NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the bloc's member countries could impose "tighter restrictions" on Russian intelligence operatives after a recent string of sabotage attacks.

Stoltenberg said NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels would discuss plans to counter a "Russian campaign of hostile activities against NATO allies."

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Russian police have arrested an alleged army deserter who fired at motorists with an assault rifle in central Russia’s Kaluga region late Wednesday.

“On the Kozelsk-Optina Pustyn highway, an unidentified man in a state of aggression stopped a car and opened fire in the air and the ground,” law enforcement officials said in a statement, adding that t

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The United States on Wednesday again accused Russia of taking Ukrainian children, some of whom were put up for adoption, after fresh media accounts detailed alleged abductions.

"This is despicable and appalling. These Ukrainian children belong with their families inside Ukraine," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

"Russia is

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The United States on Wednesday announced a raft of new sanctions aimed at constraining Moscow's ability to wage war on Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still do business with Russia.The Treasury Department and State Department's sanctions affected more than 300 targets, consisting of entities in Russia and countries like China,

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Updated to add the Central Bank's suspension of morning trading.

The Moscow Exchange on Thursday suspended trading in dollars and euros after it was sanctioned by the United States in a new raft of restrictions aimed at hindering Russia’s ability to wage war in Ukraine.

“Due to the introduction of restrictive measures by the United States against t

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A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other marine vessels gotten here in Cuba on Wednesday for a five-day see to the island in a show of force amidst spiraling U.S.-Russian tensions.The submarine Kazan, which Cuba says is not carrying nuclear weapons, was accompanied by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, in addition to an oil tanker and a salvage tug.The

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