Crimea have been staging events this week to mark the fifth anniversary of Russia’s forceful annexation of the region from Ukraine. The United States and its allies imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Moscow following the invasion. Read More

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Voice of America: Rescue, Relief Efforts Underway in Cyclone-Hit Southern Africa

March 21, 2019

Russia Voice of America: Rescue, Relief Efforts Underway in Cyclone-Hit Southern Africa "Putin" - Google News: Putin, Kazakh leaders agree to strengthen bilateral ties - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua "putin's face" - Google News: Foreign countries influencing Israeli election - San Diego Jewish World "Russia" - Google News: U.S. House intelligence panel holds Russia probe hearing next week - Reuters UK Настоящее Время: "Росмолодежь" получила на 2019 год бюджет в семь раз больше, чем в прошлом году Voice of America: Rescue, Relief Efforts Underway in Cyclone-Hit Southern Africa 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) International aid workers are scrambling to deliver desperately needed relief supplies and rescue scores of survivors who have been stranded since Cyclone Idai struck three southern African nations last week. Read More "Putin" - Google News: Putin, Kazakh leaders agree to strengthen bilateral ties - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) MOSCOW, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan's former and incumbent presidents on Thursday agreed to closely coordinate their actions to promote stronger bilateral ties. Read More "putin's face" - Google News: Foreign countries influencing Israeli election - San Diego Jewish World 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Posted on 21 March 2019. By Rabbi Dow Marmur Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In our cyber age we cannot be surprised when we hear that foreigners are interfering in election campaigns; we’re still waiting to learn about Putin’s role in the US presidential elections. Read More "Russia" - Google News: U.S. House intelligence panel holds Russia probe hearing next week - Reuters UK 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives intelligence committee said on Thursday it will hold an open hearing and an interview with Felix Sater, a former business associate of President Donald Trump, next week as part of its Russia investigation. Read More Настоящее Время: "Росмолодежь" получила на 2019 год бюджет в семь раз больше, чем в прошлом году 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Зампредседателя правительства РФ Татьяна Голикова сообщила 21 марта, что бюджет агентства "Росмолодежь" на 2019 год был увеличен с 379 млн рублей до 2,7 млрд рублей, то есть почти в семь раз. Read More

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News / MN Newsletter // March 21

March 21, 2019

Russia Ukraine Security Service exposes anti-Ukrainian agitators from Mykolaiv, Odesa - 112 International UkrInform: New sanctions against Russia come into force - Kyiv Post Unfriending Russia: Ukrainian-Russian Treaty of Friendship terminates - 112 International Ukraine denies registration to Russian citizens nominated as OSCE/ODIHR observers - UNIAN Ukraine slaps sanctions on hundreds of Russian citizens - UNIAN Security Service exposes anti-Ukrainian agitators from Mykolaiv, Odesa - 112 International 112 International The workers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have exposed the anti-Ukrainian internet agitators in the group consisting of four citizens of Mykolaiv and four citizens of Odesa as the SBU reported. Read More UkrInform: New sanctions against Russia come into force - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UkrInform: New sanctions against Russia come into force Published March 21 at 12:53 pm In this file photo taken on March 26, 2018 the Russian Federation flag flies in front of its embassy in Washington, DC. Read More Unfriending Russia: Ukrainian-Russian Treaty of Friendship terminates - 112 International 112 International Last fall, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that Ukraine intends to terminate the Treaty of Friendship with Russia. “Today we have come up fairly well prepared and legally protected to this next step: the termination of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which through has long become an anachronism by the fault of Moscow,” he said at a meeting with Ukrainian ambassadors in Kyiv. Read More Ukraine denies registration to Russian citizens nominated as OSCE/ODIHR observers - UNIAN UNIAN Ukrainian laws do not allow a person who is a citizen of an aggressor or invader state to work as an international observer at elections. The Central Election Commission / Photo from UNIAN Read More Ukraine slaps sanctions on hundreds of Russian citizens - UNIAN UNIAN The sanctions were imposed on 294 legal entities and 848 individuals. REUTERS Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed decree No. 82/2019 to enact a decision passed by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine on March 19 on personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) against Russian citizens and legal entities. Read More

Top News First artificial intelligence Google Doodle features Bach - BreakingNews.ie This meme highlights some of the absolutely wild news stories that come out of Florida - Mashable On Modi’s turf Varanasi, Priyanka talks of a ‘new freedom struggle’ - Times of India NCAA Tournament 2019 bracket picks, optimal predictions from proven computer model - CBS Sports Report From Former CFTC Chairman Calls for Advanced Crypto Regulations - Cointelegraph First artificial intelligence Google Doodle features Bach - BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie Google has celebrated composer Johann Sebastian Bach with its first artificial intelligence-powered Doodle. Thursday’s animated Google Doodle shows the composer playing an organ in celebration of his March 21 1685 birthday under the old Julian calendar. Read More This meme highlights some of the absolutely wild news stories that come out of Florida - Mashable Mashable Strange stories come from every corner of the world — but there do seem to be certain, specific areas that produce a higher-than-average number of "man bites dog"-style reports. Florida is one of them. Read More On Modi’s turf Varanasi, Priyanka talks of a ‘new freedom struggle’ - Times of India Times of India VARANASI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday concluded her Ganga yatra in Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi, saying the 2019 elections were a “new freedom struggle against an oppressive government”. Read More NCAA Tournament 2019 bracket picks, optimal predictions from proven computer model - CBS Sports CBS Sports The 2019 NCAA Tournament field is officially set. Fairleigh Dickinson, Belmont, North Dakota State, and Arizona State all won their First Four games and will head to March Madness 2019 starting on Thursday. Read More Report From Former CFTC Chairman Calls for Advanced Crypto Regulations - Cointelegraph Cointelegraph A recent report published for the Brookings Institution is calling for enhanced regulations on cryptocurrencies. The report was authored by Harvard University fellow Timothy Massad, who served as chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) during the administration of Pres. Read More

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