Section: Politics
U.S. agents have obtained documents on Paul Manafort in eastern Europe inquiry
Treasury department agents received information about the former Trump campaign chairman`s offshore transactions, a source tells the AP. U.S. treasury department agents have recently obtained information about offshore financial transactions involving Donald Trump`s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as part of a federal anti-corruption...
Moscow riot police slams down on anti-corruption rally: many detained including organizer Navalny
Holding hands in a single line, law-enforcers break the crowd into parts, targeting for detention the most active protesters. People are heard chanting ”Shame,” ”Russia without Putin,” ”Impeachment,” ”Government must retire,” ”Putin is thief,” and ”Freedom to Navalny.” At Moscow`s Pushkin Square, riot policemen resorted to mass arrests of...
UK envoy to Ukraine: Change to e-declaration rules serious step back
British Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough has said the decision that obliges representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to file e-declarations is a serious step back. ”Changes to e-declarations law a serious step back. [They] could limit NGOs capacity, expose them to pressure and affect reform. [This] needs urgent review,” Gough...
Manafort offers to talk to House panel over Russia ties issue
The Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Devin Nunes says former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has volunteered to speak with the panel as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia`s alleged interference in the 2016 election, according to The Associated Press. Manafort`s counsel contacted the committee Thursday to...
Full video how former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv (Update)
Chief of the Ukrainian National Police department for Kyiv Andriy Kryshchenko officially stated that former deputy of the Russian State Duma Denis Voronenkov has been shot dead downtown Kyiv. Unknown man (perhaps a killer) shot dead by Voronenkov’s bodygard. Former Russian State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov says Denis Voronenkov, also a...
Manafort had plan to benefit Putin government
President Donald Trump`s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The Associated Press has learned. The work appears...
EU`s chief negotiator challenges Theresa May directly over Brexit talks – The Guardian
The EU`s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has challenged Theresa May directly over her claim that she would be willing to walk away from the negotiating table, saying that failure to reach a deal would have serious repercussions for the UK, according to the Guardian. In what he conceded were candid comments in only his second public...
U.S. officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians – CNN
The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton`s campaign, U.S. officials told CNN. This is partly what FBI Director James Comey was referring to when he made a bombshell announcement Monday...
Macron on top after first presidential debate of French race
In the first debate between the main contenders to become France`s next president the centrist front-runner emerged with his lead intact, according to Bloomberg. Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old running for office for the first time, parried attacks from both ends of the political spectrum as he navigated questions on the economy, terrorism, and...
Manafort falsified invoice to Belize company to legitimize Yanukovych`s $750,000 payment to himself – Ukrainian MP
Viktor Yanukovych`s Party of Regions in 2009 through deliberately concluded fictitious contracts on the alleged sale of computers through an offshore company transferred $750,000 to the account of the ousted Ukrainian president`s former adviser Paul Manafort, MP Serhiy Leshchenko told a Kyiv press conference Tuesday, an UNIAN correspondent...