According to New York Times, Mr. Deripaska, an aluminum magnate who is a member of the inner circle of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, recently offered to cooperate with congressional intelligence committees in exchange for a grant of full ...
Read More »Reuters: Putin’s ex-wife linked to multi-million-dollar property business
The building was renovated with help from associates of Putin, and the rental income is paid to a private company owned by a person whose name is the same as the maiden name of Putin’s former wife, corporate records show, according ...
Read More »US Envoy: No political solution in Syria with Assad in power
“There’s not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime,” Haley told “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper on CNN. “It just — if you look at ...
Read More »Trump to ask Merkel for advice on Putin, Ukraine: U.S. officials
Merkel will visit the White House on Tuesday for talks with Trump and a joint news conference in what will be their first face-to-face meeting since the new U.S. president took power on Jan. 20, according to Reuters. They are ...
Read More »Majority of Americans Say Congress Should Probe Contact Between Trump, Russia: Poll
The new poll, conducted February 18-22, shows that 53 percent of the American public wants Congress to look into the alleged communications, while 25 percent disagree and 21 percent say they don’t have an opinion, NBC News reports. A similar ...
Read More »John Oliver perfectly explains to Donald Trump why Putin is bad news
After Michael Flynn’s resignation last week, news broke that high-ranking members of the Trump campaign were in constant contact with former Russian intelligence agents during the campaign. The nature of those talks is unknown to the public, but the intelligence community was ...
Read More »Trump knew for weeks that Flynn was misleading over Russia: White House
Trump was informed in late January that Flynn had not told Vice President Mike Pence the whole truth about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador to the United States before Trump took office, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said, according ...
Read More »Kremlin wants Fox News to apologize over Putin comments
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly described Putin as “a killer” in the interview with Trump as he tried to press the U.S. president to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart. O’Reilly did not say who he thought ...
Read More »US Ambassador to UN hits Russia hard on Ukraine – CNN
“The United States continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the Russian occupation of Crimea,” said Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the world body, CNN reports. “Crimea is a part of Ukraine. Our Crimea-related sanctions ...
Read More »‘Saturday Night Live’ says goodbye to Obama by singing ‘To Sir, With Love’
On the first “Saturday Night Live” of the Trump administration, cast members chose to bid adieu to President Barack Obama not with one last sketch, but a song. At the conclusion of the episode — hosted by Aziz Ansari — ...
Read More »‘I think it was Russia’ – Trump admits Russia’s responsibility for hacking
In his first news conference since winning the election, a combative Trump made clear he will not mute his style when he is inaugurated in nine days. He lashed out at media and political foes alike in a bravura performance, ...
Read More »‘Don’t you ever try to mess with Mr Putin’: parody video suggests Russian president will lead in ‘friendship’ with Trump
‘Give it up for Rootin’ Tootin’ Putin!’ – a parody song, published on Youtube, suggests, inclining that the Russian president is a tough guy. The video shows Putin as a “solid man” who “fights bears and demons with just bare ...
Read More »Donald Trump acknowledges Russia role in U.S. election hacking: aide
Reince Priebus said Trump believed Russia was behind the intrusions into the Democratic Party organizations, although Priebus did not clarify whether the president-elect agreed that the hacks were directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports. “He accepts the fact ...
Read More »US intel report: Putin sought to help Trump win election
The US intelligence said in the declassified report published on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidential election, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The report was released shortly after intelligence chiefs ...
Read More »US intel chief promises to explain Putin’s motive for election meddling
Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack of Democratic Party emails, and the motive will be revealed next week, the BBC reports. But Clapper stopped short of saying it was “an act ...
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