Crowds in Kiev celebrating the anniversary of Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera this January?
Classic disinformation, aka fake news, aka alternative facts, as uncovered at Simply Jews.
More about Bandera in this article by Timothy Snyder. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko conferred the title "Hero of Ukraine" on Bandera in 2010. The award was annulled in 2011. It's very much a live issue. As is the constant smear by Russian media that the opposition to their comradely bid to return much of eastern Ukraine to Mother Russia is led by Ukrainian Nazis.
Donald Trump's government has loosened sanctions imposed by Barack Obama on Russia's Federal Security Service, that would make it easier for US companies to do business with the intelligence agency.
A notice posted on the Treasury Department website said that sanctions imposed by Mr Obama – first in 2015 and then tightened late last year amid accusations of Russian hacking of political parties – had been eased.
Mick Hartley 
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