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Fast Forward Chabad Rabbi Loses Russia Deportation Appeal
(JTA) — A Russian appeals court affirmed the expulsion order issued against an American rabbi working in Sochi, in what a local leader of the Chabad movement called a “dark day” for Jews. In its ruling Tuesday against Ari Edelkopf, the Krasnodar Court of Appeals accepted the position of a Sochi tribunal that earlier this…
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Fast Forward Kremlin Claims Jared Kushner Meeting With Russian State Bank Was ‘Routine’
A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine disclosed that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, last year — but the Kremlin dismissed the meeting as “routine.” A U.S. Senate committee investigating suspected Russian interference in the election wants to interview…
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Fast Forward Republican Congressmen Embrace Russian Allegations Against Soros
George Soros has long been a target of the Kremlin, which has seen a conspiracy and a threat to its power in the billionaire’s funding of democratic elements in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. That line now seems to have been adopted by a few Republican congressmen, who sent a letter this week to Secretary…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Syria And Russia Calls In Its Ambassador For Talks
(JTA) — Russia summoned its ambassador to Israel for clarifications following Israeli airstrikes in Syria. Russia, which backs Syria’s embattled president, Bashar Assad, summoned its envoy, Gary Koren, on Friday less than 24 hours after the Israeli military action on Thursday night, according to The Times of Israel. In a rare statement, the Israel Defense…
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Fast Forward The Israeli In Middle Of Buzzfeed Fake News Probe Into Trump And Russia
An Israel “cyber consultant” has reportedly been circulating fake documents that purport to show a shady deal between President Trump and Exxon Mobil to appoint the company’s former chief executive Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. According to BuzzFeed News, which obtained the false papers, the trove claims the Trump Organization real estate firm was…
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Opinion How Trump and Democrats Alike Fan Paranoia About Russia
Since paranoia is a defining feature of political life in Russia, perhaps it is only natural that the controversy over Donald Trump’s alleged Russian connections is blurring the lines between paranoia and reality in the United States. Whichever way you look, it’s a vast conspiracy: either to put a Kremlin stooge in the White House,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Praises Putin’s Fight Against Radical Islam On Russia Visit
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Russia’s contribution to the fight against the Islamic State and Al Qaida during a one-day visit to Moscow. In a statement issued prior to his meeting Thursday in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Netanyahu stressed that it is important to make sure that Iran does not step…
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Opinion How Trump Has Spawned A Spiraling Constitutional Crisis We Haven’t Seen Since Civil War
Our republic is in the throes of a historic constitutional crisis — arguably the most serious since the Civil War. If that was not clear January 20, it’s inescapable now. It’s a complex, multilayered crisis unfolding so fast that it’s difficult to keep track of its moving parts. It’s important to watch the big picture,…
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