Ukrainian Revolution

TIANJIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin sought on Monday to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow's allies, blaming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war. "This crisis was not triggered by Russia's attack on Ukraine, but was a result of a coup in Ukraine, which was supported and provoked by…

In Review Former gymnast Anastasiia Budiashkina stars in Elie Grappe’s ‘terrific, timely’ feature debutIn this “terrific, timely” feature debut from French film-maker Elie Grappe, former gymnast Anastasiia Budiashkina plays Olga – a rising star of Ukrainian gymnastics whose “shot for glory coincides with the 2014 Ukrainian revolution”, said Wendy Ide…

The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August. Craig Mazin: My name is Craig Mazin. John: And this is Episode 453 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Now, usually on this…

by Martin Armstrong All of the protests making this a racist issue have distorted the real problem which remains immunity created by the Supreme Court. We must look at these protests in their historical context for calling them simply racist rather than abuse of power hides them from the view…

Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, All of the protests making this a racist issue have distorted the real problem which remains immunity created by the Supreme Court. We must look at these protests in their historical context for calling them simply racist rather than abuse of power hides them…

Written by Sean Lyngaas Jun 11, 2020 | CYBERSCOOPA Russian-speaking espionage group has been using new email hacking tools in a multi-month campaign intended to infiltrate unidentified government organizations, according to new research. The group, known as Gamaredon, has spent the last six months inundating the organizations with spearphishing emails and not bothering to cover…

When Ukrainians went to the polls in April 2019 to elect Volodymyr Zelensky as president, it was a collective shot in the dark. His previous political experience amounted to playing the role of the president in the popular Ukrainian TV series, Servant of the People. But in a country where…

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has claimed Russia is behind leaked recordings of him allegedly speaking with former Vice President Joe Biden, who is now the subject of a Senate probe regarding his son Hunter's business activities in Ukraine during Biden's time in office.The edited recordings appear to be of…

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, was released to home confinement on Wednesday from the minimum security federal prison in Pennsylvania where he had served close to two years of a seven and a half year sentence. His lawyers had argued he was at risk of contracting COVID-19…

By Hiroyuki Kakara and Erina Maruyama Gamaredon is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group that has been active since 2013. Their campaigns are generally known for targeting Ukrainian government institutions. From late 2019 to February of this year, researchers published several reports on Gamaredon, tracking the group’s activities. In March,…