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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 20, 2018, 3:15 pm
Liberman blames anti-Russian racism for accusation he aided Manafort scheme
Minister denies he directed a 2012 Foreign Ministry statement that criticized Ukrainian politician, saying that the ‘Foreign Ministry responds to any anti-Semitism’
By ToI Staff
Danny Ayalon (right) and Avigdor Liberman in court in 2013. The two men, once close allies, did not speak (Yossi Zamir/POOL/Flash90)
September 17, 2018, 6:25 pm
Liberman’s ex-deputy calls for probe of alleged link to Manafort case
Danny Ayalon, who served as lieutenant to foreign minister, says he wasn’t aware of ‘very strange’ 2012 Foreign Ministry statement accusing Ukrainian opposition of anti-Semitism
By Raoul Wootliff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2018, 10:06 pm
It wasn’t me: Liberman said to ask US to name senior Israeli who aided Manafort
Defense minister reportedly wants US to clarify he was not the unnamed government official in scheme against Ukrainian politician, threatens to sue media outlets that malign him
By ToI Staff and AP
Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay speaks at a conference held by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on March 11, 2018.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2018, 4:13 pm
Labor leader demands probe to uncover Israeli official who acted for Manafort
US indictment shows ex-Trump campaign chair hatched scheme against Ukrainian politician together with senior Jerusalem government figure
By ToI Staff and AP
In this file photo from November 2, 2017, Paul Manafort leaves the Federal District Court in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
September 14, 2018, 10:11 pm
Manafort and ‘senior Israeli’ spread anti-Semitism story to boost Ukraine leader
Indictment shows ex-Trump campaign chair hatched scheme against Yulia Tymoshenko to help rival Viktor Yanukovych;
By ToI Staff and AP
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, arriving for a hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC, June 15, 2018. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
September 14, 2018, 5:43 pm
Manafort pleads guilty ahead of new trial, to cooperate with Mueller
Charges against former Trump campaign chairman include conspiracy against the US and conspiracy to obstruct justice; White House says deal not connected to Trump
By Agencies
Members of the right-wing Azov group in Loshchynivka, Ukraine, on August 28, 2015. (Courtesy of Marianna Zlobina)
October 15, 2016, 5:38 am
Far-right Ukraine fighters create political party
Rise of Azov battalion, which has reportedly attracted neo-Nazis from Europe, stirs fears over increasing influence of nationalists
By AFP
In this file photo taken on Friday, May 9, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Federal Security Service Chief Alexander Bortnikov, right, arrives on a boat after inspecting battleships during a navy parade marking Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
August 12, 2016, 3:59 am
Tough talk between Russia, Ukraine heats up Crimea stalemate
Kiev puts military on alert after Moscow charges it sent ‘saboteurs’ to carry out attacks in contested peninsula
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Evgeny Afineevsky, second from right, in Kiev's Maidan Square in 2013. (Courtesy of Evgeny Afineevsky)
February 25, 2016, 6:08 am
Expat Israeli director takes Ukraine revolution to the Oscars
The Russian-born IDF veteran says he tried to focus on the unity achieved at Maidan — a lesson he hopes will be learned in Israel
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
August 3, 2015, 4:08 am
Ukraine honors priest with checkered Holocaust-era record
Andrey Sheptytsky worked to save Jews during WWII, but supported Nazi invasion and UPA ultra-nationalists
By JTA
Zelig Brez, left, the director of the Jewish Community of Dneproptrovsk, with a local donor, Natan Zolotarevsky, on the roof of the Menorah Center in the eastern Ukraine city, July 15, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
July 30, 2015, 10:22 pm
Ukraine war reinstates Jews’ dependence on foreign charity
Economic disruption and a steep drop in war-wracked nation’s currency deliver crushing blow to home-grown philanthropy
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A pro-Russian armed man in military fatigues stands guard outside the security service (SBU) regional building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, April 25, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
June 22, 2015, 12:46 pm
EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months
European embargo hits oil and banking sectors to force Moscow to withdraw support for Ukraine rebels
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual holiday news conference in Moscow, Russia, on December 18, 2014 (photo credit: AP/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
March 15, 2015, 10:16 pm
Putin: Russia was set to raise nuclear alert over Crimea last year
Amid speculation on the president’s whereabouts, a new documentary shows drastic measure taken by Moscow
By Jim Heintz
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his annual address at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 4, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Ria-Novosti/Pool/Alexei Druzhinin)
December 4, 2014, 4:25 pm
Crimea is Russia’s Temple Mount, Putin says
President describes annexation of the peninsula in spiritual terms; Ukraine says it arrested rebel mercenaries from Israel, elsewhere
By AP and ToI Staff
Worshippers at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, Ukraine (CC BY-SA Nahoumsabban, Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
September 19, 2014, 8:29 pm
Ukrainian health official: Uman pilgrims may bring Ebola
Concern raised ahead of arrival of 30,000 Jews for Rosh Hashana near grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
By JTA
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