NOTE TO POWER VERTICAL LISTENERSIt is with very deep and profound sadness that I announce that the July 31, 2020 episode of The Power Vertical Podcast was the last one I will produce for some time. I founded The Power Vertical franchise at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 2008 with the strong support of RFE/RL’s senior management and editorial staff.

July 13, 2020Host Volodymyr Yermolenko welcomes Olga Tokariuk, a Ukrainian independent journalist and documentary filmmaker, formerly of Hromadske.ua. She is now finalizing a documentary film “The Wrong Place” with her Italian colleagues. The film is about Vitaliy Markiv, a Ukrainian soldier with Italian citizenship who was sentenced to 24 years of prison by an Italian court for the alleged murder

Jack Stubbs and Guy Faulconbridge MON AUG 3, 2020 / 1:51 PM EDT FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018. REUTERS/KACPER PEMPEL/ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO LONDON (Reuters) – Classified U.S.-UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britain’s 2019 election were stolen

Among the stolen information were six tranches of documents detailing British trade negotiations with the United States. REUTERS Classified U.S.-UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britain’s 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox by suspected Russian hackers, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The sources, who spoke on condition

About 210 multiple rocket launchers have already been deployed by Russian-led forces to Donbas. Russian politicians say Russia may start to officially arm Donbas / Photo from UNIAN Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has responded to statements by certain Russian politicians about the possibility of supplying Russian weapons to occupied Donbas. “Information about the number of weapons and military equipment in

By Anna Liesowska16 June 2020 Breathtaking island complex close to Mongolian border rumoured to have been built for tragic Chinese princess. The site has amazed almost everyone who has ever ventured here to the very centre point of Eurasia. PIcture: Por Bajin Foundation  New scientific findings have pin-pointed the date of the construction of stunning Por-Bajin in Lake Tere-Khol some 2,300 metres above

03.08.2020 16:55 Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv City Moshe Reuven Azman highly appreciates the initiative by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to grant official status to Jewish religious holidays. He said this at a meeting with Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva on Monday, the president’s press service reported. “The Rebbe highly appreciated the initiative of

03.08.2020 12:20 Russia uses every opportunity to wage a trade and economic war against Ukraine. Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Valeriy Kondratiuk wrote in an article for ZN.UA that Russia, in particular, resorts to financial pressure, energy blackmail, transit and transport blockade, ousting Ukrainian producers from their traditional markets, discrediting Ukrainian enterprises on international markets and penetrating

In Middle Ages, the island served as a refuge for saints and popes. Oleksandr Boguslayev bought it from the nine owner families. Corriere della Sera Gallinara island in Italy’s Liguria was sold a few days ago for over EUR 10 million to a son of Ukraine’s Vyacheslav Boguslayev, who had long been at the helm of Motor Sich, one of

Johnson seems eager to show his contempt for Britain’s intelligence agencies with his decision to grant a peerage to Lebedev, a longtime friend and political asset. By Mark Galeotti The recent official report on interference in British politics hinted at undue influence being exerted by rich Russians in London. With his decision to make Russian-born newspaper-owner Evgeny Lebedev a lord, it’s almost

   The Iranian side has confirmed its readiness to fulfill international obligations in the case of the UIA plane crash. The sum of compensation to the relatives of those killed in the plane crash will be calculated after Iran provides all the information. “Everyone is definitely interested in the fast progress [of the investigation]. Everyone is interested in the sum

     The new head of Ukraine’s delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas, Leonid Kravchuk, said that it would be very difficult to establish peace in the east of the country without the United States’ participation in this process. “I will tell you frankly: in this format, if the deadlock continues, until the U.S. has been introduced into

In Gorky Park in Moscow, former paratroopers celebrating the Day of the Airborne Forces staged a fight with the soldiers of the Russian Guard, TASS and REN TV report. According to REN TV , two former paratroopers first had a fight. The police intervened and tried to detain one of the participants in the fight, but other former paratroopers stood up for

The 23rd rally in support of former governor Sergei Furgal, accused of involvement in murders and attempts on businessmen, was held in Khabarovsk. On August 2, Russia celebrates the Day of the Airborne Forces, and former paratroopers were among the protesters. A day earlier, actions of solidarity with the residents of Khabarovsk were held in many large cities of Russia.Evgeny Feldman for Meduza https://meduza.io/impro/6v4kYWXXWotNXwdBg9j5qIRWGnNG1PkflSvF_5nG41I/fill/980/0/ce/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNS83/NjMvMzkzL29yaWdp/bmFsL3RaeW1XOTAt/RzZxc2xTR2NYc0pD/ZEEuanBn.webp

Video Player is loading.PauseMuteCurrent Time 0:00Duration 00:52Loaded: 0%Fullscreen A CHINESE virologist who fled to the US as she feared she would be killed has claimed the coronavirus came from a military lab. Dr Li Meng-Yan, a specialist in virology at Hong Kong’s School of Public Health, says she “clearly assessed” Covid-19 came from a lab linked to the People’s Liberation Army. China has

Alexander Grushko thinks “that it should be understood sooner or later that a policy that fails to respect lawful interests of all member states of the OSCE region is counterproductive” MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. Attempts to gain military superiority in Europe could trigger a situation resembling the Cold War times, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told TASS commenting on

Anna Popova stressed that there had never been vaccines with questionable safety on the Russian marketChief of Russia’s sanitary watchdog Anna Popova© Dmitry Astakhov/POOL/TASS MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. Chief of Russia’s sanitary watchdog Anna Popova said on Sunday she is confident in the efficiency and safety of anti-coronavirus vaccines that are being developed in Russia. “I have no doubts that

Joint Forces did not return fire, the report notes. REUTERS Ukraine’s Joint Forces in Donbas report three incidents where the Russian-controlled armed groups opened indirect fire. On Saturday night, the adversary fired small arms, provoking Ukrainian troops at their defense positions outside the village of Pisky. Joint Forces did not return fire, the report notes. No losses were reported, the