Bloomberg Russia should continue talks with the US and its allies on its demands for security guarantees in Europe, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told President Vladimir Putin, suggesting the Kremlin will extend efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to surging tensions with the West. Putin said “all right” in response to Lavrov’s proposal, made in comments shown on state ...

Bloomberg A Russian court sentenced the leader of a hacking gang to 14 years in prison, RIA Novosti reported, bringing an end to a trial in which the man claimed to have helped the country’s security service to hack Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Konstanin Kozlovsky was convicted of organising a criminal ring and large-scale fraud after the Lurk gang stole ...

  Bloomberg Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah dug in after parliament picked a rival premier, vowing to lay out later this week a plan for holding delayed presidential elections in the war-torn Opec member. “The election train has set off,” Dbeibah said in a televised address. Lawmakers last week selected Fathi Bashagha, a former interior minister, as premier, saying ...