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Senate Negotiators Race to Craft Border Deal Framework by Sunday
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Senate Negotiators Race to Craft Border Deal Framework by Sunday

WASHINGTON—Senate negotiators were working to meet a self-imposed deadline of Sunday evening to hammer out a framework for border-security measures that Republicans have demanded as a condition of passing Democrats’ $110.5 billion aid package containing new funding for Ukraine.The aid package is seen by President Biden and much of Congress as crucial to keeping Russia from gaining a critical advantage almost two years into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers have been at an impasse for months, after GOP lawmakers said that any efforts to help Ukraine must also include provisions to stop a historic level of illegal migration at the U.S. southern border.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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U.S. Lawmakers Fear Delay In Ukraine Aid Has Emboldened Putin
16Dec By adminNo Comments
Politics

U.S. Lawmakers Fear Delay In Ukraine Aid Has Emboldened Putin

On Sept. 30, House Republicans stripped out of a stopgap spending bill about $6 billion for arms to be sent to Ukraine in its battle against Russian invaders. In October, the White House came back with a much larger request to arm Ukraine, in addition to Israel and Taiwan, topping $100 billion overall.President Joe Biden’s proposal has been held up by Republicans. And while it’s not impossible that a deal trading stricter U.S. asylum policy, sought by the GOP, in exchange for Ukraine aid can be worked out before Christmas, full passage is unlikely after House members left town for the holidays Thursday.The chamber isn’t set to return to business until Jan. 9, meaning more aid — if it’s approved at all — will be delayed. And that delay, say some Ukraine hawks on Capitol Hill, could be almo...
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Roman Abramovich Sold Chelsea FC and Pledged $3 Billion for Ukraine Victims. The Money Is Frozen in the U.K.
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Roman Abramovich Sold Chelsea FC and Pledged $3 Billion for Ukraine Victims. The Money Is Frozen in the U.K.

Updated Dec. 16, 2023 12:04 am ETLONDON—Two weeks after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich said he would sell his soccer club Chelsea FC and donate the billions of dollars in proceeds to the victims of the war in Ukraine. At the time, it seemed an elegant solution for a billionaire under growing scrutiny in the West for his ties to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Yet more than a year and a half later, the $3 billion donation is sitting frozen in a U.K. bank account amid a long-running dispute with the British government over how the vast sum should be spent. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Roman Abramovich Sold Chelsea FC and Pledged $3 Billion for Ukraine Victims. The Money Is Frozen in the U.K.
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Roman Abramovich Sold Chelsea FC and Pledged $3 Billion for Ukraine Victims. The Money Is Frozen in the U.K.

Updated Dec. 16, 2023 12:04 am ETLONDON—Two weeks after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich said he would sell his soccer club Chelsea FC and donate the billions of dollars in proceeds to the victims of the war in Ukraine. At the time, it seemed an elegant solution for a billionaire under growing scrutiny in the West for his ties to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Yet more than a year and a half later, the $3 billion donation is sitting frozen in a U.K. bank account amid a long-running dispute with the British government over how the vast sum should be spent. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Senate Sticks Around To Help Ukraine As House Republicans Skip Town
15Dec By adminNo Comments
Politics

Senate Sticks Around To Help Ukraine As House Republicans Skip Town

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A Congressional Christmas Gift to Putin
15Dec By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

A Congressional Christmas Gift to Putin

A year ago, when Volodymyr Zelensky received a hero’s welcome in Washington, Joe Biden stood beside him and promised to be with Ukraine “as long as it takes” to beat back Russia’s invasion. Biden promised this again in February, when he made a dramatic visit to wartime Kyiv to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. Over the summer, as Zelensky ordered an ambitious counter-offensive against Vladimir Putin’s forces, boosted by billions of dollars in military assistance from the U.S. and other Western allies, Biden repeated his pledge. He said it again—in June, in July, and in August. In September, when both the counter-offensive and continued U.S. aid to fund it began to look wobbly, Zelensky flew to Washington to try to convince wavering Republicans—and Biden once again reiterated Ame...
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European Union Agrees to Start Membership Talks with Ukraine
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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European Union Agrees to Start Membership Talks with Ukraine

Updated Dec. 14, 2023 2:23 pm ETBRUSSELS—The European Union agreed to open membership talks with Ukraine, a major political boost for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as the bloc’s leaders continued to discuss whether to also offer significant new financial support to Kyiv.The decision, which came with the abstention of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left open when membership talks would actually begin in an accession process that could take a decade or more.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Putin Vows to Push On With Ukraine War
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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Putin Vows to Push On With Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press on with his war on Ukraine during an end-of-year audience in which he said his country’s goals in the conflict hadn’t changed and that peace wouldn’t come until they are achieved.For the first time since launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin fielded questions from the international media and ordinary Russians on Thursday, trumpeting the country’s economic resilience amid stringent Western sanctions and U.S. infighting over tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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