From our newsroom via Russian agencies:
A Russian parliament committee plans to boycott a meeting of the Russian-American Business Council in the United States next month.
Russia's "Izvestia" daily newspaper quoted Vladimir Dzhabarov, acting chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the parliament's upper chamber, the Federation Council, as saying on September 30 that the meeting scheduled for October 14-15 will be boycotted.
Dzhabarov said the decision was made at the recommendation of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He said it was in response to Washington’s sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
Interesting bit of forensic reporting by @CatFitz:
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Very harrowing video from Kharkiv: