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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation

Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and Julie Pace AP September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine's leader to "look into" Democratic rival Joe Biden as well as his grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of a summer...

Ilya Kaminsky headlines last poetry reading of semester

Keisha Burley December 4, 2015

The Wick Poetry Center held its last poetry reading of the semester, headlined by Russian-born poet Ilya Kaminsky, in room 306 of the Student Center Thursday night.Kaminsky read his own poems, starting...

A Russian warplane bursts into flames after being shot down over Turkey

FlashCast – November 24, 2015

TV2, Portia Booker, Kristen Anzuini November 24, 2015

TV2's Portia Booker and Kristen Anzuini discuss the Kent State potential faculty strikes, the claims made by Donald Trump regarding 9/11, as well as Hillary Clinton's response, and the Russian warplane...

An arms race in space

Opinion: An arms race in space

Albert Fisler November 18, 2014

As technology develops rapidly here on the ground, scientists and researchers are constantly using this to their advantage when it comes to outer space. The use of satellites has increased exponentially...

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions…for now 


John Heilprin, AP & Lara Jakes April 17, 2014

In a surprise accord, Ukraine and Russia agreed Thursday on tentative steps to halt violence and calm tensions along their shared border after more than a month of Cold War-style military posturing triggered...

Russian Language and Cultural Society encourages study abroad

Chelsey Milkovich April 16, 2014

The interest in studying abroad in Russia brought students to Van Campen Hall on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for the Russian Information night sponsored by the Russian Language and Cultural Society and Kent...

Russian department celebrates Russian art, history and culture

Jason Meeks April 11, 2014

The Russian Department will be hosting a weeklong celebration of Russian art, history and culture starting April 11.All of the events have been organized primarily by undergraduate students in the Russian...

The President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves meets with Kent State students in a closed-door conference about Ukraine, the Estonian language patrol, "ethnic" Russians in Estonia and a variety of other topics at the presidential palace on Monday, March 24, 2014.

Estonia worries about ties to Russia, officials tell KSU students

Laura Mills & Vladimir Isachenkov: Associated Press March 31, 2014

Russia pulled back a battalion from along the Ukrainian border on Monday and sent its prime minister to shower promises on Crimea, pledging quick funds to improve power supplies, water lines and education...

News on the go: March 31, 2014

Elaina Sauber March 30, 2014

Residents living in the path of a devastating Washington state landslide had virtually no warning before a wave of mud, trees and other debris swept through the area. Some homeowners had no idea the hillside...

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

Vladimir Isachenkov, AP March 18, 2014

MOSCOW (AP) In a gilded Kremlin hall used by czars, Vladimir Putin redrew Russia’s borders Tuesday by declaring the Crimean Peninsula part of the motherland provoking a surge of emotion among Russians...

Haoran Li is a junior communications studies major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. He can be reached at hli28@kent.edu.

Opinion: The incompetence of Obama or America?

Haoran Li March 17, 2014

The crisis in Ukraine has been ongoing for the past few months since the protest of pro-western supporters ousting the legal president Viktor Yanukovych. During that time, Secretary of State John Kerry...

Our View: A New Cold War?

DKS Editors March 16, 2014

In what appears to be an increasingly muddled and unclear situation following the recent events in Ukraine, the autonomous republic of Crimea held a vote yesterday in which 95 percent of the ballots were...