Relations between the United States and Russia have hit a new low. In a tit-for-tat response to Washington’s sanctions, Moscow has expelled 10 diplomats and banned some former and current officials. It came a day after the Biden administration imposed similar measures, accusing Russia of election interference and cyberattacks. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith has more from Moscow, Russia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #UnitedStates #Russia
The White House says the measures are a retaliation against a major Russian hacking campaign that breached vital federal agencies, election interference and other hostile acts. Biden insists the U.S. is not looking to kick off a cycle of conflicts with Russia, but wants a ‘stable and predictable’ relationship. But the Kremlin’s already threatened to respond in kind. So, how will this move affect the many challenges pitting the U.S. against Russia? – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #InsideStory #Russia #UnitedStates
Russia announces sanctions against the US in retaliation for action against Moscow. Moscow will also publish names of eight US officials to be placed on a sanctions list. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #UnitedStates #Russia
United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that imposes a slate of new sanctions against Russia, as well as expelling 10 diplomats from the US, in response to a massive Russian hacking campaign that breached vital federal agencies, as well as for election interference. The sanctions, foreshadowed for weeks by the US administration, represent the first retaliatory action announced against the Kremlin for last year’s hack, familiarly known as the SolarWinds breach. In that intrusion, Russian hackers are believed to have infected widely used software with malicious code, enabling them to access the networks of at least nine agencies in what US officials believe was an intelligence-gathering […]
Iran’s top diplomat has arrived in France for surprise talks at the G7 summit, an official announced, as US President Donald Trump appeared to brush aside French efforts to mediate with Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif landed on Sunday in the French seaside town of Biarritz, where leaders of the G7 nations – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan – are holding their annual gathering. French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this year’s G7 summit, has been leading efforts to defuse tensions triggered by Trump’s decision to exit the internationally-brokered 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran. Al Jazeera’s […]