Jan 05 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: White Wisconsin officer avoids criminal charges in Jacob Blake shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, the white police officer who shot and paralyzed a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer will not be charged, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 356,000, the nation’s top national security agencies acknowledge… Continue watching
Jan 01 Serbia opens pipeline for Russian gas, ignoring U.S. opposition By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday attended an official ceremony to open the 400-kilometer (250-mile) section of the Turkish Stream pipeline, saying Serbia has become "much richer."… Continue reading
Dec 25 Top associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny detained By Associated Press A top associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained Friday after confronting an alleged security operative who has inadvertently revealed details of Navalny's supposed poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent. Continue reading
Dec 19 Trump downplays Russia in first comments on cyberattack By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyberattack against the United States and tried to minimized its impact. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 8:25 U.S. cyberattack 'a serious, ongoing problem,' Microsoft cautions The U.S. cybersecurity team is still trying to determine exactly who is responsible for a major cyberattack in the U.S., with many signs pointing to the Russian government. Microsoft, which has built the systems for a majority of computers in… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 5:27 What Russia stands to gain from a cyberattack against the U.S. As the U.S government and major companies continue to unravel the extent of a dangerous cyberattack, many of the hallmarks of the operation point to Russia. William Brangham spoke with Fiona Hill, the former National Security Council senior director for… Continue watching
Dec 17 Putin denies involvement in poisoning of Kremlin foe Navalny By Vladimir Isachenkov, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected allegations that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of his top political foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and accused U.S. intelligence agencies of fomenting the claims even as he held out hope for… Continue reading
Dec 17 Russia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout draws wary, mixed response By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press While excitement and enthusiasm greeted the Western-developed coronavirus vaccine when it was rolled out, the Russian-made version has received a mixed response. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 7:12 How radio frequency waves ended a CIA officer's career The mysterious ailments that afflicted U.S. employees in Cuba and China in 2016 and 2017 were likely due to “pulsed radio frequency energy,” a new report found. Intelligence officials say Russia is the most likely culprit. Nick Schifrin spoke with… Continue watching
Dec 02 Putin orders 'large-scale' COVID-19 vaccination in Russia By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “large-scale” COVID-19 immunization campaign to start by late next week. Putin said that doctors and teachers set to be first in line to get a Russian-designed vaccine named Sputnik V. Continue reading