Topic: russia

Ex-Trump adviser Flynn could be sentenced soon

Ex-Trump adviser Flynn could be sentenced soon

Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 05:55 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, could be sentenced as soon as Nov. 28, according to a joint court filing by prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office and defense lawyers on Monday. Read more »

Dining couple fall ill in UK town hit by poisoning: police

Dining couple fall ill in UK town hit by poisoning: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 06:47 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom - British police on Sunday sealed off part of Salisbury, where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were poisoned by Novichok, after 2 people fell ill at a restaurant on Sunday following a "medical incident."  Read more »

Trump signs order on sanctions for U.S. election meddling

Trump signs order on sanctions for U.S. election meddling

Reuters
Posted at Sep 13 04:20 AM

WASHINGTON - Under fire over his handling of Russian election meddling, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday meant to make U.S. elections more secure by slapping sanctions on any foreigners trying to interfere in the political process. Read more »

Russia starts biggest war games since Soviet fall

Russia starts biggest war games since Soviet fall

Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 01:26 AM

MOSCOW - Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday close to its border with China, mobilising 300,000 troops in a show of force that will include joint exercises with the Chinese army. Read more »

U.S. judge orders accused Russian agent kept in jail

U.S. judge orders accused Russian agent kept in jail

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 04:01 AM

WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge on Monday refused to let accused Russian agent Maria Butina out of jail pending her trial, saying Butina poses a "very real risk of flight," and also granted a prosecution request for a gag order in the high-profile case. Read more »

Ex-Trump campaign aide sentenced to 14 days in prison

Ex-Trump campaign aide sentenced to 14 days in prison

Reuters
Posted at Sep 08 05:39 AM

WASHINGTON - George Papadopoulos, a former aide to then-Republican candidate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison after pleading guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating whether campaign members coordinated with Russia before the election. Read more »

Former Trump aide to be sentenced

Former Trump aide to be sentenced

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 12:13 AM

The foreign policy advisor to President Donald Trump's election campaign whose contacts with Russians set off the investigation into possible collusion with Moscow is to be sentenced on Friday. Read more »

Mueller will accept Trump's written responses as first step -source

Mueller will accept Trump's written responses as first step -source

Karen Freifeld, Reuters
Posted at Sep 05 08:18 AM

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller will accept written answers from President Donald Trump on whether his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, but Mueller is not ruling out a follow-up interview on that issue, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Read more »

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