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FILE - U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Scott Miller gives a statement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 5, 2022. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP, File)

U.S. laments ‘disappointing’ Swiss decision not to fully adopt latest EU sanctions against Russia

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

FILE - Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, St. Petersburg, addresses the recent killings of black males, and police on July 8, 2016, in Dallas. Four Americans affiliated with a Black empowerment and political organization, including Yeshitela, have been charged along with three Russians with conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere illegally in U.S. elections, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Scott Keeler/The Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

U.S. charges 4 Americans, 3 Russians in election discord case

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - German soldiers load tank howitzers 2000 for transport to Lithuania at the Bundeswehr army base in Munster, northern Germany, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Germany's defense minister confirmed Friday that her country will supply Ukraine with seven powerful self-propelled howitzers to help defend itself against Russia. Christine Lambrecht said Ukrainian soldiers will be trained in Germany to use the self-propelled Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery, which is capable of firing precision ammunition at a distance of up to 40 kilometers (25 miles). (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Live updates | Biden: US sending another $150M in assistance

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The Russian flag flies over the Kremlin between the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 1991. After Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev stepped down on Dec. 25, 1991, people strolling across Moscow's snowy Red Square on the evening of Dec. 25 were surprised to witness one of the 20th century’s most pivotal moments — the Soviet red flag over the Kremlin pulled down and replaced with the Russian Federation's tricolor. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Garland warns U.S. is ‘bracing’ for Russian cyber attack as Ukraine war escalates

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Marianna Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Vishegirskaya, a Ukrainian beauty blogger who Russian officials accused of being a crisis actor when she was photographed in the rubble of a Mariupol maternity hospital a month earlier, has emerged in new videos that are fueling fresh misinformation about the attack. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)

Ukraine blogger video fuels false info on Mariupol bombing

By Sophia Tulp - Associated Press

FIL E- Journalists film a TV screen translating a court session of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Pokrov, Vladimir region, east of Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Journalists impeded, not muzzled, by Russian reporting rules

By David Bauder - Associated Press

The Kremlin in Moscow is seen here on Sept. 29, 2017. The federal government's primary cyber security agency is urging computer network administrators for American critical infrastructure networks to immediately bolster security against electronic attacks following suspected Russian cyberstrikes against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) **FILE**

Biden administration warns of Russian cyberattack

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday. (Alexei Nikolsky, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Dual U.S.-Russian citizen charged with acting illegally as a Russian agent

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

Cybersecurity hacker. (Photo credit: ViChizh / Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Anti-Putin hackers escalate cyber battle against supporters of Russian government

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles as he meets with IIHF President Rene Fasel in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 10, 2021. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Intel suspects Putin link to Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a mobile phone user turns on the Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia. Russian authorities said Tuesday March 16, 2021, they would block Twitter in a month if it doesn't take steps to remove banned content, a move that escalates the Russian government’s drawn-out standoff with social media platforms that have played a major role in amplifying dissent in Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia threatens to block Twitter in a month

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

A mobile phone user turns on Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Russian authorities say they have moved to slow down the speed of Twitter over its failure to remove the banned content an action that reflects the government's effort to tighten rules for social platforms. The state communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said it took action Wednesday to slow down the speed of uploading photo and video on Twitter after it failed to remove the content encouraging children suicides and containing information about drugs and children pornography. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia says it will slow down Twitter access over censorship requests

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Elizabeth Jo Shirley. Shirley was sentenced Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, to more than eight years in federal prison for unlawfully retaining a document containing national defense information and three years for committing international parental kidnapping. Prosecutors said that Shirley, who previously served in the Air Force, planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government.(West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)

Woman sentenced in scheme to offer information to Russia

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

This Friday, March 22, 2019, photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Justice Department charges six Russian military hackers for cyberattacks across the globe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Kremlin brushes off allegations over Navalny’s poisoning

By DARIA LITVINOVA and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Elizabeth Jo Shirley. The West Virginia woman who previously served in the Air Force planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government, prosecutors said Monday, July 6, 2020, in announcing her conviction in federal court. Shirley pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement. (West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)

Woman pleads guilty in scheme to offer information to Russia

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo, Dec. 19, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. Putin is just a step away from bringing about the constitutional changes that would allow him to extend his rule until 2036. The vote that would reset the clock on Putin’s tenure in office and allow him to serve two more six-year terms is set to wrap up Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Putin a step away from goal as constitutional vote nears end

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian Rosguardia (National Guard) soldiers wearing face masks and gloves to protect against coronavirus, guard an area on Red Square before a rehearsal of the military parade near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Last month, Putin ordered an end to the nationwide economic shutdown and set dates for the two main events on his agenda that were postponed due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kremlin installs special antiseptic tunnels to protect Putin

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A security guard wearing protective gears uses a megaphone to give directions to arriving train passengers to have their travel documents checked at Gambir Station during the large-scale restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

The Latest: 400 German managers, workers returning to China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mexican man accused in Miami of working as Russian agent

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