The Russian Embassy to the U.S. has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. Department of State with a demand to fix the problems related to the disconnection of telephone lines at the Russian Consulate General in New York. "With regard …
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers she expected to quickly launch a review of U.S. sanctions policy if she and her top deputy were confirmed for their posts. Yellen …
The U.S. authorities introduced sanctions restrictions against the Fortuna vessel, which is involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and its owner, the KBT-Rus company, the U.S. Treasury Department …
Russia will make its final decision on withdrawing from the Treaty on Open Skies depending on dialogue with the incoming US administration, Chairman of the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov said. …
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has asked the U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, and a very small number of other Trump political appointees, to temporarily remain in their diplomatic posts, according to people …
HBO has announced that Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov will be sitting in the director's chair for the pilot episode of The Last of Us. Craig Mazin, the creator of HBO’s acclaimed limited series Chernobyl, is …
U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has formally submitted a letter of resignation for her U.S. Senate seat to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, ending her four-year career in the chamber. "And this is not goodbye. As I …
Germany has been informed by the United States about plans to impose sanctions on a Russian pipe-laying ship involved in construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said on Monday. …
The U.S. government intends to introduce sanctions against the Fortuna vessel involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and KVT-Rus company, her owner, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Monday, citing its sources. The …
Joe Biden will officially become president of the United States this week. Washington, D.C., has been on high alert, even in the final days of the controversial transition period. The National Guard, which has been stationed at the Capitol …
Iran convicted an American businessman on a spying charge and sentenced him to 10 years in prison weeks after the U.S. election. A family friend of Iranian-American Emad Shargi, 56, said he was called to court on Nov. 30, …
Russia is ready for a dialogue based of mutual respect with the U.S. new administration but doesn’t expect a swift improvement in relations, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. "We …
The rally in the price of Bitcoin towards its new all-time high of over $40,000 has had unwanted consequences in some parts of the world. A report by Wu Blockchain claims that Bitcoin’s mining operations in Iran could have caused blackouts in the country. As a result, Iran has ordered the cessation of activities of licensed BTC mining companies, effective January 14 of this year
US President Donald Trump ordered to reduce government purchases from China, the US National Security Adviser, Robert O'Brien, informed. According to him, the head of the White House instructed the federal government to develop …
The Trump administration continued its mischief-making as the president slinks out the back door by blacklisting China's Xiaomi, a global competitor to Apple, known for its sleek mobile phones and smart home devices, CGTN writes in the article Trump loses trade war, wants Biden to pay for it. Xiaomi surpassed Apple in global mobile phone sales in the third quarter, making it a tempting target for trade vandalism. The blacklisting of Xiaomi and eight other companies, ostensibly due to their ties with China's military, is another effort to force the incoming Biden administration into decoupling the Chinese and American economies
Russia is launching domestic procedures to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies following the U.S. exit from the pact, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. "Given the lack of progress in efforts to remove …
The U.S. Senate’s procedural hurdles raise the difficulty for Joe Biden’s Cabinet and early legislative priorities to be approved quickly. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to collide directly …
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said all those responsible for last week’s deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol should be held accountable, and he expressed confidence that American institutions are up to the job. …
Russia is currently contemplating the issue of future participation in the Treaty on Open Skies, Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Nonproliferation and Arms Control Department Vladimir Yermakov said. "This issue is being …
Newly-elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she plans on filing articles of impeachment against U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his first full day in office next week. During an appearance on …
