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From 2006-2009, Manafort worked for Putin oligarch to promote Putin's interests in Eastern Europe and the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The Associated Press has learned. The work appears to contradict assertions by the Trump administration and Manafort himself that he never worked for Russian interests. Manafort proposed in a confidential strategy plan as early as June 2005 that he would influence politics, business dealings and news coverage inside the United States, Europe and the former Soviet republics to benefit the Putin government, even as U.S.-Russia relations under Republican President George W. Bush grew worse. Manafort pitched the plans to Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, a close Putin ally with whom Manafort eventually signed a $10 million annual contract beginning in 2006, according ...

prominent journalist has been killed in a bomb attack in Kiev , Ukriane

In the Ukrainian capital Kiev, a prominent journalist has been killed in a bomb attack .The bomb exploded in a car in which Pavel Sheremet was seated. However details remain sketchy. His partner was Alyona Pritula, the founder and chief editor of the title. The car was hers, but she was not in the vehicle at the time. A spokesman for the Ukrainian general prosecutor said: 'Investigators preliminarily qualify this event as murder. A pre-trial investigation has been launched.' The car exploded on the corner of Bogdana Khmelnitskogo and Ivana Franko streets, opposite McDonald's. MP Anton Gerashchenko, an aide to the Interior Minister, said: 'This is a cynical and well-planned murder. One of the most well known journalists of Ukraine, Pavel Sheremet, died from the explosion of an explosive device located in the car died he was driving.  "According to preliminary data, there was a bomb. Whether it was an improvised explosive device  or not ,...

World leaders stand united strongly condemning vile attack in Nice ,France @onthemarketblog

Late last night the world was shocked with a horrific terror attack of innocent people and children, enjoying Bastille Day in Nice a holiday resort town, south of France. World leaders have united and strongly condemned the act as an attack on the liberty of France it's people and world peace.   French authorities investigate a truck driven in a terror attack,which plowed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice ,France .The driver ,french Tunisian born was eventually shot dead by police.At least 84 people have died, including children with many more injured and critically ill.One British national is feared among the causalities. Events that unfolded that day  Statement by the US President Obama on the Attack in Nice, France On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers are ...