Banning dollar operations: how can the US extend sanctions against Russia

At the disposal of the newspaper "Kommersant" was a bill on new US sanctions against Russia, prepared by the Republican Lindsay Graham and three of his colleagues. A significant part of the document's provisions concerns not Russia, but US President Donald Trump. Congressmen demand from the head of state to bring together ...

Steven Seagal appointed Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia for humanitarian ties with the United States

Popular actor Steven Seagal has been appointed special representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Russian-American humanitarian ties. This is stated on the page of the Russian diplomatic department on the social network Facebook. “The task is to promote the further development of Russian-American relations in the humanitarian sphere, including interaction...

'Spy, get out': five high-profile stories exposing Russian spies in the US

Amid an investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election, the unrelated scandal with Maria Butina, who managed to get to America on a student visa, is gaining momentum. She is suspected of illegally promoting the interests of Russia ...

The US back in 2014 had evidence that the Russians had shot down MH17, but decided to hide it

On July 17, 2014, a Malaysian Airlines plane (flight MH17) was shot down over Donbas, all 299 passengers and crew members were killed. The investigation of the tragedy lasted 4 years, and only now came close to the final conclusions, but the American intelligence knew exactly who was the culprit ...

How was the 4-hour battle between Russian mercenaries and US special forces in Syria

The artillery fire was so intense that American commandos jumped into the trenches to hide from it, and then climbed, covered with dust and mud, to respond to the fire of a tank column, which was advancing under powerful air strikes. This was the beginning of the almost 4-hour February offensive, which involved about 500 Syrian fighters ...

The US wants to impose sanctions against the intelligence and defense structures of Russia

The US State Department proposes to impose sanctions against the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia (GRU) and some other defense structures of the country. This is stated in the document published on the website of the Federal Register on the adoption of measures to ensure the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear, ...

US Recreates Atlantic Second Fleet in Response to Russia's Increasing Activity

The US naval forces are increasing their presence in the Atlantic Ocean and will re-establish military command structures there from July 1 in response to the growing activity of the Russian naval forces in the region. About the decision to restore the Second Fleet, almost seven years after ...

Flag from a former consulate in Seattle led to a conflict between Russia and the United States

The Russian flag, removed from the building of the closed Russian consulate in Seattle, became the reason for the diplomatic conflict between Russia and the United States. Russian diplomats vacated the consulate building in April, fulfilling the demand of the American authorities, after which on April 28, representatives of the US State Department reported that the Russian ...

In 2017, the Russians filed a record number of applications for asylum in the US

In 2017, Russians filed a record number of asylum applications in the United States in the entire post-Soviet period. Compared to 2016, the number of such applications increased by 39%, writes Radio Liberty, referring to the statistics of the Citizenship Service received upon request and ...

Visas approved in the last days of the work of the US consulate in St. Petersburg have been abolished, applicants must restart the process

Russians, who were approved for American visas in the last days of the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg, eventually received their passports back without a visa. Initially, they were told that the Consulate General in St. Petersburg did not physically have time to print visas, and asked to wait for further information. After a few ...

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