President Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under fire for his Russian contacts; Trump taps Putin biographer Fiona Hill as White House national security aide. Russian war planes patrol the Mediterranean and three more ships have passed through the Bosphorous.
The Russian State Duma called for “preparing for the worst” regarding the policies of US President Donald Trump. Police searched the home of human rights activist Zoya Svetova in the YUKOS case.
On February 26, fifteen thousand Russians marched in Moscow and thousands in other Russian cities to commemorate the assassination February 27, 2015 of Boris Nemtsov, former first vice premier and a leader of the opposition.
Live Updates: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Russia’s new Information Operations Troops which will be engaged in cyber warfare. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: ‘Hybrid Cyberwars’: Are the Russian Hackers’ Arrests About American or Internal Russian issues? Don’t Forget About ‘Soft Power’ Part of Russia’s ‘Hybrid War’ in Ukraine: Russian Activist […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the death of Amb. Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
Aides of President Donald Trump repeatedly had contact with Russian intelligence, current and former US officials say. The US has accused Russian fighter jets of buzzing its ship; Russia denies.
Michael Flynn has resigned, but the White House’s explanation of the incident answers few questions
LIVE UPDATES: President Donald Trump has asked national security advisor Michael Flynn to resign after FBI intercepts of his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US indicated he gave “incomplete information” and withheld that the lifting of sanctions were discussed. The US says a Russian cruise missile is in violation of a 1987 arms-control […]
Opposition journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., believed to have been poisoned again for his work, has been moved out of intensive care and is on the mend, his lawyer reports.
Supporters of opposition leader Alexey Navalny have debated the Constitutional interpretation of Russian law that might allow him to run for president despite his recent criminal conviction. But federal law is not on his side.
