
Russian Federation Strikes BackÂ
Russia went on a retaliatory spree, announcing entry bans for U.S. officials and opening criminal cases against ICC officials, while forcing Greenpeace into shuttering its Russian branch.

Russia went on a retaliatory spree, announcing entry bans for U.S. officials and opening criminal cases against ICC officials, while forcing Greenpeace into shuttering its Russian branch.

Although banned four years ago, the intelligence assessment shows that Hikvision still constitutes a security threat to the U.S. Department of Defense.

If convicted of espionage by a Russian court, Gershkovich could face a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

The postponement of Blinken’s trip means yet another delay in stabilizing Sino-U.S. relations, which were already dangerously fraught.

The arrest follows the announcement that several spies affiliated with Mossad have also been arrested recently, as well as that of two French nationals last May on charges of organising protests in Iran.