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Russia Denies Claims Of Meddling In 2020 US Elections To Favour Trump

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 22, 2020

The Kremlin on Friday dismissed claims that Russia is interfering in the 2020 US presidential election as a paranoid falsehood.

Vladimir Putin Pardons US-Israeli Woman Jailed In Russia For Drug Trafficking

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 29, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pardoned an Israeli-US woman sentenced by a Russian court to seven-and-a-half years in jail for drug trafficking, the Kremlin said.

Vladimir Putin Thanks Donald Trump For Intel Which Helped Foil Attacks: Kremlin

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday December 29, 2019

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Sunday thanked US counterpart Donald Trump for intelligence that helped to foil attacks on Russian soil, the Kremlin said.

Alexei Navalny, Top Putin Critic, Raided By Russian Authorities

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 26, 2019

Russian police on Thursday conducted fresh searches at Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, with his team calling the raid a new bid to disrupt their work.

Vladimir Putin Hints At Leaving Russian Presidency In 2024

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 20, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dropped a cryptic hint seen by some as a sign he may not serve another term while also staunchly defending his Kremlin policies in a marathon news conference.

Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Will Be Completed Despite US Sanctions: Kremlin

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 18, 2019

Russia expects to complete construction of the major Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea despite approval by the US Senate of sanctions against companies working on the project, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

"Putin's Chef", Who Influenced US Polls, Meddling In Africa Politics: Facebook

World News | Craig Timberg, Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post | Thursday October 31, 2019

Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman whom U.S. authorities indicted for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.

Vladimir Putin Invites Turkey President To Russia Amid Syria Offensive

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 16, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict in Syria in a phone call with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and invited the Turkish leader to visit Russia soon, the Kremlin said.

Shaman On Way To Banish Russia's Vladimir Putin Sent To Psychiatric Ward

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday September 20, 2019

A Siberian shaman who was detained while on a trek across Russia to banish President Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin has been confined to a psychiatric ward, authorities said Friday.

Reports Of CIA Spy In Putin's Office Put Lives At Risk, Says Mike Pompeo

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday September 11, 2019

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday angrily denounced news reports detailing the secret exfiltration of a CIA mole who had operated at the top levels of the Kremlin, saying such reports could put lives at risk.

US Got Key Asset Out Of Russia After Election Hacking

World News | Shane Harris, Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post | Tuesday September 10, 2019

In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.

Pilot Who Crash-Landed Plane Says He's No Hero, Gets Top State Honours

World News | Reuters | Saturday August 17, 2019

Two Russian pilots safely landed an airliner carrying 233 people in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds, prompting the Kremlin to hail them as heroes who will receive top state awards.

Nearly 40,000 People Join Moscow Opposition Rally After Crackdown

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 10, 2019

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Moscow on Saturday after mass police detentions at recent protests that have been among the largest since President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin in 2012.

Ex-Russian Arms Tycoon Quietly Wields Influence In British PM Race

World News | Reuters | Saturday July 20, 2019

A former Russian arms tycoon who had connections at the highest levels of the Kremlin is a major donor to Britain's ruling Conservative Party and counts himself a friend of the man expected to be the country's next prime minister.

Russia Preps S-400 Missiles For NATO Ally Turkey Amid US Sanctions Threat

World News | Amie Ferris-Rotman, Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post | Saturday July 6, 2019

Russia will begin delivering its S-400 air-defense system to NATO-member Turkey in the coming days, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday, in a deal likely to trigger U.S. sanctions and test the bonds of the Western military alliance.