The US State Department has added five more Russians to the Magnitsky list which prohibits them from the entering the US as punishment for human rights violations in Russia.
Russian magazine New Times is faced with a state fine and string of cyber-attacks after it released an article on the whereabouts and activities of older Putin daughter Maria.
After November 2015, Turkey again accused Russia of violating its airspace as another Russian warplane have been spotted entering and heeding warnings.
The Syrian government has expressed its desire to block 2 opposition groups from attending the Geneva peace talks on the Syrian conflict. Syria and close ally Russia view both militant groups as extremists.
