LONDON, Nov 21: Earlier, the US and UK backed the candidacy of Kim Jong Yang, while claiming that the Russian candidate, Maj. Gen. Alexander Prokopchuk, would serve Kremlin's interests. Moscow has lambasted the claims, calling them “some kind of intervention into the international organisation’s electoral process.”

WASHINGTON, Oct 11: US Senators Chris Murphy and Ron Johnson said in a press release on Wednesday that they have introduced the European Energy Security and Diversification Act to provide new tools for the United States to combat what they characterize is malign Russian influence as well as create economic opportunities at home and abroad.