
Russia said Thursday it was expelling two German diplomats, in a tit-for-tat move after Berlin ejected two Russians over the killing of a former Chechen commander in a Berlin park. “As a retaliatory measure, the Russian side has decided to declare two employees of the German embassy in Russia ‘persona ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during his visit to the United States that allegations of Russia’s election meddling in 2016 are baseless, stressing the necessity of eliminating terrorism in Syria. In a press conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier in the day, Lavrov said the US allegations ...