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Trump Campaign Turns Over Thousands of Documents in Russia Probe…

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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, his son Donald Trump Jr. and former campaign manager Paul Manafort have started turning over documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of the panel’s expanded investigation of Russian election-meddling. The Trump campaign turned over about 20,000 pages of documents on Aug. 2, committee spokesman George Hartmann…

Russia to Reduce Reliance on U.S. Dollar and Payment Systems…

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The Russian government will intensify efforts to cut the country’s dependence on US payment systems and the dollar as a settling currency, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday, as quoted by RIA Novosti. “We will, of course, speed up the work on import substitution, reduce dependence on US payment systems, on the dollar […]

The Enormous Folly of Arming Ukraine…

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Casey Michel responds to Michael Brendan Dougherty’s case against arming Ukraine. This is the core of his argument, and it is remarkably unpersuasive: Just like the current sanctions regime, which signals a Western unity in the face of Russian revanchism, the delivery of anti-tank weaponry to Kiev would signal America’s commitment to the post-Cold War…

Did Trump Sidestep Impeachment Trap in Russia Sanctions Law?…

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Yesterday I wrote an article for The Duran in which I expressed the view that the Presidential Statement published in connection with US President Trump’s signing of the new sanctions law passed against his wishes by the US Congress clearly pointed to an intention to bring a future challenge against the sanctions law to the […]

PM Medvedev: U.S. Declared Full-Fledged Trade War on Russia by Tightening Sanctions…

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The US has actually declared trade war on Russia by tightening sanctions against it, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a Facebook post. He is confident that these measures will have no sense and that Russia, nevertheless, will be able to develop. “A full-fledged trade war has been declared on Russia,” he noted…

Trump Colludes with Congress. Signs Russia, Iran and North Korea Sanctions Bill…

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President Donald Trump signed a sweeping sanctions bill intended to punish Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election Wednesday. Although Trump signed the bill, he criticized the legislation as “seriously flawed — particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch’s authority to negotiate.” “Congress could not even negotiate…

Russia Tells U.S. to Embassy Staff, Cease Using Storage Facilities…

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Moscow has told the US to reduce the number of its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people, and is also halting the use of embassy storage facilities in the capital, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The retaliatory move comes after the US Congress approved new sanctions against Russia. “The Russian side is suspending […]

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