The two leaders agree to return their chief diplomats to Moscow and Washington, and to start work on a plan to solidify their countries’ last remaining treaty limiting nuclear weapons.
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Ex-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, now a Mainer, marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6
The former Californian, who’s been called ‘Putin’s favorite congressman,’ confirmed he was at the march to protest the ‘stolen election’ but said he urged fellow protesters not to storm the Capitol.
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NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge
President Biden has stepped up his effort to rally allies to speak in a more unified voice about China’s human rights record, its trade practices and its military’s increasingly assertive behavior that has unnerved U.S. allies in the Pacific.
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Russian court outlaws opposition leader Navalny’s groups
The ruling, part of a multipronged Kremlin strategy to steamroll the opposition, sends a tough message one week before President Vladimir Putin holds a summit meeting with President Biden in Geneva.
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Biden, Putin to meet face to face in June summit as tensions rise
The agenda is expected to include discussion of Russian action in neighboring Ukraine, this week’s forced diversion of a Lithuania-bound flight by Russian-ally Belarus, efforts by both nations to stem the coronavirus pandemic and more.
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Top U.S., Russia diplomats spar firmly but politely in Iceland
The meeting in Reykjavik took place just as the Biden administration notified Congress of new sanctions on Russia over a controversial European pipeline.
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Nearly, 1,500 arrested at Navalny rallies in Russia
The imprisoned opposition leader’s health reportedly is in severe decline after three weeks of hunger striking.
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Sanctioned Russian IT firm was partner with Microsoft, IBM
The clients of Positive Technologies also include the FSB, a successor to the KGB that ‘cultivates and co-opts criminal hackers’ who carry out ransomware and phishing attacks, the Treasury Department says.
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Biden raises concerns with Putin about Russian military in Ukraine
The White House says the president made it clear that Russia must ‘de-escalate tensions.’
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U.S. announces sanctions on Russia over poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Navalny
The sanctions block access to financial or other assets in the United States for top figures around Russian President Vladimir Putin.