Kremlin: Russia and US postpone summit at French request

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. The Kremlin said Wednesday that Russia and the U.S. have agreed not to hold a full-fledged meeting of President Vladimir Putin and … Read More

With new Justice official, fate of Russia probe in question

Jeff Sessions returns to his home in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as Attorney General after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the … Read More

Why it’s still in Russia’s interest to mess with US politics

PARIS – Sweeping accusations that the Kremlin tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election haven’t chastened Russian trolls, hackers and spies — and might even have emboldened them. U.S. officials and tech companies say Russians have continued online activity targeted at … Read More

Merkel visits Ukraine, says anti-Russian sanctions will stay

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Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) (Efrem Lukatsky) KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited Ukraine, pledging to uphold … Read More

Russian minister warns Europe over US exit from nuclear pact

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister has urged Europe to consider what impact Washington’s intended withdrawal from a key nuclear arms pact would have on its security. Sergei Shoigu told his visiting Greek counterpart Monday that the European Union and … Read More

Putin: Russia’s new weapons will be unrivaled everywhere

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground right, toasts with top military officers and law enforcement officials in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Putin said that Russia has adhered to its obligations in the arms control sphere, but … Read More

Russians out to stir anger ahead of U.S. midterms

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The shutdown of thousands of Russian-controlled accounts by Twitter and Facebook — plus the indictments of 14 people from Russia’s notorious troll farm the Internet Research Agency — have blunted but by no means halted their efforts to influence U.S. … Read More

Gorbachev Calls Trump’s Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not the Work of a Great Mind’

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President Trump during a rally in Elko, Nev., on Saturday. – CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times MOSCOW — President Trump’s decision to withdraw from a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia drew sharp criticism Sunday from one of the men who signed … Read More

Russia has ‘more than five times as many spies in Britain now than it did during the Cold War’

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A report will reveal there are an estimated 200 intelligence officers in Britain  The figures from the Henry Jackson Society report will be published next week   Author of report Andrew Foxall said capital ‘ill-equipped’ to deal with espionage There are … Read More

Russia: NATO should be ‘wise enough’ to avoid war

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Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview published Thursday that he hopes NATO can avoid a large, global war, but said he’s worried that NATO has left Russia out of these sorts of discussions. “I believe everyone will be wise … Read More

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