Foreign Concept
Why Ukraine is particularly susceptible to corruption — and political pressure
The latest scandal isn’t only about Trump. Ukraine has long been a piggy bank for other well-connected Americans.
Ukraine
Foreign Concept
The warning signs on Manafort had been there for years. That didn’t stop Trump from hiring him
Over years as a lobbyist in D.C., Manafort’s particular niche became the lucrative foreign market, polishing the images of those with more money than scruples.
Politics & Policy
How former Minnesota congressman Vin Weber could figure into Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe
Weber is the D.C. principal for Mercury Public Affairs, Company A in the recent indictment of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.
Community Voices
Ukraine needs full military aid to have a fighting chance to defend its borders and democracy
The Russian army is pushing back Ukrainian forces and reasserting control of the Donbas region. How long will the West stand by and watch?
Christian Science Monitor
Malaysian plane downing: Will it change course of Ukraine conflict?
It would seem to be a game-changer, but security analysts hold out little expectation that will be the case. A wild card? Germany.
Global Post
Electing Ukraine’s new president was the easy part
Rebels didn’t even let him get to a press conference before seizing an airport.
Christian Science Monitor
Russian PM chastises US for doing ‘what the Soviet Union did in the past’
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev argued that President Obama’s lack of tact is ‘slowly but surely moving’ the US and Russia ‘toward a second cold war.’
Global Post
Russian gala is a pretty good symbol of why Europe is doing so little about Ukraine
An ambivalent approach in much of Europe toward Putin’s destabilization of Ukraine is crippling efforts to build a resolute EU response.
Politics & Policy
5 More Questions: Kyiv Post editor Brian Bonner’s unfiltered take on Ukraine
The former Pioneer Press journalist drills down on issues ranging from the Massacre on Institutska Street to what the hapless West should or shouldn’t do.
Christian Science Monitor
Did the Kremlin just ‘unfriend’ the founder of Russia’s Facebook?
VKontakte founder and CEO Pavel Durov says he was fired over his resistance to Moscow’s efforts to monitor and control access to the popular social media platform.
Global Post
3 things I learned in eastern Ukraine
No. 1: Locals aren’t just spitting mad. They feel completely disenfranchised.
Christian Science Monitor
An orange-black ribbon holds a clue to eastern Ukraine’s chaos
Since the political uprising in Kiev, pro-Russian forces in Ukraine have adopted the colors of St. George’s ribbon, a potent symbol of Russian imperial might and Soviet-era bravery and glory.
Christian Science Monitor
Crimeans find their new lives in Russia harder than expected
A month after voting to join Russia, Crimeans are struggling with currency woes, a logjammed legal system, and a moribund tourist industry.
Eric Black Ink
What critics of Obama’s foreign policy don’t say
I seldom hear them say what they would have done and why they are so sure that it would have brought about the desired result.
Christian Science Monitor
A bit of satire in Russia earns a big backlash
A newspaper editor in Vologda posted a tongue-in-cheek letter to Putin, asking him to help topple the Russian city’s ‘corrupt oppressors.’ Vologda’s governor was not amused.
