Politics Russia's new missile is aimed at... Snohomish County? Could a military site in Snohomish County really be a target for a new Russian missile? Gil Aegerter
World Russia Is Considering An Experiment To Disconnect From The Internet Authorities recommended conducting the test so that the country can assess its cyberdefenses in case of aggression, Russian media report. Sasha Ingber
World Russia Says It Will Build New Missile Systems Within 2 Years The U.S. said last week it would stop abiding by the Cold War treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles. "Our response will be symmetrical," Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Matthew S. Schwartz
National U.S. Announces It Will Withdraw From Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will suspend its obligations under the 1987 INF treaty as of Saturday and pull out in six months if Russia isn't deemed to be in compliance. Sasha Ingber
World Putin Backs Maduro, As Kremlin Critics Cheer U.S. Support For Venezuela's Opposition President Vladimir Putin phoned Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro to express his support. But Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called President Trump's decision to back Juan Guaidó "outstanding." Lucian Kim
Technology Senate Finds Russian Bots, Bucks Helped Push Brexit Vote Through A recent report on Russian influence operations overseas detailed large amounts of money and effort spent to influence the referendum. Scott Simon talks with The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. Scott Simon
Politics Manafort Allegedly Shared 2016 Polling With Associate Linked To Russian Intelligence Paul Manafort's lawyers botched redactions in a court filing, revealing the information. Separately, the Supreme Court denied a request believed to be a challenge to special counsel Robert Mueller. Carrie Johnson
World Amid Escalating Tension, Ukraine Bans Russian Men From Crossing Its Borders Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says the ban on Russian men of military age is aimed at preventing the infiltration of "private armies." Emily Sullivan
World Russia Plans To Deploy More S-400 Missiles To Disputed Crimea Peninsula Russia's military already has three of the S-400 "Triumf" divisions on the Black Sea peninsula; it plans to have another in place and operational by the year's end. Bill Chappell
Education A New Law In Latvia Aims To Preserve National Language By Limiting Russian In Schools Many Latvians believe they need to protect themselves against cultural and political assimilation by their giant neighbor. But the country's Russian speakers say the new law is discriminatory. Lucian Kim
