Skeptical of Russia, Clinton seen going toe-to-toe with Putin
When Hillary Clinton attended her first major White House meeting on Russia in February 2009, the new secretary of state insisted that she wanted to play a leading role in President Barack Obama`s effort to ”reset” U.S. relations with Moscow, according to Reuters. But while Clinton became implementer-in-chief for one of Obama`s signature...
Smolensk commission: Black box recordings manipulated
A commission appointed to investigate the 2010 presidential plane crash has said that there were serious shortcomings in a report on the crash drafted by the previous government, according to Radio Poland. The commission said at a press conference on Thursday, September 15, that black-box recordings were ”manipulated and shortened”, adding that a...
2 years after cease-fire weary Ukraine still at war – The Washington Post
The gray-bearded officer`s summary of the war in eastern Ukraine is terse with weariness. ”We stand in place. We shoot over there, they shoot back from over there,” Mykhailo Gaiduk said. ”It`s just burning up time.” The area that Gaiduk calls ”over there” is territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists, where a rebel using the nom de guerre...
Ukrainian Parliament responds to Polish Parliament`s decision on Volyn tragedy
The Ukrainian legislators have called on their Polish counterparts to stop politicizing the tragic pages of Ukrainian-Polish history and to focus their efforts on building up constructive relations between Ukraine and Poland in order to strengthen partnership in the democratic Europe, based on European values. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on...
Clinton says possible Russian meddling a serious concern – Bloomberg
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said potential Russian meddling in the U.S. election is a serious threat that must be addressed quickly and firmly, according to Bloomberg. Calling it ”almost unthinkable” that a foreign adversary would attempt to manipulate the American political system, Clinton said it appears that Russian...