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  Catalonia sings ‘Kalinka’ Barcelona judge investigates Russian links to separatism in Spain

  Russia's alleged intervention in Catalonia independence is currently under investigation. Russia's stance on Catalonia relates to its effort to weaken Western democracy.
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  Russia Won’t Congratulate Biden on U.S. Election Victory Before Official Results – Kremlin

  Putin refuses to officially congratulate Joe Biden for his projected win in the 2020 U.S. Election, despite that several world leaders from France, England, etc. already have, and that he had congratulated Trump within an hour of his victory declaration 4 years prior. This is yet another clear indicator of Russia's bias towards a Trump presidency with the hope of softer anti-Russia rhetoric.
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  Russia’s Election Panel Criticizes ‘Alarming’ U.S. Mail-in Vote

  Nikolai Bulayevand other leading members of Russia's election panel are skeptical of this year's American Election's legitimacy, citing concerns regarding mail-in votes such as “people who are long dead are casting ballots and [] mailboxes are being broken into.” Though presented under the guise of non-bias (for example claiming that both candidates will commence lawsuits), these sentiments wholly echo Donald Trump's attempts to delegitimize the election's results in myriad swing states leaning in Biden's favor.
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  Disgruntled Russian PR Exec Behind Key Steele Dossier Claims – WSJ

  The Wall Street Journal has found the source of claims implicating Cyprus-registered firm Webzilla, run by a Russian-born Cyprus resident. Olga Galkina was behind this specific Steele dossier claim, and is now being sued by Webzilla for defamation. This article shows the continued American efforts to hold Russian sources accountable for the 2016 election meddling, and in many cases efforts to find evidence pertaining to Donald Trump's potential involvement through Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani.
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  ‘Stumbling Into a New Arms Race’: Imagery Shows Russia Preparing for Nuclear-Powered Missile Test

  Although Russia is finally prepared to agree to America's New START renewal terms, Russia is continuing to hold nuclear-powered missile tests, despite that new weapons would mean the Russian nuclear stockpile likely surpasses 1550 warheads. This implies that Russia doesn't have complete faith in the deal, and is making myriad preparations in advance in case the New START renewal falls through.
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  Europeans on Security Council Want Russia Explanation on Navalny

  Germany, Britain, France, Estonia and Belgium, European members of the UN Security Council, all signed a letter demanding that Russia be transparent about the circumstances and details behind the attack on Navalny. They make this demand on the basis of Germany's discovery that Russia seemed to poison Navalny with a chemical nerve agent, and according to a council declaration in 2019, "any use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anyone, under any circumstance is unacceptable and a threat to international peace and security." On the other hand, Russia suggested that the signatory countries "cooperate with the Russian Authorities" as a response to the letter.
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  Anger From Moscow, Minsk as EU, U.S. Sanction Belarus

  This article reports on the sanctions placed on Belarus by the EU and America because of election protests as well as the retaliation by Belarus and Russia.
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  ‘Giant step backwards’: 30 years into German unity Russia-Europe cooperation sacrificed to US ambition, German ex-diplomat to RT

  As Germany celebrates the 30th anniversary of its reunification, RT News mourns over the partnership that could've been. In addition to blaming Americas desire for "domination over lucrative partnership," the article also emphasizes the souring relations between the US and Germany through statements from German diplomat Frank Elbe. America's disapproval of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project is among the most visible divides between Germany and Russia, and the US, according to the article. Aside from these facts though, the general theme of the article seems to be passing blatant criticism of US Foreign Policy as objective news through the lens of a German holiday.
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  France’s Foreign Ministry Investigating Alleged Leak of Macron–Putin Conversation on Navalny to the Press

  French newspaper "Le Monde" leaks phone conversation between Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the poisoning of Alexey Navalny. Putin supposedly claimed that Navalny may have poisoned himself with the nerve agent, as opposed to common belief that the Kremlin was behind his poisoning. The Kremlin is furious about the leak, but hasn't entirely refuted the version of the presidents' conversation provided by "Le Monde."
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  How the Russian state media rescued Belarusian broadcasters from political pluralism

  An article describing Russian journalists' activities in Belarus after the Belarus election in 2020.
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  Serbian president Vucic informs Russia’s foreign minister Lavrov about US-brokered deal with Kosovo

  The United States helps Serbia negotiate deal between Serbia and breakaway region Kosovo, normalizing economic relations. Although this came with benefits to US foreign policy (both Serbia and Kosovo plan to build embassies in Jerusalem and the latter will commence diplomatic relations with US ally Israel), political tensions between Serbia and Kosovo will not falter, as the former still refuses to grant independence to the region. Russia remains adamant that Serbia, a major buyer of Russian natural gas, maintain control over the region.