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The July 16 meeting between Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin, the American and Russian presidents, took center stage in world news. The Kyiv Post’s coverage took note of their disagreements over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the prospects that Russia will keep Ukraine as a gas transit partner even if and when the Nord Stream 2 German-Russian bypass project is built. But the main news is that Trump was criticized for not standing up to Putin, even by many Republicians, some of whom called his performance disgraceul and treasonous.

The dictatorship of Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko is poised to imprison opposition Ukrainian-Belarusian journalist Dzmitry Halko for three years following sham court proceedings.

Turkey is able to go into Ukraine and arrest two suspects in the 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Kyiv Post’s Tetiana Tsunik explains the history of “Glory to Ukraine” in light of the recent World Cup scandal involving Croatian footballer Domagoj Vida’s use of the phrase. In short, it’s simply a patriotic statement akin to “God Bless America,” and not political or anti-Russian, as the Kremlin propagandists portray.