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Holocaust survivor and WWII veteran Mikhail Spectr, 86, pauses as he speaks during the annual Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Spectr was taken to Jewry in 1941 at the age of 8 when Nazi soldiers arrived at his village in Ukraine Soviet republic. Mikhail Spectr had been kept at ghetto in Transnistria, territory between Dniester and Southern Bug, occupied by the Nazi and its allies from 1941 and 1944. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

A Belarusian demonstrator holds a poster as other gather to protest closer integration with Russia which protesters fear could erode the post-Soviet independence of Belarus, in downtown in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. The presidents of Belarus and Russia have met to discuss deeper economic ties between the two close allies amid mounting concerns in Minsk that Moscow ultimately wants to subdue its neighbor.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Is Russia eyeing Belarus takeover? Integration talks deepen

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies before the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on "Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election," on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Peter Strzok ignored Christopher Steele ‘bias’ fears in fight for Carter Page FISA: IG report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) Organizing Committee in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

Putin: Trump impeachment ‘far-fetched,’ Senate will acquit

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Harriet Morris - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for "far-fetched" reasons, calling the move by Democrats a continuation of their fight against the Republican leader. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin backs Trump in impeachment fight against Democrats’ ‘dreamed-up’ charges

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

Christopher Steele, former British intelligence officer, said the law firm Perkin Coie wanted to be in a position to contest the 2016 election results. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Christopher Steele, Trump dossier author, rebuts IG report in statement

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. questions Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Lawmakers call for review of Russia, China response to New START withdrawal

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Carter Page, an adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow on July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

Trump campaign wiretap sparked by anonymous call with Christopher Steele source

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks during a rally in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga) **FILE**

U.S.-Russia power game simmers in Latin America; Trump slaps new sanctions on Nicaragua

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2018, photo, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Michael Horowitz IG report debunks media, Trump foes’ conspiracy theories

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a media availability with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after their meeting at the State Department, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Paul Whelan case: Russia’s Lavrov defends treatment of jailed American during U.S. visit

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2019, photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at the Mediterranean Dialogues conference in Rome. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are slated to meet Tuesday with Lavrov to discuss the state of the bilateral relationship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Trump meets Russian official as impeachment charges unveiled

By MATTHEW LEE and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, July 28, 1997 file photo, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov speaks at the International Conference for Progress and Cooperation Dedicated to the 850th anniversary of the City of Moscow, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The former mayor of Moscow and one of the founders of Russia's ruling United Russia party, Yuri Luzhkov, has died at the age of 83. Russia's Ren TV channel reported Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019, that Luzhkov died in Munich, where he was undergoing heart surgery. (AP Photo/E.J. Flynn, File)

Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov dies at 83

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In this Feb. 7, 2014, file photo Alexander Zubkov of Russia carries the national flag as he leads the team during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. at left is model Irina Shayk carrying the Russian placard. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

World Anti-Doping Agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FILE In this file photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during talks with journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine's president sits down Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 for peace talks in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, and the stakes could not be higher. More than five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Moscow-backed separatists has killed more than 14,000 people, and a cease-fire has remained elusive. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine faces new challenges in peace talks with Russia

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, back to a camera, in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin says Russia open to extending New START treaty with U.S.

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. The WADA committee has proposed a package of sanctions including a four-year ban on hosting major events in Russia and a similar four-year sanction on Russians competing in top events like the Olympics, though they could enter as neutrals. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia faces next wave of punishment in endless doping saga

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Moscow student Yegor Zhukov gestures after his trial in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. The court on Friday gave student vlogger Zhukov a three-year suspended sentence and banned him from administering websites for two years on charges of inciting protests. He is among several dozen people who faced charges for their role in the past summer’s protests in Moscow. (AP Photo)

Russian student given suspended sentence for protest calls

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, Libyan militia commander General Khalifa Hifter, top center, listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, bottom center, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia. Officials in Libya’s U.N.-backed administration say they plan to present evidence to Moscow of Russian mercenaries fighting alongside their adversary in their country’s war. Libyan officials say up to 800 fighters from the Russian private security contractor Wagner Group have joined the forces of Hifter, the commander of forces battling for months trying to capture Libya’s capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Libyan officials collect evidence of Russian fighters in war

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE-In this Aug. 29, 2019 file photo people carry the body of the victim who has been identified as Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Georgian Muslim during the funeral in Duisi village, the Pankisi Gorge valley, in Georgia. Germany’s foreign ministry says it has expelled two Russian diplomats after prosecutors announced they suspected Moscow’s involvement in the brazen daylight slaying of a Georgian man in Berlin. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Germany expels Russian diplomats in probe of Berlin killing

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press