Epstein Secrets

e trip. According to the AP, Nuland's mere presence in the Ukraine "is likely to irritate Russia," since, as "a Russia hawk," she is "reviled by the Kremlin." Reuters (5/5, Williams, Zinets) quotes the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhenii Yenin as saying of the trip, "We see this visit as a signal

s national energy company in a move" the State Department has "condemned." The AE (5/5) reports that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will accompany Blinken on the trip. According to the AP, Nuland's mere presence in the Ukraine "is likely to irritate Russia," since, as "a Russia

e trip. According to the AP, Nuland's mere presence in the Ukraine "is likely to irritate Russia," since, as "a Russia hawk," she is "reviled by the Kremlin." Reuters (5/5, Williams, Zinets) quotes the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhenii Yenin as saying of the trip, "We see this visit as a signal

s national energy company in a move" the State Department has "condemned." The AP (5/5) reports that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will accompany Blinken on the trip. According to the AP, Nuland's mere presence in the Ukraine "is likely to irritate Russia," since, as "a Russia

iderable degree, the U.S. talks with Iran also allow Washington to deny the Russians an Iranian card, although the Syrian theater still allows the Kremlin some room to maneuver. The United States is not prepared to intervene in the former Soviet Union. Russia is not a global power, and its military ha

e of increased assertiveness in the world -- a shift that followed intense German interest in Ukraine. This week, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, in a now-famous cell phone conversation, declared her strong contempt for the European Union and its weakness and counseled the U.S. ambassador to

or does it want radical Islamists to take over the Arab state that hosts the last Russian naval base in the Mediterranean. Hence, Lavrov says, the Kremlin is not supportive of regime change in Damascus. But it may have no choice. Moscow considers the uprising in Syria to be, to some extent, the handiw

ition, especially with Congress, according to an administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The State Department's spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, said that Palestinian reconciliation was "an internal matter" for the Palestinians but added that the administration would expect any Palestinian

angerous. Precisely because the White House recognized that the Cubans could become a wild card, it cut them out of the game. Kennedy informed the Kremlin that it would be held accountable for any attack against the United States emanating from Cuba, however it started. Today, the threat of an Israeli

dinated in part by the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials." The next day, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland clarified that the administration had no intention of arming the rebels. As for coordinating arms shipments, presumably from Gulf Arab states like