tag US-Russia relationship

Russian with ties to former Trump aide wants immunity for testimony: NYT

EghtesadOnline: A Russian oligarch once close to Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, has offered to testify to congressional panels investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, but lawmakers are rejecting his conditions, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing congressional officials.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 04:51

In shakeup, Trump to set up 'war room' to repel attacks over Russia probe

EghtesadOnline: Once U.S. President Donald Trump returns from his overseas trip, the White House plans to launch its most aggressive effort yet to push back against allegations involving Russia and his presidential campaign, tackling head-on a scandal that has threatened to consume his young presidency.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 04:28

Kushner Weighed Creating a Secret Channel With Russia

EghtesadOnline: Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, considered setting up a secret line of communications between the incoming administration and the Russian government, primarily to discuss a resolution to the crisis in Syria, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 04:15

Nunes Recusal Gives House Russia Inquiry Chance at New Start

EghtesadOnline: The decision by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to step aside from its investigation into Russian interference in last year’s U.S. election gives the panel a chance to rescue a probe that has been paralyzed by partisan disputes.
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Publish Date:06/April/2017 | 19:54

Russia probe should focus on Trump financial ties: senator

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. Senate investigation into Russia's meddling during the U.S. election should include a thorough review of any financial ties between Russia and President Donald Trump and his associates, Democratic senator Ron Wyden said Wednesday.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 14:34

House Speaker Ryan backs embattled intelligence panel chairman

EghtesadOnline: The top Republican in Congress on Tuesday stood by Devin Nunes, the embattled head of the House of Representatives intelligence committee, who is under fire for his handling of an investigation into possible Russian ties to President Donald Trump's election campaign.
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Publish Date:28/March/2017 | 17:27

Senate panel to question Trump son-in-law on Russians: NYT

EghtesadOnline: The Senate Intelligence Committee plans to question President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as part of its investigation into ties between Trump associates and Russian officials, the New York Times reported on Monday.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:39

Ex-Trump Advisers Manafort, Stone Offer to Testify to Congress

EghtesadOnline: Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and veteran Republican political operative Roger Stone have offered to meet with a House committee investigating Russian interference in last year’s election.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 05:20

Trump's Russian imbroglio prompts Republican rethink on surveillance law

EghtesadOnline: Some Republican lawmakers appear to be reassessing whether to make changes to a surveillance law that allows broad snooping of Internet communications, citing concerns over the handling of classified intercepts after leaks of conversations between Russian officials and American associates of President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:21

New U.S.-led force to deter Russia in Poland from April

EghtesadOnline: A U.S.-led battalion of more than 1,100 soldiers will be deployed in Poland from the start of April, a U.S. commander said on Monday, as the alliance sets up a new force in response to Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:02

Russia Election Meddling Gets Airing on the Hill With Comey

EghtesadOnline: Members of the House Intelligence Committee will press FBI Director James Comey to provide details of any investigation his agents are conducting over contacts between President Donald Trump’s associates and Russia, during or after the presidential campaign.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 21:52

Russia's Alfa Bank Says Cyberattacks Falsely Tie It to Trump

EghtesadOnline: Alfa Bank said it was a victim of hackers intent on giving a false impression that the Russian lender has communicated with the Trump Organization, and it’s asking U.S. law enforcement authorities for help.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 21:49
Down on his luck, the mogul found help from émigrés from the old Soviet empire.

Behind Trump’s Russia Romance, There’s a Tower Full of Oligarchs

EghtesadOnline: On the 78th floor: a Russian who once was accused of mob ties and extortion by an oligarch. On the 79th, an Uzbek jeweler investigated for money laundering who was eventually executed on the street in Manhattan. And four floors higher, a pro-Moscow Ukrainian politician whose party hired a Donald Trump adviser.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 24:35

Attorney General Sessions defends reply on Russia contacts

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday defended his conduct at a January confirmation hearing where he denied having contacts with Russian officials during the course of the presidential campaign when he was an adviser to Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 05:58

Sessions Recusal Puts Russia Probe Pressure on Choice for No. 2

EghtesadOnline: The stakes are suddenly much higher for the veteran prosecutor nominated to be top deputy to Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Rod Rosenstein would shoulder all the pressure of the investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential campaign.
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Publish Date:06/March/2017 | 11:37