Russian Foreign Ministry has warned citizens of the country from travelling to the US, claiming that the American intelligence services recently begun ’luring’ Russian nationals abroad in order to press political charges against them Both Russia and the US have accused each other of wrongful imprisonments and harassment of diplomats. Issuing the warning, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed …
Russia says plans by US intelligence to use SpaceX to build spy satellites causes risks for space security. Russia has said it is aware of US intelligence efforts to use commercial satellite operators such as SpaceX and has cautioned that such moves made their satellites legitimate targets. The Reuters news agency reported this month that SpaceX is building a network …
HELSINKI — Finland’s government said Thursday that it would extend the closure of its long border with Russia for another two months until April 14, because it sees no signs that Moscow was stopping its “hybrid operation” of funneling migrants toward the frontier with the Nordic nation. The government said in Thursday’s statement that “instrumentalized migration” from Russia poses “a …
MOSCOW — While the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine any day, the drumbeat of war is all but unheard in Moscow, where pundits and ordinary people alike don’t expect President Vladimir Putin to launch an attack on its ex-Soviet neighbor. Speaking to reporters after President Joe Biden’s call with Putin on Saturday, Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov …
Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP While the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine any day, the drumbeat of war is all but unheard in Moscow, where pundits and ordinary people alike don't expect President Vladimir Putin to launch an attack on its ex-Soviet neighbor. Russian Foreign Ministry …
Diplomatic row between Moscow and Washington deepens as US-headed NATO alliance holds talks on Ukraine. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that US embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years were being ordered to fly home by January 31, an apparently retaliatory move. Russia’s RIA news agency cited Zakharova as saying that …