During the election campaign in 2016, when Donald Trump's company was negotiating the construction of the Trump Tower skyscraper in Moscow, a former Russian GRU officer who also worked as a double agent for the US intelligence agencies wanted to help him with the attraction of financing from Russian banks, writes BuzzFeed . The publication does not name the spy, so as not to "endanger his life." Trump was going to build a skyscraper in Moscow in late 2015 and early 2016.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will announce new Washington sanctions against Russia on Monday, April 16, said US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. According to her, the sanctions will affect any companies that are associated with the supply of equipment for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the use of chemical weapons. She did not mention any other details.

There was no military conflict in Syria after the US and its allies struck Bashar al-Assad, but Russia can now receive new sanctions. US Ambassador John Huntsman sent a letter to the Russian Foreign Ministry, in which he announced that the US authorities were preparing new measures against Russia “for supporting” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

British intelligence agencies have given Prime Minister Theresa May information that the Kremlin, using hackers, is preparing dirt on members of her government. Thus, the Russian authorities want to respond to London's participation in a missile attack against Syria, according to The Sunday Times, citing sources. According to the publication, May has received such reports since the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury on March 4.