Russians mock US election allegations as Putin teasingly says he supports Harris

Russians mock US election allegations as Putin teasingly says he supports Harris

Russian commentators on Thursday mocked allegations that Moscow was meddling again in the U.S. presidential election, and President Vladimir Putin appeared to bolster the teasing tone by wryly claiming he supported Vice President Kamala Harris. On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said the Russian state-owned broadcaster RT is carrying out a covert campaign to influence

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Putin appeared to suggest jokingly he would support Harris in the upcoming US election | AP News

Putin appeared to suggest jokingly he would support Harris in the upcoming US election | AP News

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to suggest jokingly that he supported the candidacy of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential elections. He appeared at the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to suggest jokingly that he supported the candidacy of U.S. Vice President

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US widens indictment of Russians in ‘WhisperGate’ conspiracy to destroy Ukrainian and NATO systems

US widens indictment of Russians in ‘WhisperGate’ conspiracy to destroy Ukrainian and NATO systems

BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has widened its indictment of Russians in the so-called ‘WhisperGate’ malware attack aimed at destroying computer systems in Ukraine and 26 NATO allies including the United States. A superseding indictment announced Thursday names five Russian military intelligence officers in a conspiracy to demoralize the Ukrainian people on the

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Venezuela’s Machado vows to keep pressure on Maduro but urges international community to step up

Venezuela’s Machado vows to keep pressure on Maduro but urges international community to step up

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday vowed to keep the pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to leave office in January, but she also exhorted the international community to rise to the occasion by immediately recognize her faction’s presidential candidate as the July’s election winner and implement measures to hold

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