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Russia says that it has struck 59 Ukrainian weapon facilities during the night, including a depot in Zaporizhzhia Oblast which is being used to store weapons from the United States and Europe.
2022-04-27

The United States says it will continue to provide arms to Ukraine to aid that country in its defense against Russian aggression.
2022-02-28

The United States rejects Russia's demand that Ukraine be barred from joining NATO.
2022-01-27

Argentina surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and Russia.
2020-10-19

Turkey issues a statement dismissing the demands for a ceasefire from the United States, France, and Russia.
2020-10-1

The United Nations Security Council has resoundingly rejected a United States bid to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In a Security Council vote, United States only got support from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the arms embargo on Iran, leaving it far short of the minimum nine "yes" votes required for adoption. Eleven members on the 15-member body, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom, abstained while Russia and China opposed extending the ban but did not need to use their vetoes.
2020-08-14

The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States.
2017-09-12

The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to end a Jackson–Vanik amendment, long-standing trade restriction with Russia. Also Magnitsky Law was adopted instead, it requires the United States to place financial and visa restrictions on a list of officials associated with the torture and death, three years ago, of Sergei Magnitsky. ([https:--www.washingtonpost.com-world-europe-russia-chafes-as-house-passes-magnitsky-bill-2012-11-16-b589e544-300f-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html Washington Post])
2012-11-16

A plane containing 10 members of a Russian spy ring arrives in Vienna, Austria, from the United States.
2010-07-9

One of the ten people arrested in the United States for involvement in an alleged Russian spy ring is said to have used a false Irish passport, the second time this has happened recently and following the expulsion of an Israeli Dublin embassy official in protest over a similar misuse.
2010-06-29