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An alleged Russian hacker has been detained in Spain at the request of American authorities, an arrest that set cybersecurity circles abuzz after a Russian broadcaster raised the possibility it was linked to the U.S. presidential election.

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Putin told Ivanov’s successor that he will be tasked chiefly with rooting out “empty bureaucracy.”

The decision comes after months of tension sparked by Turkey's downing a Russian jet near the Syrian border.

The Crimean Republic will remain a part of the Russian Federation “forever,” the head of the region, Sergey Aksyonov, said on Monday in talks with foreign officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says ‘Brexit’ is the choice made by the British nation and is a comprehensible one, as “no one wants to feed weak economies.” Russia has not and does not plan to interfere with the results of the referendum, he added.

The Russian Football Uni-on has been officially warned by UEFA that the national team will be expelled f-rom Euro 2016 if Russian fans are involved in more violent episodes. In addition, the federation has been fined €150,000 ($168,000).

Netanyahu is making his third visit since September, when Russia launched its military intervention in Syria.

The Resolve Behind Russia Sanctions Is Weakening

China is Russia’s key economic partner and the two countries plan to increase trade to $200 billion in the next four years, suggests Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Last month, on the eve of Passover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jumped onto his plane and rushed to Moscow. He returned later that same day.

These moves will spur the Kremlin, with some fanfare, to announce military “countermeasures.”

America lives in a fantasy world of an aggressor who wants to conquer the planet. At the same time it aims to increase defense spending, and keep the Europeans buying US military equipment, political writer Diana Johnstone told RT.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has just carried out a major reshuffling of the country's law enforcement in attempts to take an even stronger grasp of the country, the Financial Times reports.

As of this writing, the “cessation of hostilities” in Syria has all but collapsed, and thousands of Russian forces are aiding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s campaign to retake Aleppo.

A huge fire has engulfed a Serbian Orthodox Church in downtown Manhattan, on the day that Orthodox Christians are celebrating the Holy Easter.

The Russian Soviet-design supersonic interceptor flew within 15 meters of the US Navy reconnaissance plane but unlikesome of the previous “close encounters”, the interception was conducted in a “safe and professional” manner according to Cmdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for the Pacific Command, who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.

French MPs have voted in favor of a resolution to lift the EU-imposed sanctions initially slapped on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine and the reunification with Crimea. The document is non-binding.