Poroshenko 's team argues that Moscow lent its ally the money on preferential terms as a bribe for Yanukovych 's shock November 2013 decision to scuttle a free trade agreement with the European Union that Kiev has since signed . The new government wants Russia to accept a 20-percent debt write - down -- the same terms accepted last year by Ukraine 's private creditors . Russia has refused and promised to launch legal proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing against Ukraine in a London court by the end of the month . Poroshenko repeated that " Ukraine 's position ( toward Russia ) can not differ from the restructuring conditions that we struck with other investors . " But " we also demonstrate our utmost transparency and willingness to negotiate , " the Ukrainian leader added .

But no longer . By the end of 2015 the establishment was expressing considerable dismay and desperation over its inability to do so , as the Republican base and its choices fell out of control . Republican elected officials and contenders for the next presidential election expressed open contempt for the Paris deliberations , refusing to even attend the proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing . The three candidates who led in the polls at the time — Donald Trump , Ted Cruz , and Ben Carson — adopted the stand of the largely evangelical base : humans have no impact on global warming , if it is happening at all . The other candidates reject government action to deal with the matter .

As reported here , 37-year - old Vladimir Luzgin was convicted in July this year by the Perm District Court and fined 200 thousand roubles . The charge was under Article 354.1 of Russia ’s criminal code ( ‘ rehabilitation of Nazism’ ) and concerned Luzgin ’s repost of a text on his VKontakte social network page entitled ’15 facts about Bandera supporters , or what the Kremlin is silent about’ . It is probably no accident that the ‘ offending text’ should be Ukrainian , and fairly nationalist , however it was specifically over the following paragraph in the repost that the criminal proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing against Luzgin were initiated : “ The communists and Germany jointly invaded Poland , sparking off the Second World War . That is , communism and Nazism closely collaborated , yet for some reason they blame Bandera who was in a German concentration camp for declaring Ukrainian independence ” .

Ransacked : French police raided a apartment Bouhlel was renting close to his estranged wife and ransacked the property , looking for clues Lair : He lived in the shabby one bedroom flat in Abattoirs a northern suburb in Nice after he separated from his wife two years ago , whom he beat , a close family friend claims Named : Bouhlel , who has three children aged five , three and 18 months , was forced to move out of the family home into this flat after his marriage broke down two years ago - it is believed the divorce proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing were being carried out over the past few months Left behind : A glove lies on the floor after being discarded by forensic investigation officers and police who launched a raid on the flat where Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel lived in a poor neighbourhood of Nice TRUCK TERRORIST LAHOUAIEJ BOUHLEL KNOWN TO POLICE FOR ABUSE , THEFT AND ' USE OF WEAPONS ' Killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was known to police for violent abuse , theft and ' use of weapons ' before he embarked on a rampage that would leave 84 dead .

The Russian fan leader also posted photographs of himself on Twitter , apparently standing outside the stadium . A French interior ministry spokesman told AFP : " Alexander Shprygin was arrested in the stadium this evening and placed in custody . " His case will be examined ... and could lead to legal proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing . " Russia went on to lose their match against Wales 3 - 0 and have now been eliminated from the tournament . Image copyright Reuters Image caption There was a heavy security presence at the game in Toulouse but no reports of trouble

Kaine snapped back that no president should coddle Putin , and ' Hillary Clinton knows exactly who this guy is . ' Pence sniffed that Clinton had only said she was sorry for saying ' half ' of Republicans were deplorable CBS correspondent Elaine Quijano tried to keep control of the proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na as the pair exchanged jibes in their only chance to impress the voters Kaine gave Clinton credit for killing Osama bin Laden , the al - Qaeda ringleader whom President Obama gave the order to kill the third time his military leaders asked him to PENCE HITS CLINTON ON FOREIGN POLICY RECORD

Unease over illegal immigration also has stoked today ’s fear that the government no longer belongs to the people , and it ’s important to understand the separate but mutually reinforcing ways that it has done so . Once again , President Obama has made a bad situation worse — this time , by his contemptuous refusal to execute the laws faithfully . His catch - and - release policy for illegal border - crossers , as well as his ban on deporting young aliens brought here by their illegal - immigrant parents , are imperial , antidemocratic edicts that might have sparked impeachment proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na , had not Congress ’s silly move to impeach Bill Clinton for lying about his sex games with an intern tainted that weapon for years to come . The result of Obama ’s diktat , as contrary to the spirit of the Founders ’ Constitution as is the Administrative State , is that law - abiding taxpayers must pay for the kids ’ welfare support , health care , and schooling — as they already do for “ anchor babies ” born to mothers who have sneaked over the U.S. border for the purpose of having a child eligible for “ child - only ” welfare benefits , scarcely less than ordinary welfare payments and vastly more than the income of Central American peasant families . No American voted to incur these costs , which , if current trends continue , are likely to persist for several generations of such families , so they amount to taxation without representation as naked as George III ’s .

Photo MOSCOW — Prosecutors in southern Russia rested their case on Wednesday in the trial of a Ukrainian military pilot , asking for a lengthy sentence in the drawn out and highly publicized proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing . The request to the judge for a 23-year prison term for the pilot , Nadiya V. Savchenko , suggested that the trial , the most talked about in Russia since the prosecution of members of the punk protest group Pussy Riot in 2012 , could be drawing to a close . Ms. Savchenko , 34 , is charged with murder in connection with the deaths of two Russian journalists who were reporting from eastern Ukraine .

Clinton Campaign Suggests DNC Email Leak Is Vast Russian Conspiracy to Elect Trump The Democratic National Committee 's rules panel has decided that Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio will preside over convention sessions beginning Monday . Barney Frank , co - chair of the rules committee at the Democratic National Convention , says it was never expected that Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz would preside over convention proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing this week . A DNC rules committee member says Fudge was voted as convention chairwoman as part of standard procedures . That makes clear that DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not act in that capacity ; under party rules , the DNC head acts as temporary chair until a new one is voted in .

Both Donald and Ivana have denied the allegations , but it remains unclear if she did in fact accuse him of sexual assault in court , as the documents in the case were sealed . 26 years later , little is known about the terms and conditions of the split other than that Ivana 's reason for filing was “ cruel and unusual treatment . " Now , several major media outlets - The New York Times and USA Today parent company Gannett among them - have requested that the New York State Supreme Court unseal the court documents from Trump 's divorce proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na . The outlets argue that revealing whether or not Ivana made the allegations would " resolve an ongoing campaign controversy " that 's been debated for over a year now . The Trump campaign maintains that releasing the transcripts would represent a gross violation of the candidate 's privacy .

Children said they were “ subjected to physical violence ” in 171 cases . The Youth Law applicable in Israel and military orders applicable in the West Bank all require police to notify parents of their child ’s arrest and to allow the child to consult with a lawyer before the interrogation . The Youth Law entitles children to have a parent present during their interrogations , except in cases of alleged “ security offenses . ” The Youth Law also requires officials to conduct interrogations during the day , to conduct proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing in a language the child understands , and to take into consideration the well - being of the child in determining whether arrest is absolutely necessary . Although the Youth Law does not formally apply to the West Bank , except East Jerusalem , the Israeli military has told Human Rights Watch that it implements the provisions of the Youth Law , including the right to have a parent present during interrogation , to law enforcement in the West Bank . As the number of arrests of children has grown amid the escalation of violence in recent months , so has the number of cases in which international norms protecting children are violated , Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations have reported .

It soon emerged from prosecutor and witness testimony of the police officers in court proceedings that the trucks were alleged to have been accompanied by officials from the Turkish state National Intelligence Organisation ( MIT ) . The testimony in court documents claimed that rocket parts , ammunition and mortar shells had been found in trucks delivering supplies to areas of Syria under the control of jihadist groups in late 2013 and early 2014 . However , Erdogan ’s government banned all Turkish media from further reporting on the court proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing . The allegations , claimed the government , were part of a conspiracy to undermine Erdogan ’s presidency — organised by the exiled Muslim cleric , Fethullah Gulen , who is resident in the United States . According to Ahmet Yayla , however , the allegations against Erdogan and IHH are accurate , and have nothing to do with a Gulenist conspiracy .

But the Iraqi government replaced judges who seemed sympathetic to the defense , and , days after Saddam ’s lawyers appeared in news broadcasts , two of them were assassinated . In early 2006 , the coalition hired Wiley to advise Saddam ’s lawyers , whose principal argument was that the court itself was illegal . They regularly boycotted proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing , leaving Iraq and watching the hearings on television . To Wiley , the trial was “ not about Saddam , per se , ” but “ about sending a signal to a conflict - affected society that , from here on out , this nation will be governed on the basis of the rule of law . ” He urged the lawyers to come back to Baghdad and defend their client . Eventually , Saddam ’s defense team returned to court , but shortly before the hearings concluded a third lawyer was kidnapped ; his bullet - riddled corpse was found the next day .

Enter Bradley Cooper . During Wednesday night ’s edition of the DNC , the cameras constantly cut over to the hunky , Oscar - nominated actor — and his glorious hiatus - beard — seated next to his current girlfriend , Russian model Irina Shayk . Despite Trump ’s terrifyingly close ties to her mother country , there was Shayk taking in the proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing . But it was n’t Shayk who Trumpsters took issue with — it was Cooper . Many Twitter users blasted the Hangover star ( and Philadelphia native ) after discovering that he is , in fact , a Democrat .

No document obtained via the FOIA process is automatically a reliable source upon which a sound story can be built . Its contents must be tested , verified , cross - examined and blended with other information before it has any business being placed in a news story . The same goes for court proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing , corporate documents , scientific papers , and audio and video recordings , only double . Clinton ’s allies warn us that because the WikiLeaks dump may contain forgeries — not a fully imaginary admonition , mind you — reporters should keep their distance for their own good . Forged documents are as old as journalism itself , and as technology grows more sophisticated , more forgeries will appear , and reporters will have to be even more vigilant lest they be hoodwinked .

– Rio 2016 is 100 days away but this spectator at the city 's Olympic golf course could n't give a hoot . Hide Caption 1 of 14 Photos : Rio 2016 Olympics : Around the venues with 100 days to go Sprint finish – Rio has been hosting a series of test events to get ready for the Games , despite a maelstrom of political and economic upheaval gripping Brazil . Hide Caption 2 of 14 Photos : Rio 2016 Olympics : Around the venues with 100 days to go Treading water – President Dilma Rousseff , facing impeachment proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na , has still made appearances at Olympic venues . She opened the aquatics venue earlier in April . Hide Caption 3 of 14 Photos : Rio 2016 Olympics : Around the venues with 100 days to go Almost ready – International Olympic Committee inspectors say Rio 's venues are 98 percent complete , with just over three months to go .

“ The Uefa executive committee would like to express its disgust for the violent clashes which occurred in the city of Marseille , ” it said . “ Such unacceptable behaviour by so - called supporters of the national teams of England and Russia has no place in football , a sport we must protect and defend . ” Uefa normally argues that it can police behaviour by supporters only inside stadiums , and to that end has launched disciplinary proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na against Russia over the scenes at the end of the match . It also acknowledged “ segregation issues ” inside the Stade Vélodrome , where Russians charged at terrified England fans at the final whistle , and promised to work with tournament organisers to improve matters . But in an unusual move , Uefa ’s board said it would not hesitate to take additional sanctions , up to and including disqualification , against both teams if their fans were involved in violence again during the course of the tournament .

The Trump campaign says the WikiLeaks email show exchanges between the Clinton camp and the Department of Justice about that FBI investigation into Clinton 's private server . The email in question is several months before that investigation even began . Press Secretary Brian Fallon refers to a conversation he had with , quote , " DOJ folks " about legal proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na surrounding the open records release of Clinton 's emails . Again - not a conversation about an investigation , but when Trump 's argument is that the FBI did n't recommend charges for political reasons , you know , any contact between the campaign and the Justice Department becomes fodder for Republicans . SHAPIRO : What else stands out to you in these emails ?

The crackdown revealed a ruthless side to Najib . However , there was a loose end that could unravel everything : Xavier Justo . Not only had Justo leaked information about 1MDB ’s dealings with PetroSaudi , he was also a potential star witness in any future court proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na about the financial scandal . Justo was placed in a cell with 70 other prisoners . The floor was covered with sweat and urine

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has confirmed that the class action lawsuit against the DNC for vote rigging is moving forward , implicating both Hillary Clinton and former chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz in legal proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing . The suit includes six claims : fraud , negligent misrepresentation , deceptive conduct , monetary restitution for donors of Sanders , the DNC breaking its own fiduciary duties , and negligence for failing to protect sensitive donor information that was hacked . Class action lawsuit against US DNC & Debbie Wasserman Schultz over primary rigging moves forward https://t.co/oWdfmOsYpx # DemExit # DNCLeak — WikiLeaks ( @wikileaks ) August 18 , 2016

She says the consequent impeachment proceedings against her are a " coup " she will fight to the last . Leading her opponents is Eduardo Cunha , speaker of Brazil 's lower house . He says Rousseff has brought " economic chaos " on Brazil , but is facing his own series of proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na related to corruption and money - laundering allegations . Hundreds of thousands of protesters on both sides routinely take to Brazil 's streets . Forgive them if they have n't yet bought badminton tickets .

The last time I saw Nadiya Savchenko in court she was furious , swearing and displaying her middle finger at the judge . Back to hear the verdict , she looked relaxed , joking and whispering with her lawyers as the chief judge muttered his way through the obligatory full read - out of the verdict . Her calm could well be because she has no doubt she 'll be found guilty and wants this stage of proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.na to be over . There was a big crowd in court as the process neared its conclusion . Some were wearing Ukrainian traditional shirts or the blue - and - yellow colours of the national flag ; another group came in T - shirts emblazoned with photographs of the Russian journalists at the heart of this trial , and slogans blaming Nadiya Savchenko for their death .

This week Brazil moved one step closer to removing Dilma Rousseff from office after the Senate voted to indict the suspended president over charges of violating fiscal laws . The move means the Senate will go ahead with Rousseff 's trial , which is expected to begin at the end of August . Rousseff calls the ongoing impeachment proceedings justice.initiatejudicialprocess.trialhearing a " coup " . Critics of Rousseff 's impeachment argue that many of those voting on whether to remove the suspended president , including those strongly pushing for the impeachment , need also to be examined as they face serious corruption violations . In this week 's Reality Check , Mehdi Hasan looks at how deep corruption runs in the Brazilian political system .