Alexei Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.
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Biden proposes 5-year extension of nuclear treaty with Russia set to expire in weeks
The treaty is the last remaining agreement constraining U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, and the proposed extension is being communicated to Russia, an official says.
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With Trump silent on likely Russian hacks of U.S. agencies, reprisals may fall to Biden
All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of a punishing hack of U.S. government agencies, but the president has not responded.
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Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on U.S. vote come from Trump
The president has trumpeted a blizzard of thoroughly debunked claims about the election outcome, and the resulting chaos is consistent with longstanding Russian interests to sow discord in the United States and to chip away at the country’s democratic foundations and standing on the world stage.
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U.S. tries to prevent Russian interference in election as Trump downplays threat
For months American military cyber operators, aided by intelligence from the NSA, have been targeting Russian spies to disrupt their plans by repeatedly knocking them off the Internet, confusing their planners and depriving them of their hacking tools.
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Read the report: Senate Intelligence panel finds Russia interfered in 2016 election on behalf of Trump
The Senate panel described its report, totaling more than 1,300 pages, as “the most comprehensive description to date of Russia’s activities and the threat they posed.”
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Russian bounties resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments
U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered a total of 10 deaths from hostile gunfire or improvised bombs in 2018, and 16 in 2019.
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Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win re-election, Bolton says in book
The former national security adviser’s memoir, whose publication the Justice Department is trying to block, is the most substantive, critical dissection of the president from an administration insider.
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American convicted of spying in Russia gets 16 years
A Russian court has convicted American corporate security executive Paul Whelan of espionage.
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John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick for top intelligence post, clears divided Senate panel
Ratcliffe had previously withdrawn his name under criticism that he had exaggerated his involvement in terrorism cases when he served as a federal prosecutor.