Eastern Europe

Reuters: Russia reports 23,564 new COVID-19 cases, 794 deaths

Russia reported 23,564 new COVID-19 cases on July 30, including 3,481 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to …
Reuters

Deutsche Welle: How Russian money keep Belarus afloat

Russia has supported its western neighbor Belarus for decades — long before the European Union and the United States imposed sanctions on Minsk and …
Deutsche Welle

Agence France-Presse: Ruling deferred in Abramovich libel case over Putin book

A British judge on July 29 said she expected to rule later this year on a libel case brought against a journalist over claims made in her book about …
Agence France-Presse

RFE/RL: US ex-marine Whelan placed in ‘punitive isolation cell’

Former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, convicted last year in Russia on espionage charges he denies, has been placed in solitary confinement in a remote …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Navalny’s allies claim state TV hosts own $4 million in Moscow real estate

Jailed Kremlin’s critic Alexei Navalny’s outlawed Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), on July 29 published an investigation on YouTube claiming that …
The Moscow Times

Associated Press: Jailed Belarus journalist needs urgent hospital care

The Belarusian Association of Journalists on July 29 called on authorities in Belarus to transfer a jailed journalist to a civilian hospital so he …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: EU urges support for Lithuania’s migrant crisis

The European Commission’s top migration official is urging EU member states to support Lithuania as thousands of irregular migrants cross from Belarus …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Investigative media outlet fleeing Russia to escape crackdown, editor says

Roman Badanin, chief editor of investigative news outlet Proekt, has left Russia with no plans to return and is evacuating his staff to avoid possible …
Reuters

New York Times: Russia docks a new 23-ton module to the space station

Earlier this year, Russian space officials were talking about pulling out of the International Space Station when the current agreement with America …
New York Times

RFE/RL: Moscow court rejects jailed former governor’s appeal against detention extension

A court in Moscow has rejected the appeal of Sergei Furgal, the former governor of the Far Eastern Khabarovsk Krai region, against the extension of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Moscow court fines Google for refusal to place its users’ data in Russia

A court in Moscow has fined Google 3 million rubles ($40,750) for the U.S. technology giant’s refusal to localize the personal data of its users in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Russia wants Britain, France to join wider nuclear talks with US

Russia says it wants Britain and France to become part of wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States as Washington continues to seek …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EurActiv: Ruling party in Georgia dumps Charles Michel’s agreement

Georgian Dream, the ruling party in Georgia, withdrew on Wednesday (28 July) from the agreement to put an end to the protracted political crisis in …
EurActiv.com

RFE/RL: More COVID protesters from Russia’s North Ossetia receive prison terms

A Russian court in the southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don has handed lengthy prison terms to a second group of individuals from the North Caucasus …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Al Jazeera: Armenia seeks Russian forces on Azerbaijan border amid tensions

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has proposed that Russian border forces be stationed along the length of his country’s border with Azerbaijan …
Al Jazeera

Reuters: Russia fines Google for violating personal data law

Russia on July 29 fined Google 3 million roubles ($41,017) for violating personal data legislation, Google’s first fine for that offense, Moscow’s …
Reuters

Meduza: Investigative journalist Dobrokhotov taken in for questioning following raid on his home

Roman Dobrokhotov, the editor-in-chief of the investigative outlet The Insider, was reportedly planning to leave Russia on July 28. But at 7:30 in the …
Meduza

RFE/RL: Russian court sentences 10 police officers for death of man in custody

A court in Russia’s North Ossetia region on July 28 sentenced a group of police officers to prison for the high-profile death of a man in custody …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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