All posts tagged "Moscow"

FBI Director Kash Patel pledged to investigate agents who caught Russians trying to frame Democrats before 2020, a new report reveals.

According to national security writer Marcy Wheeler, an unsigned, undated letter attributed to Patel is the "centerpiece" of a propaganda push, and she flagged in a Wednesday post on her legal blog emptywheel that it was notably not written on FBI stationery.

In the letter, Patel says he "immediately disbanded" the bureau's Foreign Influence Task Force upon taking over as director, and that his team is now probing whether the unit improperly zeroed in on informants tied to the Bidens....

FBI Director Kash Patel received a warning from Russia's top Kremlin-friendly tabloid ahead of his October visit, according to The Daily Beast.

The Moskovsky Komsomolets piece told Patel to "come bearing gifts," The Daily Beast wrote.

The Komsomolets report includes a quote from Vladimir Vasiliev, a political analyst from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies. ...

President Donald Trump traded nuclear threats with former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev via Truth Social Friday.

"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump wrote.

"Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"...

On the eve of the Munich Security Conference, when defense leaders meet from around the globe to discuss strengthening alliances, European leaders are more concerned than ever about the reliability of the Trump administration, according to a report.

Since he took office, Trump has "insisted NATO members massively boost their defense spending, dismissed the U.S. military’s role in Europe, frozen foreign aid, advocated taking over Greenland, treated Russia as a negotiating partner and threatened to pull support from Ukraine," wrote Paul McLeary and Jacopo Barigazzi in a piece for Politico Thursday.

Now his administration is set to come face-to-face with their European counterparts on Friday. "And while allies have experience navigating the disruptions and uncertainties of the U.S. president, this administration is a more expansionist and aggressive one than they’ve faced before," wrote McLeary and Barigazzi....

The death toll from the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the outskirts of Moscow has risen to 137, authorities said on Sunday according to state news agency TASS. The state Investigative Committee had earlier put the number at 133 but said the death toll was likely to rise as emergency workers continue to search the rubble. More than 150 people were injured when gunmen fired indiscriminately at concert-goers at the packed venue on Friday evening, with many still in critical condition, according to the authorities. Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday. The so-call......

The US government has condemned the terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow in the strongest possible terms. Friday's attack was a "heinous crime," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday. "We send our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and all affected," he said. "We condemn terrorism in all its forms and stand in solidarity with the people of Russia in grieving the loss of life from this horrific event," Blinken said....