Apr 06 U.S. hits 7 Russian oligarchs, 17 officials with additional sanctions By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Senior Trump administration officials cast the penalties as part of a concerted and ongoing effort by the U.S. to push back Russian President Vladimir Putin's government, emphasizing that since Trump took office last year, the U.S. has punished 189 Russian-related… Continue reading
Apr 05 U.S. expected to hit Russia with more sanctions related to election meddling By Matthew Lee and Zeke Miller, Associated Press The sanctions will be implemented under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, known as CAATSA, which was passed last year in response to Russian meddling during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Continue reading
Apr 05 Daughter of poisoned spy says she's recovering By Danica Kirka, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press LONDON — The poisoned daughter of an ex-Russian spy said Thursday she's recovering quickly after her ordeal, while Russia strongly protested being locked out of the probe into the nerve agent that sickened her and her father. Continue reading
Apr 04 Russia requests UN meeting on poisoning of ex-spy By Associated Press Russia's U.N. ambassador has called for an open meeting of the U.N. Security Council Thursday on the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 4:26 News Wrap: Russia forges closer ties with Turkey By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, where they approved plans for Russia to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. Also, high-speed trains stood still in France as a series… Continue watching
Apr 03 Putin calls for probe into spy poisoning, saying scientists have failed to identify source of nerve agent By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow wants a thorough probe into the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain and will demand to be part of it. Continue reading
Apr 03 WATCH: Trump hosts leaders of Baltic nations at White House By Associated Press The Baltic states are seen as a bulwark against Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. Continue reading
Apr 02 U.S. raises possibility of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House By Ken Thomas, Associated Press If it happens, Putin would be getting the honor of an Oval Office tete-a-tete for the first time since he met President George W. Bush at the White House in 2005. Both sides said they hadn't started preparations for such… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 24:57 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 1, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, April 1, President Trump calls tougher immigration laws and says he will not back a deal for DACA. And, despite being attacked over four years of war, a Ukrainian plant crucial to the country's economy… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 4:52 In the crossfire of Ukraine-Russia conflict, an industrial plant fights to survive By PBS News Hour A conflict between Ukraine and Russia since 2014 has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced 2 million and put businesses on the border, like the Metinvest plant in Eastern Ukraine, in the crossfire. Metinvest is the largest plant in Europe… Continue watching