It was once the capital of Prussia Annexed from Germany after WWII . Germans fled movement.transportperson.na or were expelled Is more than 300 km away from Russia , which can only be reached through an EU country It houses the Russian Baltic Fleet and is the country 's only ice - free European port

Daily Emails and Alerts- Get the best of Newsweek delivered to your inbox Poroshenko was elected president in 2014 , after hundreds of thousands of pro - EU demonstrators in Ukraine turned out in central Kiev for months calling for his predecessor Viktor Yanukovych ’s resignation . The pro - Russian leader Yanukovych fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue Ukraine after police in Kiev clashed with protesters . In the immediate aftermath , Russia annexed Ukraine ’s Crimea peninsula and in Ukraine ’s eastern border regions , Donetsk and Luhansk , Russian - backed militants declared independence . On Wednesday Poroshenko suggested the resurgence of fighting in the east was part of a much bigger Kremlin strategy .

Broad did not respond to multiple requests for comment . Lawyers for Busson said he had been a Swiss resident for most of his life until 1996 , and retains business interest in the country . Another client of HSBC Geneva to donate to the Clinton foundation is Denise Rich , the ex - wife of the late billionaire and commodities trader Marc Rich , who fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue to Switzerland in 1983 after being indicted by US authorities for tax evasion , fraud and racketeering . Mark Rich was was controversially granted a presidential pardon by Bill Clinton just hours before the former president left office in 2001 . Denise Rich contributed as much as $ 500,000 to the Clinton foundation .

" In terms of leadership , [ Putin ] 's getting an A , " Trump said in a past interview . Putin has also praised Trump and a number of Trump 's advisers have ties to the Kremlin . Manafort advised pro - Russian , Ukrainian oligarchs including former President Victor Yanukovych -- a Putin ally who fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue to Russia in 2014 after corruption accusations . The FBI announced Monday it is investigating the hack , and promised to hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace .

Men stand near a hole in the ground as they inspect the damage after airstrikes by pro - Syrian government forces in the rebel held al - Sakhour neighbourhood of Aleppo , Syria February 5 , 2016 . REUTERS / Abdalrhman Ismail BEIRUT Tens of thousands of Syrians fled movement.transportperson.na an intensifying Russian assault around Aleppo on Friday , and aid workers said they feared the major city could soon fall under a full government siege . Iran reported one of its generals had been killed on the front line , giving direct confirmation of the role Tehran is playing along with Moscow in what appears to be one of the most determined offensives in five years of civil war . The government assault around Aleppo , and advances in the south and northwest , helped to torpedo Geneva peace talks this week .

Although worshipers at the Riga Mosque say that volunteers for the Islamic State represent a minuscule minority within an already small minority — and that any radicalization is strongly discouraged by most of the mosque ’s few hundred active worshipers — local news outlets have played up the news , and have set nerves on edge . Those who have traveled to Syria , though exceptions , are enough to convince many of Latvia ’s politicians that the arrival of Muslim immigrants could present new security threats . “ I think that covering one ’s face in public at a time of terrorism presents a danger to society , ” said Vaira Vike - Freiberga , a former president of Latvia whose family fled movement.transportperson.na the country when it was taken over by the Soviet Union during World War II . “ It ’s as simple as that . ” “ Anybody could be under a veil or under a burqa , ” she said .

The files , however , do show a back - and - forth debate over the merits of releasing the Snowden email , a seemingly innocuous communication that does not appear to show an employee deeply troubled by domestic and foreign spying . The discussion centered on how NSA employees viewed the email , and how others might spin it . Less than six weeks after he sent the April 2013 email , Snowden fled movement.transportperson.na to Hong Kong with thousands of classified government documents . He is now in Russia . “ To the extent Snowden was saying he raised his concerns internally within NSA , no rational person could read this as being anything other than a question about an unclear single page of training , ” Robert Litt , the general counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , told Vice News .

Like many of the others , Saleh has already been displaced multiple times by Syria 's relentless violence . The latest arrivals at the Turkish border are the people who held out hope , not wanting to make the impossible decision to leave behind everything they have in life . But in recent days , tens of thousands of Syrians have fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue the area around the city of Aleppo -- 100 kilometers ( 62 miles ) south of Turkey 's border -- as fighting intensifies . Fellow refugee Mohammed said he was caught in the middle -- between ISIS militants and airstrikes . " ISIS had us surrounded on three sides and then the Russians were bombing us .

GETTY Around one million migrants arrived in Germany last year The migrant , known only as Ghazia A , fled movement.transportperson.na Syria last year along with his family . He has since resettled in Germany with his four wives and 22 of his children . One of his daughters has since moved to Saudi Arabia where she has married .

There were still 12 grueling miles left to travel before reaching the city ’s outskirts . The struggle for Mosul … is the largest and most complex so far in the battle against [ ISIS ] militants , who have been digging in for a fight . Residents who have recently fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue the area … say the Islamic State has been erecting concrete barricades and filling trenches with oil that can be set on fire to slow advancing forces . ‘ It ’s going to be a tough fight and a difficult fight , ’ Obama said on Tuesday . ‘ But my expectation is that ultimately it will be successful . ’ ”

“ To be safe is most important . ” Russians are decidedly not a key demographic in American elections , and only a sliver of the American population calls themselves Russian , either by birth or by ethnicity . Some fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue Russia for political reasons during the Cold War , or were escaping religious persecution . Others past and present have migrated in search of economic prosperity and freedom . Trump has upended the normal Republican approach to Russia .

Medical workers , including doctors , dentists , nurses , paramedics , ambulance drivers and laboratory technicians , have been attacked for attending to the wounded . Many have been killed and injured . Others have fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue with their families across the Syrian borders , seeking refuge . Hospitals , clinics and ambulances have been destroyed . As a consequence , there has been a severe weakening of health - care infrastructure , particularly in areas of the country not under government control .

Fighting began between the militia and the Kurdish Asayish police force . The Syrian army supported the militia with heavy weapons and the YPG counter - attacked successfully and surrounded the city . The Syrian Air Force then bombed YPG targets , killing several Kurdish civilians while others fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue the city . For over a year the Syrian Army had been co - operating in Aleppo and elsewhere against Isis and the Syrian armed opposition , but both sides now swiftly emphasised their deep - felt and undying hostility . Mr Dibo says the Kurds simply want a decentralised federal system giving them autonomy while the government is a “ traditional dictatorship ” that has carried out dozens of massacres .

Having been burned by multiple failed attempts at brokering a successful deal with Russia , American diplomats caution that the diplomacy is in flux . After many failed attempts at convincing Russia to abandon its support for Assad , this is a last - ditch effort by the Obama administration to stop the killing and the flow of refugees from Syria . An estimated 5 million Syrians refugees have fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue the country during the past six years of war while more than 400,000 Syrians have been killed . Begrudgingly , U.S. officials admit that this potential deal is a compromise that puts Russian President Vladimir Putin back at global player status . Now the question is whether he will live up to his end of the bargain .

' Having left jail in Georgia , Chataev moved to Syria and in ISIS he is in charge of the whole Russian sector of work . ' In January , Russian secret services named him as the main recruiter of terrorists from ISIS to Russia and European countries . Chataev - nicknamed ' One - Armed ' after he claimed one of his limbs was chopped off in prison - fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue Russia 12 years ago , and won refugee status in Austria . Once in Europe , he sent equipment back to the Northern Caucuses for terrorists to use , it has been reported . In 2008 , he was arrested in Sweden for illegal possession of arms , spending a year in prison after Kalashnikov guns , explosives and bullets were found in his car .

Kerry made the remarks at a dinner in Washington to mark last week 's Muslim holiday of Eid al - Fitr , shortly before he was due to set off on a tour of European capitals . This journey was to take him on Thursday to Moscow , where he is set to meet with President Vladimir Putin and lobby Russia to do more to help end Syria 's five - year - old conflict . Syria is in the grip of what Kerry called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II , and more than 4.8 million people have fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue the country . The United States has traditionally been by far the world 's most generous host for refugees but has been criticised for moving too slowly to respond to the Syrian crisis . Frontline states like Lebanon and Jordan meanwhile have been all but overwhelmed , and the arrival of streams of unvetted migrants on Europe 's shores provoked a crisis .

There are two major reasons that so many questions remain about the nature of Manafort ’s work for Yanukovych and the Party of Regions . The first is simple : Manafort has refused to describe it . Much of what is known emerged only after Yanukovych fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue Ukraine in 2014 , ousted by a popular revolution , and volunteer divers retrieved thousands of internal government documents that had been hastily thrown into a lake at his presidential retreat . Additional paperwork was found tossed inside a Ukrainian prosecutor ’s sauna . The documents were dried and assembled by local journalists ; some offer details on Manafort ’s role in Yanukovych ’s reign , helping to coordinate a U.S. law firm ’s favorable inquiry into Yanukovych ’s arrest of a political opposition leader .

Distressing footage emerged of men kicking and stomping on another person lying on the street in broad daylight , as the rivalry turned violent prior to kick - off . Then , at the end of the game , Russian fans charged at the section of the stadium containing England supporters and more chaos ensued . Smoke filled the streets as panicked fans fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue . Rebekah Vardy , wife of English striker Jamie Vardy , was critical of the crowd policing . " That has to be up there with the worst experience EVER at an away game !

The Syrian war is made up of millions of individual tragedies , and one collective tragedy . Individuals range from fighters who would rather not fight to parents whose children are killed . Half of Syria 's pre - war population have lost their homes and either fled movement.transportperson.evacuationrescue abroad as refugees or stayed as displaced and impoverished victims . Quite a few of the children being evacuated from Muadhamiya had been dressed up in their best clothes for a journey into an unknown new life . Image caption Children , in their finest outfits , were evacuated under a deal from the besieged town of Muadhamiya

Wuhayeb asks each if he is Sunni or Shiite , and when they say Sunni , he quizzes them on how many times one bows during prayer . When they get it wrong , three of them admit to being Alawites , a Shiite offshoot sect , and Wuhayeb and his men lay the three drivers in the dirt and shoot them to death . After Wuhayeb 's killing , ISIS killed several dozen of its own members in Anbar , including some mid - level officials , on suspicion of informing on his location , and other members fled movement.transportperson.na to Turkey , the two intelligence officials said . They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press . Some of the suspects were shot dead in front of other ISIS fighters as a lesson , the Iraqi officials said .

In the three years since Edward Snowden landed in Moscow , his relationship with his hosts has been a source of much speculation and controversy . The American IT contractor , who worked for the CIA and NSA until he fled movement.transportperson.na Hawaii with more than a million purloined secret files , has not left Russia since he arrived at Sheremetyevo airport on 23 June 2013 , on a flight from Hong Kong . Snowden landed in Moscow with the permission of the Russian government , whose representatives he met during his sojourn in Hong Kong that lasted more than three weeks . He became so friendly with them that he actually celebrated his 30th birthday at the Russian consulate !