The Kremlin has repeatedly dismissed the allegation of poisoning Alexei Navalny with a Soviet-era nerve agent.
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Russia seeks to stop Biden from winning election, FBI chief says
Moscow views him as part of an anti-Russian American establishment, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.
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Effort to dismiss Flynn’s case reflects improper pressure by Trump, former judge says
Trump has repeatedly criticized the case against Flynn as well as the underlying investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and its efforts to help him win.
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Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany
Supporters of Alexei Navalny believe that tea he drank was laced with poison – and contend that the Kremlin is responsible.
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Read the report: Senate Intelligence panel finds Russia interfered in 2016 election on behalf of Trump
The Senate panel described its report, totaling more than 1,300 pages, as “the most comprehensive description to date of Russia’s activities and the threat they posed.”
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Commentary: Maine’s senators must stand firm against sending envoy to Belarus
A Mainer who lived there as a Fulbright Scholar advises waiting until the departure of the dictatorship’s president, who is violently suppressing widespread protests.
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Pro-Russia vaccine misinformation finds home in U.S. Facebook groups
A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian website to an audience of thousands.
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Pompeo says he’s warned Russia about threats to U.S. in Afghanistan
The secretary of state also defends the Trump administration’s tough line on China, saying the communist nation represents a potent threat to the U.S.
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U.S. officials say Russia spreading virus disinformation
U.S. officials say Russian intelligence officers are trying to exploit a crisis that America is struggling to contain before the presidential election in November.
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Kremlin installs special antiseptic tunnels to protect Putin
One tunnel was installed at the Russian president’s home outside Moscow and two at the Kremlin, a spokesman says