Trip would be the long-time leader’s first abroad since his re-election, amid Western claims that China is propping up Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.

Moscow vetoed a resolution to prevent an orbital arms race, prompting the US to ask if Russia was hiding something.

The weapons, with double the striking distance, were used for the first time to bomb a Russian airfield in Crimea and Russian forces in another occupied area.

‘Patriot’, a memoir the Kremlin critic began working on in 2020, will be published in October.

Ukraine and up to 100 countries would attend the conference at the luxury Burgenstock resort near the central city of Luzern on June 15-16.

The small arms and ammunition were being sent to Tehran-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to the US military.

Washington unveiled plans for the resolution amid reports Moscow could deploy a nuclear weapon or a mock warhead into space as early as this year.

Latvia-based media group reported that members of a Russian intelligence unit had been placed at scene of reported health incidents involving US staff. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said report was baseless.

The US president says he will ‘never give up hope’ as he seeks the Wall Street Journal reporter’s release, 1 year after he was detained on spying charges.

Moscow court lengthened Wall Street Journal reporter’s pre-trial detention to June 30. US ambassador said Kremlin was using him and other US citizens as pawns.

The opposition leader’s mother was given an ultimatum – agree to a secret funeral or Navalny will be buried at the Arctic penal colony where he died.

The US president told Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya in San Francisco that the late Russian opposition leader was ‘a man of incredible courage’.

The Russian leader praised the modernised Tu-160M, an updated version of the giant Cold War-era aircraft that can carry 12 short-range nuclear missiles.

US sources had suggested that Russia had some sort of new capability in space, with some reports pointing to an anti-satellite device.

The US has not determined how the opposition leader died, but the ultimate responsibility lies with Putin, a spokesman says.

Since Navalny’s death was reported on Friday, former US presidents and top members of Congress from both parties had also denounced Putin but Trump stayed silent until Monday.

Alexei Navalny’s unexpected death at the age of 47 at an Arctic penal colony has generated international outrage. But Trump has yet to say a word publicly.

The US president warned there could be consequences for the opposition leader’s passing, as he mulls options for punishing Russia.

The weapon is not operational and cannot directly cause ‘physical destruction’ on Earth, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says.

The Russian president described his US counterpart as an ‘old school politician’ and dismissed questions about Biden’s age and health.

Several US media outlets reported findings about Russia attempting to develop an anti-satellite nuclear weapon based in space. But the threat is not yet an active one, US officials said.

The US secretary of state also named Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March and accused of spying.

The US spy agency is targeting ‘patriotic Russians’ in intelligence circles who may feel disaffected over the Ukraine war and corruption among elites.

Robert Woodland is accused of the ‘illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, manufacture, processing’ of drugs and faces up to 20 years in prison.

More than 60 national elections will be held this year; the US vote has greatest import for relations with China, but others elsewhere will also affect Beijing.

Such secondary sanctions against institutions that facilitate deals through which Moscow supplies its war machine are a powerful but risky tool.