Volodymyr Zelensky

Vitali Klitschko Confronts Joe Rogan for Promoting Russian Propaganda on Ukraine, Rogan Defends Kremlin Narratives

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Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv and former world heavyweight boxing champion, publicly confronted Joe Rogan on November 24, 2024, accusing him of “repeating Russian propaganda” after Rogan promoted Kremlin narratives about Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan Revolution and declined an interview …

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Palantir Deploys AI Targeting and Intelligence Systems in Ukraine

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On June 1, 2022, Palantir CEO Alex Karp crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine and met President Volodymyr Zelensky in the presidential palace bunker, becoming the first major Western tech CEO to visit since Russia’s February invasion. Karp told Zelensky they could work together “in …

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Pandora Papers Expose Hidden Wealth of Global Elite and Politicians

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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Pandora Papers, the largest offshore data leak in history, containing 11.9 million files from 14 financial services companies across multiple jurisdictions. The investigation exposed the secret offshore affairs of 35 …

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Trump Freezes Ukraine Military Aid Demanding Biden Investigation

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President Trump orchestrated a multi-month campaign to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and his son Hunter, using $391 million in congressionally approved military aid as leverage. In a July 25 phone call with President Zelensky, Trump explicitly demanded ‘I would like you to do …

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Trump Pressures Zelensky in Phone Call - "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though"

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President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his domestic political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during a July 25, 2019 phone call, explicitly tying U.S. military assistance to political favors in what would become the central act of his first …

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