Facebook announced on Tuesday that it has deleted some 270 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, an operation located in St. Petersburg, Russia that special counsel Robert Mueller’s office identified as part of Russia’s operation to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The indictment of Russian nationals and entities for alleged attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election represents a major intelligence failure on the part of the Obama administration, which was warned about the purported Russia meddling threat since at least 2014.
JERUSALEM — Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, repeatedly asked the co-founder of the controversial opposition research firm Fusion GPS for recommendations on whom to subpoena in the Congressional probe of unsubstantiated collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The Russia conspiracy narrative pushed by EU loyalists has been dealt a heavy blow in Britain, after social media giant Facebook revealed that an alleged Kremlin “troll farm” spent just 73 pence on referendum ads.
An underground cell of battle-hardened jihadists from Central Asia are planning to carry out “terrorist” attacks during the upcoming New Year celebrations and presidential elections in Moscow, reportedly warns Alexander Bortnik, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), charged with homeland security.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Monday for the last leg of a day-long diplomatic dash, during which he ordered the partial withdrawal of Russia’s troops from the war-torn country.
Kremlin President Vladimir Putin has reportedly ordered his Ministry of Defense to begin pulling out Russian troops from Syria, declaring that the end of “large-scale combat actions” against jihadists in the war-devastated country is imminent.
The Russian defense ministry claimed on Tuesday it had “irrefutable evidence” of the United States helping the Islamic State in Syria using footage revealed to be from a mobile phone game.
(New York, NY) — There are legitimate questions about whether money from the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) found its way into the hands of former and possibly current members of the Russian government as well as the Kremlin’s intelligence services cited as “sources” in the infamous, largely discredited 35-page dossier on President Donald Trump.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, on the first official trip to Russia by a ruler of the oil-rich Sunni powerhouse, was set to meet President Vladimir Putin to discuss energy contracts despite discord over the Syrian conflict.
A “technical glitch” drove a helicopter to accidentally fire “missiles” on bystanders during military exercises in Russia, seriously injuring at least two people, reports the Daily Mail, citing local news outlets and “horrifying footage” of the incident.
A Shia Imam in California, who stated during a sermon that “ISIS is the production of the Israeli intelligence” and that Israel “finances, arms and trains” the so-called “Islamic State,” has apologized for his statements.
The Shia imam of a Muslim congregation in California has suggested that the so-called Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL, of Daesh) “is the production of the Israeli intelligence.”
“If there are Russian citizens in Syria as volunteers and so on, they have nothing to do with the state,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, amid reports that Russia’s casualties in Syria are far higher than the government has admitted.
TEL AVIV — Information contained inside a Washington Post article may disprove perhaps the most infamous claim made by the already discredited, 35-page dossier on President Donald Trump.
The left is thrilled: Donald Trump, Jr. met at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer offering “damaging information” on Hillary Clinton.
Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper has asked the Kremlin for protection after Chechen clerics threatened “retribution” for a report on the torture and murder of gay men.
Russia reacted to U.S. military strikes on its ally Syria Friday by cutting a hotline intended to prevent midair incidents, a response that demonstrates Moscow’s readiness to defy Washington and could even put the two nuclear superpowers on a course toward military confrontation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ABC News this weekend that his boss, President Vladimir Putin, hopes to meet U.S. counterpart Donald Trump as soon as possible and expects the bilateral relationship to improve after having established personal contact.
Moscow is trying to reestablish Russia as a superpower and extend its geopolitical sphere of influence by undermining the United States and capitalizing on the chaos in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Libya, and beyond, according to American military officials and analysts.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday evening and asked why aren’t congressional lawmakers probing the various deals, transactions, and connections former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have to Russia.
Conversations between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have not resulted in significant benefits for Moscow, prompting frustration in Russia, according to a spokesman for the Kremlin.
Thousands of people participated in a march in Moscow over the weekend to commemorate the death of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered outside the Kremlin two years ago.
On Thursday, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, condemned Russian support for Ukrainian terrorists in strong terms.
Russia’s response to the announcement of sanctions has included derision, a refusal to retaliate, and promises of a fresh start with the new Trump administration.
CNN has been thrust into another furious row over the accuracy of its coverage after contributor Josh Rogin, also of the Washington Post, implied live on air that Brexit financier Arron Banks was linked to the Russian government. Speaking on
The Kremlin announced on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order granting Russian citizenship to actor Steven Seagal.
While Russia enhances Cold War-era Soviet Union survival measures, nearly 330 American Marines prepare to deploy to Norway in January, boosting the U.S. military footprint in Europe, reportedly marking the first time a foreign military has been posted in the European country since World War II amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow.
Moscow’s year-long bombing campaign in Syria has showcased the “reliability” of Russian weaponry, as the Kremlin has helped stabilise the war-ravaged country, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a halt to an agreement with the United States on plutonium disposal, citing Washington’s “unfriendly actions”.
Clinton Cash author and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer writes: “Why did Hillary’s State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses?”
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year’s shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey’s military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions.
Meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday expressed support for a “comprehensive and just” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Russian government has issued a number of aggressive statements defending President Vladimir Putin and accusing those releasing the “Panama papers,” a series of detailed banking documents exposing the wealth of many world leaders, of attempting to smear Russia directly.
High-ranking Russian officials claim that CIA Director John Brennan visited Moscow on March 14 to meet with Russia’s federal intelligence agency. A CIA spokesman allegedly clarified that the meeting had nothing to do with Russia’s withdrawal from Syria.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has hosted Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, hailing friendly ties between the two nations. While welcoming Rivlin in the Kremlin, Putin noted that nearly 1.5 million Israeli citizens have origins in Russia and other former Soviet nations,
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov declared his special forces have allegedly infiltrated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria.
German Klimenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “Internet adviser,” is considering a “technology tax” on Internet giants like Google, Apple, and Facebook to create “more equal working conditions” with Russian tech companies.
Throughout his campaign for the White House, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has remained unshakably friendly to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, a journalist-assassin and country-invader, who has praised the business mogul as “brilliant and talented.”
British retired High Court Judge Robert Owen concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably” ordered two former officials to poison ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.
