Christopher Wray tells U.S. lawmakers Russia is being very, very active' in effort to sway November

Court convicts Francois Fillon for using public funds to pay his wife for work never done; Penelope

The scandal broke in the French media just three months before the country's 2017 presidential elect

Judge rules that Serebrennikov and two co-defendants are guilty of misappropriating 129 million rubl

Observers say court decision brings prosecutors closer to apprehending suspects behind premeditated

Allegation could have seen high-profile party banned in one of several ongoing cases against it