Ex-Russian spy critically ill after ‘unknown substance’ exposure
By Solange Reyner From Newsmax A man exposed to an “unknown substance” in Salisbury, England, on Sunday was identified as Sergei Skripal, a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, BBC reports. Skripal, 66, and a woman were found unconscious…
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Russia plans to install modern astronomical earth stations in Cuba
From Caribbean News Now HAVANA, Cuba — Russia is planning the installation, organization and cooperative operation of two astronomical observation earth stations in Cuba. A collaboration agreement in this regard was initiated in August of this year in Moscow, during…
Costa Rica, Mexico & Panama learn World Cup opponents
From CONCACAF A general view of the Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia at the State Kremlin Palace on December 1, 2017, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo: FIFA via Getty Images) MOSCOW – The Final Draw for the…
Newly-obtained flight records shed light on Paul Manafort’s extensive Russia ties
By Natasha Bertrand From Business Insider UK Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s flight records show that he traveled to Moscow at least 18 times while advising the pro-Russian strongman Viktor Yanukovych, who later became Ukraine’s president. Yanukovych fled to Russia…
Trump commerce secretary’s business links with Putin family laid out in leaked files
By Jon Swaine and Luke Harding From The Guardian UK Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, is doing business with Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law through a shipping venture in Russia. Leaked documents and public filings show Ross holds a stake in…
Why Russia hasn’t successfully screwed with Germany’s election — yet
BY COLIN DAILEDA From Mashable Germany heads to the polls on Sunday and, as the country’s election quickly approaches, signs of a giant Russian effort to sway voters are vanishingly small. Russia-linked hackers actually launched their most obvious cyber assault…
Stanislav Petrov, who averted possible nuclear war, dies at 77
From BBC A former Soviet military officer credited with averting a possible nuclear disaster at the peak of the Cold War has died at the age of 77. Stanislav Petrov was on duty at a Russian nuclear early warning centre…
Trump signs ‘Seriously Flawed’ Russia Sanctions Bill
From Newsmax President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed what he called a “seriously flawed” bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, pressured by his Republican Party not to move on his own toward a warmer relationship with Moscow in light of…
10 Dead, 50 injured in Russia subway blast
From Newsmax ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — An explosion Monday afternoon ripped through a subway train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, killing at least 10 people and injuring 50 others, the spokesman for the city’s governor told Russian television….
Russia’s largest bank just pulled out of Ukraine
AFP From Business Insider Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Sberbank, the largest in the country, on Tuesday announced it had sold its Ukraine division, where operations have been complicated since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Sberbank, whose controlling stake is owned by…
