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Explained: Is there any truth to Russia’s claim about Hunter Biden funding Ukrainian bio-labs?
Fp Explainers •If Russia is to be believed, Hunter Biden, the son of US president Joe Biden, has been funding ‘bio-labs’ in Ukraine. While Hunter Biden has had business deals with the war-torn country in the past, the story about bio-weapons seems like nothing more than a conspiracy theory
Russia expels top US diplomat as Ukraine tensions continue to simmer
•US said Russia ordered the deputy chief of mission to the US Embassy in Moscow Bart Gorman to leave the country. Russia provided no details on his expulsion
Russia will have to 'pay a heavy price' if it invades Ukraine, warns US president Joe Biden
•Biden said the US was preparing for Russia to take action that fell outside the parameters of a conventional warfare.
Russia says its warship prevented US destroyer entering its waters; Washington denies claim
•US military said that the statement from the Russian Defense Ministry about "the interaction between our two Navy ships is false."
'Takes one to know one': Vladimir Putin mocks Joe Biden for calling him 'killer' on TV
•Earlier in the day, Putin's spokesman Peskov had described Biden's remarks as "very bad" and alleged that the US president didn't want relations between the two countries to improve
Intelligence on Russian hand in US election was clear; it was not always presented that way
•Even if China is a long-term national security threat, Russia will continue to be the larger threat in the next few elections
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agree to extend US-Russia New START agreement
•The New START agreement, which limited the size of the US and Russia's strategic nuclear arsenals, expires on 5 February
Donald Trump versus Vladimir Putin: A COVID-19 vaccine manhood contest
•The vaccine race comes at a time when Washington is already engaging in a new debate over how to recalibrate relations between the two powers after the election
Russia's mutually-beneficial alliance with the Taliban was built on years of confusion and influence
•Russia often used the hundreds of millions of dollars in fuel imports for NATO and Afghan forces as a way to inject cash into Afghanistan to ensure influence and keep intelligence assets on its side
Donald Trump has a fresh Russia problem: Unread intelligence and a missing strategy
•US lawmakers on Tuesday emerged from closed briefings to challenge why Donald Trump and his advisors failed to recognise the seriousness of the intelligence assessment.