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Despite attempts to minimize the involvement of its top officials, analysts say there is ample evidence that the NRA has deeps ties to Russia.

"The media's hysteria by and large is groundless," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The State Department is not saying when it will implement the sanctions, noting that there is no deadline in the law for imposing them.

There were over 70 passengers and crew on board.

"Whether it amounts to criminal conduct, clearly the efforts of the House Republicans were designed to impede and throw sticks into the spokes of the Mueller investigation," Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the "rules-based order" is actually an excuse "to be able to put pressure on disagreeable states and often even on allies."

The president phoned a New York Times reporter after a meeting with the Russian leader at the 2017 G20 summit and said he accepted Putin's denial.

"Withdrawing from NATO—even discussing withdrawing from NATO—would be disastrous for the security of the United States," retired Lieutenant General James Clapper said.

The Kremlin comments came after reports that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether the president had fallen under Russia's influence.

The FBI launched its investigation to determine whether President Donald Trump was "acting at the behest of [Russia] and somehow following directions, somehow executing their will," FBI counsel James Baker told Congress.

President Donald Trump used information from a "Fox and Friends" broadcast to rebuff claims he had been working in Moscow's interests.

The Kremlin has explicitly denied interfering in any elections after the head of Israel's internal security claimed Russia was preparing to meddle in an April Israeli parliament poll.

Paul Whelan, 48, was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.

The family of Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen detained in Russia for allegedly spying, said he was a retired Marine who was in Moscow for a wedding.

President Vladimir Putin referred to "Russophobia" to explain why the U.S. has made Moscow out to be an enemy.

"If ISIS hits us, they are doomed!" Trump tweeted.

A top Ukrainian official said the military would place new missiles onshore that would be capable of taking out distant targets, specifically mentioning the bridge linking the disputed Crimean Peninsula to Russia.

"She would have been a legitimate target for FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] surveillance," Asha Rangappa explained. "Anyone talking to her at that time would be captured on that as well."

MGM wanted to change the setting, the politics and the creatures, according to "Metro 2033" author Dmitry Glukhovsky.

"The defendant's false statements obscured the fact that the Moscow Project was a lucrative business opportunity that sought, and likely required, the assistance of the Russian government."

"The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to end," Congressman Jerry Nadler said.

The president's former lawyer admitted to lying to lawmakers Thursday.

"What is the reason for the cover-up? Why did Cohen take the risk of lying to Congress?" asks Norm Eisen, who served in the Obama administration.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the measures would "prevent the Russian Federation from forming private armies" on Ukrainian soil.

Trump had been floating the idea of building a Trump Tower Moscow since his first visit to Russia, then a republic in the Soviet Union, in the 1980s.

"We don't want to be disappointed in our [U.S.] colleagues again, and therefore we are assuming the worst-case scenario in our military planning," Russia's deputy foreign minister said.

"For over five years, the United States has pursued diplomatic and technical avenues with Russia aimed at preserving the INF Treaty," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov joked that her salary may be too big for the country's state-run media outlets.

Citing a former unnamed official, The Times explained that "Russia is not believed to be running as sophisticated an influence effort as China, because of Mr. Trump's apparent affinity for President Vladimir V. Putin."

All of NATO's 29 members will take part in the exercises, as will the alliance's partners Sweden and Finland.