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In this Jan. 11, 2011, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for an extradition hearing. According to a cache of internal WikiLeaks files obtained by The Associated Press, Assange sought a Russian visa and staffers at his radical transparency group discussed having him skip bail and escape Britain as authorities closed in on him in late 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010

By Raphael Satter - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2018, stewards pull Pyotr Verzilov, a member of the feminist protest group Pussy Riot off the pitch after he stormed onto the field and interrupted the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Russian news reports say Verzilov a member of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot has been hospitalized in grave condition for what could be a possible poisoning. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Severely ill Pussy Riot member to be treated in Germany

By FRANCESCA EBEL - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill presides over a meeting of the church's Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. The meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church's top hierarchs mulled a response to a decision by Orthodox Christianity's leading body to send two envoys to Ukraine. (Sergey Vlasov, Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)

Russian Orthodox Church debates strategy on Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, a virologist works inside the Spiez Laboratory that conducts chemical weapons tests in Spiez, Switzerland. Dutch authorities arrested and expelled two suspected Russian spies some months ago, for allegedly trying to hack the Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland’s government confirmed Friday Sept. 14, 2018, as it summoned the Russian ambassador to protest an “attempted attack.” (Peter Schneider/Keystone FILE via AP)

Dutch ousted Russians for alleged attempt to hack Swiss lab

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo taken on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, People walk past a caricature picture of U.S. President Donald Trump on sale in a shopping mall in Moscow, Russia. US President Trump's new executive sanctions order signed Wednesday Sept. 12, 2018, authorizing sanctions on foreigners who mess with American elections could herald new headaches for Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

As Trump threatens election meddlers, Russia says ‘so what?’

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018 file photo, demonstrators shout anti-government slogans and hold posters that read: 'I want to live to Retirement', during a rally protesting retirement age hikes in Moscow, Russia. Street protests in Russia were once led by 50 and 60 year olds, and young Russians were long considered some of President Vladimir Putin’s most loyal supporters, but their children have taken up the lead, taking anti-government protests further, ignoring official bans and unafraid of police brutality. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Young Russians taking the lead in anti-Putin protests

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

FILE In this file grab taken from CCTV and issued by the Metropolitan Police in London on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov walk on Fisherton Road, Salisbury, England on March 4, 2018. President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 that Russia has identified the two men that Britain named as suspects in the poisoning of a former Russian spy, and that there is &quot;nothing criminal&quot; about them. (Metropolitan Police via AP, File)

Russian suspects in poisoning: We were in UK as tourists

By JIM HEINTZ and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Armenian Ballot Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Advancing democracy in Armenia

By Stephen Blank

A Russian S-400 air defense missile system drives during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Red Square on Thursday, May 3, 2018. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 73 years of the victory in WWII. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia markets S-400 Triumph missile defense system, a.k.a. SA-21 Growler, to U.S. allies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, tanks roll during the military exercises in the Chita region, Eastern Siberia, during the Vostok 2018 exercises in Russia. Russia's military chief of staff says that the military exercises expected to be the biggest in three decades, will involve nearly 300,000 troops. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool photo via AP)

Russia launches biggest ever war games involving China

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and SERGEI GRITS - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Vladimir Putin needs a Trump deal in face of China’s growth

By L. Todd Wood

In this photo taken on Sunday, April 22, 2012, Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist, poses for a photo at a shooting range in Moscow, Russia. When gun activist Maria Butina arrived in Washington in 2014 to network with the NRA, she was peddling a Russian gun rights movement that was already dead. Fellow gun enthusiasts and arms industry officials describe the strange trajectory of her Russian gun lobby project, which U.S. prosecutors say was a cover for a Russian influence campaign. Accused of working as a foreign agent, Butina faces a hearing Monday, Sept. 10 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pavel Ptitsin)

Misfire: Maria Butina’s strange route from Russia to US jail

By MATTHEW BODNER and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans during a rally in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. Opponents of a Russian government move to increase the age for collecting state retirement pensions are holding protests throughout the country and scattered arrests have been reported.The protests on Sunday were called by Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption activist who is President Vladimir Putin's most prominent foe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin foe, calls for Russia protests against raising pension age

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

In this Sept. 7, 2018, photo, John Dean, former Counsel to the President President Richard Nixon, speaks to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the final stage of the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's a different time with different circumstances, but parallels with Watergate have been growing by the week. A White House seething with intrigue and backstabbing, hunting for the anonymous Deep-State-Throat. A president feeling besieged by tormentors, tending his own enemies list. A special prosecutor's investigation, sparked by a break-in at the Democratic National Committee. Dean is even testifying to Congress about the abuse of power. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Watergate memories spring to life with Trump’s troubles

By CALVIN WOODWARD and NANCY BENAC - Associated Press

This combination photo made available by the Metropolitan Police on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, shows Alexander Petrov, left, and Ruslan Boshirov. British prosecutors have charged two Russian men, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury. They are charged in absentia with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder and use of the nerve agent Novichok. (Metropolitan Police via AP)

Britain charges 2 Russians over Novichok poisoning

Associated Press

This still taken from CCTV and issued by the Metropolitan Police in London on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, shows Alexander Petrov at Gatwick airport, England on March 2, 2018. British prosecutors have charged two Russian men, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury. They are charged in absentia with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder and use of the nerve agent Novichok. (Metropolitan Police via AP)

UK police chart suspects’ movements in Skripal poisoning

Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Covert Action’ by Seth G. Jones

By Joseph C. Goulden

Illustration on aluminium sanctions against Russia by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Moscow’s destabilizing efforts in Syria, Ukraine and Georgia make Moscow a proper target

By Luke Coffey

Moscow says Lavrov-Pompeo meeting next month in the works

Associated Press

NATO sees Russian buildup ahead of wargames with China

Associated Press