The Estonian branch of Denmark’s biggest bank closed the accounts of several companies in 2013 after realizing they had been used by a member of Vladimir Putin’s family and Russia’s intelligence service, FSB, to launder huge amounts of money, a leaked report published by the Organized Crime and Corruption...
The United States State Department on Monday unveiled a new program to counter foreign interference in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, CNN reported.
The long-awaited announcement said the $40 million initiative will battle state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda targeting the U.S. and its interests, but avoided mentioning Russia by name.
The program...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Washington will impose new sanctions on Russia within weeks, Reuters reported.
Speaking at a White House briefing Friday, Mnuchin said that the Treasury Department may choose some sanctions targets based on information developed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the...
Moscow didn’t make a great first impression on experienced Chinese tourist Maggie Xu and the two friends she was traveling with. But once they had settled in, the trio found themselves charmed by the sparkling lights lining the pavements of Tverskaya Street – Moscow’s Champs-Elysees.
“On that cold winter night,...
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges Thursday against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and his business associate, escalating the pressure and stakes in the investigation over Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, CNN reports.
The filing adds allegations of tax evasion and bank fraud and...
The economic ministers of Russia and Japan agreed Thursday to cooperate more in increasing productivity using information technology, ahead of a summit expected in May, Kyodo News reported.
The economic cooperation package proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2016 was an "important cornerstone of Japan-Russian ties," said Japan's Economy,...
Russia has overtaken China and is now the fifth-biggest sovereign holder of gold in the world, Bloomberg reports.
In January, the country’s central bank increased its stockpile by almost 20 metric tons to 1,857 tons, topping the People’s Bank of China’s reported 1,843 tons. While Russia has increased its holdings...
Spain has extradited a man accused of embezzling nearly $10 million from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to Moscow, The Russia Legal Information Agency reported.
The Russian side received Mikhail Lyagin, who is accused of embezzlement of 550 million rubles ($9.7 million) from the Russian Federal Security Service on...
The United States has warned governments around the world that they could face sanctions over any "significant transactions" they make with Russia's military, senior U.S. officials have said, according to Reuters.
The warnings officials disclosed on Wednesday to reporters in Washington follow the U.S. State Department's claim this week that...
Top Democrats are calling on Congress to give the FBI $300 million to fight potential foreign interference in this year’s midterm elections, a request that comes just days after the Justice Department indicted Russians for meddling in the 2016 presidential contest, CBS News reports.
The letter was sent Wednesday by...
