Russia

Russian Lawmakers Approve New Restrictions On Foreign Media

10:28am November 15, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, approved the bill after the company behind TV channel RT America filed paperwork under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act.

President Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they pose for a group photo ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit leaders gala dinner in Vietnam last week.

Mueller Russia Probe Moves To The White House; GOP's Math Problem On Taxes

8:09am November 13, 2017

The investigation into Russian election interference encircles the White House with interviews of staff close to the president. And the GOP is struggling to make the numbers work for their tax bill.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Saturday.

Trump: Putin Again Denied Interfering In Election And 'I Really Believe' He Means It

1:02am November 12, 2017

by Scott Horsley

While Trump says he believes the sincerity of the Russian president's denials made during a summit in Vietnam, Trump agrees with U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia did interfere in the election.

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"Putin and his entourage are absolutely not interested in bad relations with America. They're scared of that. But the circumstances are such that they can't help but use anti-Americanism to strengthen their grip on power," says Gennady Gudkov, an oppositi

What Was Russia's Role In 2016 U.S. Election? 2 Former KGB Officials Weigh In

9:46am November 11, 2017

by Lucian Kim

"What we're talking about is the new concept of so-called hybrid war, which a government wages but won't admit to," Gennady Gudkov, a retired KGB colonel, tells NPR. "It's extremely hard to prove."

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The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has acquired more than three years of testing data from the lab, in the building pictured here, which WADA says was the site of a state doping program of Russian athletes.

In Latest Twist, Anti-Doping Watchdog Says It Has Data Trove From Russian Lab

6:48pm November 10, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The World Anti-Doping Agency says the "enormous backup file" covers more than three years of testing data from the Moscow Laboratory. The database was reportedly provided by a whistleblower.

Monitoring stations similar to this one in Germany detected unusual radioactive material over Europe last month.

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Mysterious Radioactive Cloud Over Europe Hints At Accident Farther East

2:42pm November 10, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

Ruthenium-106, an artificial isotope, was detected in early October and is now gone. European safety officials say it poses no health risk to residents and that it might have come from Russia.

The Pokémon Go location-based mobile game running on a smartphone in Russia.

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Caught Up In Anti-Putin Arrests, Pokemon Go Players Sent To Pokey

9:39am November 08, 2017

by Scott Neuman

A group of Pokémon Go players in Moscow were caught in a police dragnet amid a crackdown on anti-Putin protesters. They say they were just playing a game, but Russian authorities aren't listening.

President Trump and his supporters claim that in exchange for millions of dollars in donations to the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton supported the 2010 sale of a mining company that gave Russia control of U.S. uranium supplies.

The Alternative 'Russia Scandal'

6:09pm November 06, 2017

by Greg Myre

President Trump and his supporters are again claiming that Hillary Clinton helped Russia gain control of the U.S. uranium supply and endangered U.S. security. The facts don't support this.

Robert Mueller, special counsel in charge of the DOJ investigation into Russian connections with the Trump campaign, rocked the political world charging three Trump campaign officials this week.

3 Ways To Think About What Mattered In The Deluge Of Political News This Week

3:17pm November 04, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

From the legal "shock and awe" of Trump campaign officials' indictments by DOJ special counsel Robert Mueller to party divisions laid bare, what a week.

How Russian Propaganda Spreads On Social Media

3:48pm October 29, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Experts say such propaganda sows divisions within society by confirming beliefs. Facebook, Google and Twitter officials are testifying this week about Russian influence on the 2016 election.

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