May 31, 2023 Latvia's Rinkēvičs elected president, first openly gay leader in the Baltics Latvia's popular foreign minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs, has been elected president by the Baltic nation's parliament, succeeding retiring incumbent Egils Levits
May 31, 2023 White House 'loath to comment' on Biden sex accuser defecting to Russia, says her claims are 'baseless' White House NSC spokesman John Kirby would not comment on Biden sex accuser Tara Reade defecting to Russia, other than to call her claims "baseless."
May 31, 2023 Russia’s Medvedev says UK officials are ‘legitimate military targets’ for their support to Ukraine Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said British officials qualify as "legitimate military targets" because of the U.K.'s war aid to Ukraine.
May 31, 2023 Biden accuser Reade defects to Russia out of 'safety,' expert warns it's not whole story President Biden’s sexual assault accuser Tara Reade claimed she chose to move to Russia as she no longer felt safe in the U.S., saying that she worried she might "walk into a cage or be killed" in her home.
May 31, 2023 US govt sent $1.3 billion to China, Russia for gender equality, cat experiments and Wuhan lab research GOP Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and watchdog group Open the Books issued an analysis that showed the U.S. government has funneled more than $1 billion to Russian and Chinese entities for various research programs over the past five years.
May 31, 2023 Putin says drone attacks on Moscow are attempt by Ukraine 'to intimidate Russia' A drone attack targeting Moscow was an attempt by Ukraine “to intimidate Russia, Russian citizens and attacks on residential buildings," Putin says.
May 31, 2023 South Africa looks to grant Putin diplomatic immunity for BRICS summit despite outstanding ICC arrest warrant South Africa is looking for loopholes in the International Criminal Court's charter that may allow Russian President Putin to attend the BRICS summit in August.
May 31, 2023 Ex-FBI director James Comey trashes 'crazy' theory feds are out to get Republicans: 'Nutty article of faith' Former FBI Director James Comey told CNN on Wednesday that he has no regrets with how he handled the Russia collusion investigation into Donald Trump in 2016.
May 31, 2023 While Washington security establishment was busy chasing Russia collusion hoax, Putin invaded Ukraine By hyper-focusing on the non-existent Trump-Russia collusion threat, U.S. security agencies missed the actual Russian threat, leaving Washington unprepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
May 30, 2023 Russia, Kenya sign trade pact in effort to offset worsening relations with West prompted by Ukraine invasion Russia and Kenya agreed to a trade pact after the African nation hosted Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Russia has been looking to boost economic ties with Africa.
