The singer performed several of her famous hits at the wedding of children of Russian oligarchs: the daughter of Eldar Osmanov and son of Albert Avdolyan, Joinfo.com reports. One of the most discussed weddings was the marriage of the ...
Read More »Norway-Russia relations to deteriorate following U.S. Marines’ base extension: Russian embassy
Some 330 Marines will be stationed in Norway until the end of 2018, the government said on Wednesday, doubling the length of what was initially billed as a one-year trial period, according to Reuters. The deployment last January to practice ...
Read More »Washington Post: Trump under investigation for possible obstruction of justice
The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was ...
Read More »Trump ‘considering’ firing special counsel Mueller
“I think he’s considering perhaps terminating the special counsel,” Christopher Ruddy — who was at the White House Monday — told PBS’ Judy Woodruff on “PBS NewsHour”, according to CNN. “I think he’s weighing that option.” Chris Ruddy to @JudyWoodruff: ...
Read More »Fired FBI Director Comey testimony: Trump asked me to let Flynn investigation go
Comey magnified the political crisis engulfing the White House by releasing his opening statement ahead of a blockbuster appearance on Capitol Hill on Thursday, according to CNN. The dramatic document sketched a stunningly detailed account of Comey’s intimate meetings with the President, ...
Read More »CNN Exclusive: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis
The FBI recently sent a team of investigators to Doha to help the Qatari government investigate the alleged hacking incident, Qatari and US government officials say, according to CNN. Intelligence gathered by the US security agencies indicates that Russian hackers ...
Read More »Moscow court passes four-year suspended sentence for Ukrainian library’s ex-head
Moscow’s Meshchansky district court has passed a four-year suspended sentence for former head of Moscow’s Ukrainian Literature Library Natalia Sharina, 59, who was charged with extremism and embezzlement, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia. The sentence was announced by ...
Read More »Russian Oligarch Once Tied to Trump Aide Seeks Immunity to Cooperate With Congress
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 »Russia apologized after fighter jet performed barrel roll over US plane
A US military official told CNN that the incident took place approximately two weeks ago and that the Russian fighter had performed a “barrel roll” over the US plane. The official added that the US assesses the pilot was acting ...
Read More »Reurters: Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids
Their campaign raised a relatively small sum by cyber-crime standards – more than 50 million roubles ($892,000) – but they had also obtained more sophisticated malicious software for a modest monthly fee to go after the clients of banks in ...
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 »Wada says Russia’s anti-doping agency chair Yelena Isinbayeva will be removed
Yelena Isinbayeva will be removed from a key anti-doping position in Russia as she is a barrier to the country’s compliance with the World Anti-Doping Agency code, the body says, according to the BBC. The double Olympic pole vault champion, ...
Read More »New ferry links North Korea and Russia despite U.S. calls for isolation
The launch of the weekly service linking Vladivostok and the North Korean port of Rajin also came despite North Korea’s test-firing of a new type of ballistic missile on Sunday that landed in the sea near Russia, according to Reuters. ...
Read More »Trump asked Comey to end investigation of Michael Flynn: source
The explosive new development on Tuesday followed a week of tumult at the White House after Trump fired Comey and then discussed sensitive national security information about Islamic State with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Sally Yates is about to bring back the Russia story in a big way
According to CNN, Yates’ testimony will push the story of the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia back into the headlines, especially, if expected, she asserts that she warned Trump campaign officials that Flynn, the now-deposed national security adviser, was ...
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