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Michael Cohen (left), leaving the federal courthouse in New York with his attorney Guy Petrillo, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia, November 29, 2018. (AP/Julie Jacobson)
November 30, 2018, 8:05 am
Behind Cohen plea: Trump’s longtime dream of a Moscow tower
The president’s plans for business in Russia, which his former lawyer now says went on deep into the campaign, go back to 1996
By Stephen Braun and Bernard Condon
Russian President Vladimir Putin, background center, speaks during a meeting with top military officers in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on November 19, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
November 21, 2018, 12:51 am
Possible Russian president of Interpol raises alarm in West
Kremlin critics fear they could soon face arrest anywhere around the world as Putin ally Alexander Prokopchuk front-runner to lead international police organization
By DANICA KIRKA and Angela Charlton
Illustrative photo of a US-made Reaper drone. (Dominique Faget/AFP)
October 25, 2018, 6:26 pm
Russia claims US led drones toward Russian base in Syria
Alexander Fomin says UAVs were heading toward Hemeimeem air base in Latakia province when a US Boeing P-8 Poseidon flying over the Mediterranean ‘took control’ of them
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi on August 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky)
September 26, 2018, 5:39 pm
Russia denies it spurned Israeli bid to send officials to discuss downed plane
Kremlin rebuffs report that Moscow rejected an offer by Jerusalem to dispatch national security adviser to Russia and that even a visit by PM or defense chief was weighed
By TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) looks over toward US President Donald Trump, as Trump speaks during their joint news conference in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
September 4, 2018, 7:14 pm
Moscow pushes back against Trump Syria warning
Kremlin rebuffs US president’s criticism of deadly Idlib strikes, says it shows White House lacks a ‘comprehensive approach’ to solving crisis
By AP
A Russian T-90 tank fired in Kubinka Patriot Park outside Moscow during the first day of the "Army 2017" International Military-Technical Forum on August 22, 2017. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
August 20, 2018, 5:52 pm
Russian military braces for largest drill in almost 40 years
Moscow puts forces in east on high alert ahead of massive 5-day exercise with China and Mongolia
By AP
Police officers stand guard near barriers across Rollestone Street, outside the John Baker House Sanctuary Supported Living in Salisbury, southern England, on July 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Niklas Halle'n)
July 9, 2018, 5:30 pm
Kremlin says ‘absurd’ to link it to UK woman’s death from nerve agent
Presidential spokesman dismisses suggestion by Russian envoy to OPCW that poisoning meant to derail Trump-Putin summit
By AFP
In this photo from October 5, 2017, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin
October 31, 2017, 5:20 pm
Russia: Nothing wrong with Trump campaign aide’s outreach
Kremlin says guilty plea by George Papadopoulos does not prove Moscow interfered in US presidential election
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov (R), watches the joint Zapad-2017 (West-2017) Russian military exercises with Belarus at the Luzhsky training ground in the Leningrad region on September 18, 2017. (AFP/Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev)
October 13, 2017, 4:45 pm
Kremlin cautions US against ditching Iran nuclear deal
Warning comes as Trump is expected to unveil a more hawkish strategy to check Tehran’s growing power, stopping short of withdrawing from accord
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 28, 2017. (Sergei Karpukhin/AFP)
October 9, 2017, 4:06 pm
Kremlin warns of ‘negative consequences’ if Trump quits Iran deal
Putin spokesman reiterates Russian support for 2015 nuclear accord, as US president set to rule Iranians not in compliance
By AFP
Guests of the Kosmos Hotel wait outside after being evacuated from the building in Moscow on September 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Maxim ZMEYEV)
September 13, 2017, 9:22 pm
15,000 evacuated in Moscow after bomb threats
Buildings emptied following two days of phone threats which prompted evacuation of 45,000 people nationwide. No bombs found
By AFP
In this photo from December 16, 2016, attorney Michael Cohen arrives in Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
August 30, 2017, 5:05 pm
Kremlin confirms Trump’s lawyer reached out about deal
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Michael Cohen sought help with a business project in Russia
By AP
Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov delivers a press conference after meeting with the Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister at Egmont Palace in Brussels, July 12, 2017. (AFP/THIERRY CHARLIER)
July 12, 2017, 6:24 pm
Kremlin denies link to lawyer who met with Trump Jr.
Spokesman says Moscow had not the ‘slightest connection’ with Natalia Veselnitskaya, who offered Trump campaign information on Clinton
By Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Moscow, Russia, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
June 6, 2017, 4:21 pm
Kremlin ‘resolutely’ denies Russia hacked US vote
Putin spokesman says leaked NSA document pinning election interference on Russian intelligence ‘does not conform to reality’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump (left) meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 16, 2017, 3:43 pm
After denials, Trump defends giving classified info to Russia
While White House said president didn’t leak anything, he tweets that he has the right to decide who he shares top-secret intel with
By TOI staff and Agencies
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