Eastern Europe

NBC News: Team Russia is banned from the Tokyo games, but Russians are still winning

There is a Russian elephant in the room at the Tokyo Olympics. Technically, Russia is officially banned from competing in international sporting …
NBC News

Associated Press: 2 Russian news sites, legal aid group, close under pressure

Two Russian news outlets and a legal aid group backed by a leading Kremlin critic shut down Thursday after authorities blocked their websites, the …
Associated Press

Reuters: Russian news outlet to close after being blocked by state media watchdog

Russian news outlet Open Media said on Aug. 5 it was shutting down after the communications watchdog blocked its website for most users and included …
Reuters

Euronews: ‘Freedom is worth fighting for’ – prominent Belarus dissidents on trial

The trial of Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak, both leading members of the Belarusian opposition, continued on Thursday behind closed doors at the …
Euronews

Reuters: Delays in deliveries of Russia’s Sputnik V shot to be resolved this month

Delays in international deliveries of the second dose of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine will be fully resolved this month, the Russian Direct Investment …
Reuters

Reuters: Sprinter flying to Warsaw after refusing to return to Belarus

A plane carrying Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya took off for Warsaw on Wednesday, a Reuters eyewitness in Vienna said, following her …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Russia promises to solve Sputnik V delivery delays

The makers of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V on Wednesday promised to resolve delivery delays this month after several South American …
The Moscow Times

France 24: Last protest leader in Belarus dances in court as trial starts

Maria Kolesnikova, the last remaining protest leader still in Belarus, danced and smiled as she went on trial on Wednesday accused of violating …
France 24

BBC: Belarus sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya lands in Vienna

A Belarusian athlete who refused orders to fly home early from the Olympics has safely arrived in Vienna, Austria’s foreign ministry has …
BBC

BBC: Belarus protests – Trial of opposition figures begins

The trial of two leading Belarusian opposition figures has begun behind closed doors at a court in Minsk. Protest organiser Maria Kolesnikova and …
BBC

Associated Press: Belarus activists on trial

Leading members of the Belarusian opposition went on trial on August 4, part of a multi-pronged crackdown on dissent in the ex-Soviet nation that was …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Candidacy of former Navalny ally green-lighted after hunger strike

MURMANSK, Russia — The former leader of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s team in the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk has been approved …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Ex-marine Whelan unreachable in Russian prison for over a month

Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who is convicted of espionage in Russia, has not been in touch with his family for more than a month, one of his …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: More Belarusian athletes spurn homeland in shadow of Olympic scandal

Belarusian heptathlete Yana Maksimava says she and her Olympic-medalist husband have decided to stay in Germany with their child as the crackdown on …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Belarusian authorities shut down 4 more NGOs in widening clampdown

MINSK — Belarusian authorities have shut down four more nongovernmental organizations in Minsk as Alexander Lukashenko’s crackdown against …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Russia registers 22,589 new COVID-19 cases, 790 deaths

MOSCOW – Russia has registered 22,589 new cases of COVID-19 and 790 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Serbian ambassador to Russia dies in Belgrade

BELGRADE, Serbia — Miroslav Lazanski, Serbia’s ambassador to Russia and formerly a well-known journalist, has died. He was 71. Read more here.
Associated Press

Deutsche Welle: Russia and US to continue working together on ISS

Russia and the US will continue working together on the International Space Station (ISS), Interfax news agency reported on August 4, citing a senior …
Deutsche Welle
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