Russian Meddling

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Brussels’ warning comes less than a month after US officials said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts had embarked on a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the virus.

Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in US, Europe, says EU

An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in healthcare systems

18 Mar 2020 10:09 PM

Seemingly innocuous posts such as this one were being shared by a network linked to the Russian Internet Research Agency, Facebook said. (Photo | Facebook)

Russia-linked Facebook accounts targeting US audience removed

Facebook removed 49 accounts, 69 pages and 85 Instagram accounts with a total of nearly 300,000 followers

13 Mar 2020 5:54 PM

The inspector general, however, found numerous procedural errors in the handling of the probe, which placed members of Trump's election team under surveillance over their Russian contacts. (Photo: File)

Watchdog report on Russia probe shows FBI 'attempted overthrow' of govt: Trump

Reacting to the report, Trump said, 'This was an overthrow of the government. This was an attempted overthrow.'

10 Dec 2019 12:27 PM

Trump Jr, the 41-year-old currently at the helm of the Trump Organization, is expected to be questioned beginning around 9:15 am (1315 GMT), the source familiar with the proceedings said Tuesday. (Photo: AP | File)

Trump's eldest son to testify in Russia election meddling probe

Donald Trump Jr had initially agreed to testify voluntarily twice before postponing, leading to the panel's subpoena issued in April.

12 Jun 2019 11:51 AM

The duelling statements marked a sharp escalation in the conflict between Trump's administration and Democrats. (Photo:AP)

Nancy Pelosi blames US Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to lawmakers.

03 May 2019 10:06 AM

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, believed to be the Emirates’ day-to-day ruler, is the only world leader included in Mueller’s cast-of-characters index. (Photo:AP)

Elite Emirati crown prince entrapped in Muellar report on apparent Russian meddling

One of the most powerful leaders in the UAE has found himself entangled in Robert Mueller’s report on US President Donald Trump.

20 Apr 2019 12:29 PM

Special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is released. (Photo:AP)

Mueller report shows 'no reasonable proof' of Russian meddling: Kremlin

Russia on Friday once more dismissed the Mueller report, saying that it failed to present evidence of any meddling.

19 Apr 2019 3:41 PM

On March 22, Mueller completed his 22-month probe and Barr on Sunday sent a four-page letter to Congress that outlined the main findings. (Photo:AP)

Muellar report on Trump-Russia to be made public by April

US Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report.

30 Mar 2019 5:40 PM

Trump signed the submission on Tuesday before he left Washington to spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Florida, a person familiar with the matter said. (Photo: File)

Trump submits written answers to questions from special counsel Mueller

'We answered every question they asked that was legitimately pre-election and focused on Russia,' Giuliani said in an interview.

21 Nov 2018 8:29 AM

While Russian President Vladimir Putin skipped this year's UN gathering, Lavrov has made sure Russia's voice was heard, holding more than 20 meetings with world leaders and top diplomats this week. (Photo: File)

At UN, Russia says meddling claims baseless, slams US

Sergey Lavrov pounded away at 'self-serving' unilateral moves by Trump, and assailed crippling Western sanctions as 'political blackmail.'

29 Sep 2018 11:42 AM

'Today, I took action to protect the integrity of the United States electoral system by signing an executive order to ensure that we can swiftly identify and punish any foreign interference in our elections. As I have made clear, the United States will not tolerate any form of foreign meddling in our elections,' Trump said in a statement after he signed the executive order. (Photo: File)

Will not tolerate any form of foreign meddling in US elections: Trump

Trump signed executive order that initiates actions, including sanctions, against foreign entities who meddle or try to interfere in polls.

13 Sep 2018 9:39 AM

The executive order in this regard is likely to be signed by Trump as early as Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Trump to order sanctions against countries that interfere in US polls

The move comes amidst increasing realisation in the US that the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections.

12 Sep 2018 12:43 PM

Trump has repeatedly dismissed the idea that Moscow helped him -- and allegations his campaign colluded with the Russians -- as fake news. (Photo: AFP)

Russian meddling hasn’t stopped, expect to interfere in 2018 US vote: CIA

The 2018 midterm elections will involve all of the 435 members of the House of Representatives and 33 senators.

30 Jan 2018 10:24 AM

Speaking about North Korea, Trump said, 'That should have never been my problem. It should have been a problem solved many years ago when it was much less dangerous. But it was given to me, along with a big mess of other things.' (Photo: AP)

Working with countries like India always a good thing: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump was responding to a criticism of his desire to improve Washington's relationship with Moscow.

11 Jan 2018 12:37 PM

Lavrov told Johnson at the start of the talks that British-Russian relations were at a really low point, and ‘not due to our actions.’ (Photo: AP)

UK foreign minister meets Russian counterpart: Stop meddling in Europe

His visit comes at a time when relations between London and Moscow are strained by differences over Ukraine and Syria.

22 Dec 2017 4:21 PM

Ciaran Martin’s stark warning comes after Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday said Russia was ‘weaponizing information.’ (Photo: AP)

Britain’s cyber security alerts about possible Russian meddling in Brexit

The Times of London reported that Russian accounts posted almost 45,000 Brexit messages in 2016 referendum.

15 Nov 2017 8:33 PM

Damian Collins, the chairman of the digital, culture, media and sport committee, said the information he requested was similar to that already provided by the social media giant to US Senate committees looking into last year's US presidential election. (Photo: Damian Collins/Twitter)

British MP requests Facebook for information on possible meddling with Brexit, elections

This inquiry will also focus on the role of foreign actors abusing social platforms to interfere in the political discourse of nations.

25 Oct 2017 12:52 PM

Emails about the meeting showed that Donald Trump Jr., attended on the premise of obtaining damaging material the Russian government had on Hillary Clinton. (Photo: File)

Former spy officials criticize Trump's stance on Russia

The Russians have said the estates were used for recreational escapes by Russian diplomats and their families.

22 Jul 2017 11:48 AM

Former FBI chief Comey sought leverage with dirty dossier, says Trump

Trump fired Comey in May and later said he had the FBI's Russia investigation in mind when he did it.

20 Jul 2017 6:46 PM

US President Donald Trump with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

'Its time to move forward', says Trump after discussion with Putin

Trump said that Putin 'vehemently denied' the conclusions of American intelligence agencies that Russian hackers.

10 Jul 2017 2:16 PM

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