Bloomberg Prosecutors in the case against accused Russian agent Maria Butina are opposing move to release the defendant on bond, calling into question her ties to the US and highlighting Russian efforts to win her release. Those efforts have included six consular visits with Butina, delivery of four diplomatic notes to the US State Department , and direct complaints to ...

Bloomberg Paul Manafort’s lawyers have talked to US prosecutors about a possible guilty plea to avert a second criminal trial set to begin in Washington this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted of bank and tax fraud last month in a Virginia federal court. He’s accused in Washington ...

Bloomberg Serbia’s president cancelled a meeting with his Kosovan counterpart and Serbia’s prime minister separately warned the international community not to test its patience in an unexpected escalation of tension between the neighbouring countries. Aleksandar Vucic scratched a planned meeting with Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci in Brussels on after meeting European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. Vucic had suggested ...