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Times Insider: Note to Self: When Chasing After Russian Spies, Phone Home
I’ve spent the last year or so trying to dig up novel information about Russia’s intelligence services, particularly the assassins employed by the Kremlin to eliminate enemies of the state. Mom is worried.
In Ukraine Presidential Runoff, It’s Comic Versus Chocolate King
An actor with no political experience easily finished first in Ukraine’s election, and will face the incumbent president in an April 21 runoff.
No Joke: Ukraine TV Comedian Wins Election’s First Round
Voters crowded into polling stations in a presidential race in which a leading candidate was a 41-year-old who plays a president on television.
Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.
It turned out the killer of a Ukrainian electrician was working for Russian intelligence agents.
Ukrainians Vote, in Europe’s Only Country at War
Five years after a revolution, Ukrainians are less thankful for their new leaders than for the freedom to vote them out of power.
Poland Bashes Immigrants, but Quietly Takes Christian Ones
The far-right government rails against accepting foreigners. But facing a labor crisis, the country has opened the door to record numbers of mostly Christian newcomers.
He Played a President on Ukrainian TV. Now He Wants the Real Thing.
In an increasingly familiar pattern worldwide, a political neophyte, the comic actor Volodymyr Zelensky, is leading in the polls in Ukraine’s presidential race.
Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War
Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, sometimes credited with inventing Russian “hybrid war,” described modern conflict as a blend of military, economic and political tactics.
Ukraine Singer Is Pulled From Eurovision After Her Patriotism Is Questioned
Anna Korsun, whose stage name is Maruv, was officially dropped after a contract dispute. But officials had doubted her loyalty because of a planned tour in Russia.