A Russian-born founder of a cryptocurrency financial services firm avoided having to spend any further time in a U.S. prison on Thursday for participating in a wide-ranging scheme to manipulate the market for digital tokens on behalf of his company's clients.

Trump administration in talks with Capitol Hill to amend the Graham-Blumenthal legislation imposing sweeping sanctions on Russia, including 500% tariffs on countries doing business with Moscow.

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) -Most countries in the Group of Seven nations are prepared to go it alone and lower the G7 price cap on Russian oil even if U.S. President Donald Trump decides to opt out, four sources familiar with the matter said.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were gradually pushing Russian forces out of the border Sumy region, where Moscow has established a foothold in recent weeks.

Two key figures in Russia’s beleaguered political opposition were targeted by Russian courts as Moscow continues its crackdown on dissent.

After its historic election to the U.N. Security Council, Latvia is preparing to address world conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war, which is right on its border.

A Russian court on Wednesday postponed legal proceedings by more than nine months in a $2.9 billion lawsuit filed by Russia's Rosatom against Finland's Fortum and Outokumpu , court filings showed.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the U.S. "remains committed to supporting the Russian people" as they mark a national holiday. The statement issued Thursday to coincide with Russia Day said that the U.