#russian-influence

#russian-influence

LVIV - Crowds of mourners were packed into the baroque-rococo St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, western Ukraine, on September 1, for the funeral of former parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy, who was gunned down in the city days earlier. The 54-year-old, who was still a lawmaker for the opposition European Solidarity party, was shot dead at around noon while walking along a city street on August 30.

The Kremlin used the recent vote of no confidence against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to launch a narrative about the dysfunctions of European institutions, attempting to polarize and weaken the EU.

President Trump's CIA Director John Ratcliffe tasked CIA analysts to review the agency's 2016 conclusions about Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.