A contingent of lawmakers led by Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas) is working to bring ex-marine Trevor Reed—who is currently detained in Russia—back to the United States.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined foreign ministers from fellow G7 countries to condemn the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Tuesday statement.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Sunday that the Russians could block her and Joe Biden from winning the November presidential election. 
A Republican congressman has joined forces with German legislators calling on chancellor Angela Merkel to leave an agreement with Moscow to collaborate on a gas pipeline.
Senior U.S. officials slammed Moscow following reports Wednesday that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Soviet-era toxin. 
A critic of President Vladimir Putin who fell into a coma in Russia and is being treated in Berlin was attacked with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday. 
A Russian fighter jet flew deep into Danish airspace last week after attempting to intercept an American bomber, the Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday 
Staunch Kremlin critic and opposition voice Yegor Zhukov was savagely beaten on the streets of Moscow by unidentified assailants Sunday night, the Washington Post reported.
The impending expiration of an international weapons ban on Iran threatens to flood the Middle East with high-tech Russian and Chinese military equipment, a situation that senior Trump administration officials warn will spark an arms race and could ignite a massive regional war. 
Russia and China are now cooperating to create advanced weapon systems such as submarines and missile warning systems, the Week reported Tuesday. 