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Focus: Russia - Dec 13, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 13 December 2016

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Corker to launch new Russia hacking inquiry, It will be the third Senate committee to dig into the issue - CNN

House Intelligence Committee Chair Nunes won't start new probe into Russian hacking - TPM

House Intel Committee Chairman Nunes: CIA report on Russia meddling conflicts with DNI testimony - Fox News

Devin Nunes’ letter to DNI James Clapper on the CIA's assessment that Russia sought to tilt the presidential election toward Trump - POLITICO

Congress can’t decide how to probe charges Russia aimed to help Trump - The Washington Post

Obama doubles down on Trump, blames Russia for hacking - New York Post

Top intel office not on same page as CIA regarding Russia hack assessment - Fox News

40 Electoral College members demand briefing on Russian interference, all are Democrats except one Republican - TheHill

Kremlin calls talk of Russian interference in U.S. elections ‘absolute nonsense’ - The Washington Post

CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that first publicly linked the hacking to Russian intelligence, says cyberattack waged on Clinton campaign just days before vote - Yahoo News

Did the Russians “hack” the election? A look at the established facts - Ars Technica

Vladimir Putin "ready" to meet Donald Trump "any moment" but likely after innauguration - CBS News

‘West has been blaming Russia for everything, now there’s backlash’: Gorbachev - RT News

VIDEO: Gorbachev: "World needs Russia & the U.S. to cooperate" - CBS News

Excerpts from AP interview with Mikhail Gorbachev - US News

Syria rebels reach evacuation deal with government in Aleppo, fighters would be evacuated on buses - Al Jazeera

State Dept. unaware of Russia, Turkey deal on Syria cease-fire and a safe passage for rebel fighters looking to leave Aleppo - Washington Examiner

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Moscow sees Rex Tillerson as chance to end sanctions, reboot U.S. ties - WSJ

Priebus: Trump won't rule out lifting Russia sanctions - POLITICO

Tillerson visited White House often over Russia sanctions, advocated against them - Bloomberg

Exxon would win if Tillerson works to lift Russia sanctions - CNN

McCain again voices concerns about Tillerson's ties to Putin - TheHill

EU leaders to discuss extending sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, Merkel and Hollande back extending them - Reuters

Kremlin comments on Merkel, Hollande offer to extend sanctions against Russia: they lead to a deadlock, cannot facilitate solutions to any problems - TASS

Austrian Vice Chancellor repeats call for phasing out of anti-Russia sanctions - Sputnik

EU officials look into Rosneft sale for possible sanctions breach - Reuters

Japan says 'no deal' with Russia that undermines G7 sanctions - SMC

Russia's Putin says Western sanctions an obstacle to talks with Japan: media - Reuters

Putin: Disruptions of EU gas supplies via Ukraine possible - The New York Times

Sweden won't block Nord Stream harbor deals, but raises defense concerns - Reuters

Iran, Russia sign major deal on development of oil, gas fields - Tasnim News Agency

Russia's Rosneft takes part of Egyptian gas field for $1.6B - ABC News

Russia's biggest oil producer rises from slump, looks to 2017 - TheStreet

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