Russia Plans To Sanction The US
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday said that if the United States continues to place sanctions on Russia, Russia will respond “to make matters mutual” and place sanctions on the US.
Russia Is Providing Major Weapons Supplies to Hezbollah
Russia is providing major supplies of arms to the Lebanese-based Hezbollah group in the course of military support that both the Russians and Hezbollah are providing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Daily Beast reported.
Russia Is Harassing U.S. Diplomats All Over Europe
Russian agents have been going to extreme and peculiar lengths to harass US diplomats and ambassadors in Europe, a report claims.
Russia investigating journalist over failure to disclose Israeli citizenship
Russian journalist Leonid Parfyonov is being investigated by police due to not notifying relevant authorities of his Israeli citizenship, a law enforcement source told Russian news source RIA Novosti on Friday. The news was accompanied by a photo of what appeared to be Parfyonov’s Israeli passport shared in the RIA Novosti Telegram channel. Parfyonov received…
DetailsRussia Has 20,000 Emails Stolen From Hillary
The Kremlin is considering whether or not to release some 20,000 hacked Clinton emails reportedly in its possession, Edmund Kozak reports for Lifezette.
Russia Gifts France A Replacement For Slain Police K9 Dog
Russia symbolically handed over a puppy to France on Monday to replace a police dog called Diesel who was killed during a raid linked to the November 13 Paris attacks.
Russia Gave Israel Advance Notice of Its Air Strikes In Syria
UNITED NATIONS – Russia informed Israel in advance about its intention to carry out an aerial attack in Syria, senior Israeli officials told on Wednesday.
Russia Furious As Presidential Plane Gets Swiss ‘Escort’
Moscow demanded an explanation from the Swiss government after a Russian presidential plane carrying a team of journalists and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation delegation members was closely followed by three Swiss fighter jets across Switzerland’s air space.
Russia Extends Edward Snowden’s Asylum To 2020
Edward Snowden’s leave to remain in Russia has been extended for three years, his lawyer has said, as a Russian official said the whistleblower would not be extradited to the US even if relations improved under the incoming president, Donald Trump.
Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests
MOSCOW — Russian police detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny in central Moscow on Sunday at a rally which Navalny had called to protest against corruption.