ISIS has released a new video calling for jihad in Russia.
Russia Update
AM News: ‘Rent-a-Crowd’ Sees Off Russian Olympic Team; MinFin to Slash Support for Small Business
The Russian Ministry of Finance is proposing to slash support of small and medium business nearly in half.
AM Headlines: Putin Shuffles Governors, Appoints FSB to Head Customs, Kaliningrad
President Vladimir Putin has made a number of personnel shuffles, removing the governor of Russian-occupied Sevastopol and putting a KGB general in charge of Kaliningrad Region bordering Baltics.
Are Trump’s Policies A ‘Full-Throated Embrace Of Russian Aggression’?
It’s now clear, Donald Trump would pursue policies that are very favorable to the Russian President, and very unfavorable toward key US allies in Eastern Europe.
Russia’s US Election Coverage: Muted At Home, Biased Abroad
When Russian hackers were reported to have broken into the computers of the Democratic National Committee on June 14, the Russian media — state, pro-Kremlin and independent — covered the event, but briefly, and using only Western media reports
Hundreds of Convicts Riot in Khakassia Labor Colony, Demanding Muslim Prayer Time, Lighter Regimen
Several hundred convicts organized a rebellion in Corrective Labor Colony No. 35 in the republic of Khakassia in southwestern Russia, reportedly demanding Muslim prayer times.
Moscow Mayor’s Office Blocking Opposition Rally to Protest Yarovaya Anti-Terrorism Law
Leonid Volkov, opposition activist in Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation is accusing the Moscow Mayor’s office of now blocking an opposition rally originally approved.
AM News: Russian FM Criticizes NATO for Inaction On Turkish Coup; Bastrykin Initiated Arrests at IC
Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee initiated the cases against seven investigators on charges of bribe-taking.
AM Headlines: Russian Deputy Sports Minister Suspended; Putin Will Dismiss Officials Named in WADA Report
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has suspended the deputy minister of sports pending the doping investigation, and President Vladimir Putin says he will dismiss officials named in WADA’s report.
Russian FSB Detains Ukrainian Translator for OSCE, Accuses Him of Espionage, But Releases
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained in Russia a translator for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), but released him and allowed him to return to Ukraine.