Eastern Europe

Voice of America: Biden accuses Russia of already interfering in 2022 election

Russia is already interfering in next year’s midterm U.S. elections, President Joe Biden said Tuesday in a speech at the Office of the Director of …
Voice of America

Reuters: Court battle begins in the UK over Putin book

England’s High Court will begin hearing arguments on Wednesday from lawyers for four Russian billionaires including Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russia OKs testing combination of Sputnik, AstraZeneca shots

MOSCOW — Russia’s health officials have given a go-ahead to testing a combination of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot and the single-dose version of …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Old bugaboo complicates US-Russia search for new arms deal

WASHINGTON — In their search for a new approach to arms control, Moscow and Washington are likely to soon encounter an old bugaboo: Russia’s demand …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Lithuanian court sends politician to 6 years in prison for spying for Russia

A Lithuanian court has sentenced politician Algirdas Paleckis to six years in prison after finding him guilty of spying for Russia. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Russia bans Navalny-linked candidate from St. Petersburg Assembly elections

The St. Petersburg election commission has banned the former head of jailed Kremlin’s critic Alexei Navalny’s headquarters, Irina Fatyanova, from …
The Moscow Times

Agence France-Presse: Moscow hopes US ‘serious’ in seeking dialogue in new talks

Russia on July 27 said high-level talks with the United States this week will show how “serious” Washington is in seeking genuine dialogue with …
Agence France-Presse

Reuters: Swiss prosecutors drop Russian money-laundering inquiry

Swiss federal prosecutors have closed a decade-long investigation into a graft scandal linked to the 2009 death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in …
Reuters

Meduza: Going solo

For many years, solitary pickets have been a cornerstone of public protest in Russia. Whereas protest rallies have long required official permission, …
Meduza

Gazprom again declines to book interruptible transit capacity via Ukraine for August

Gazprom has again declined to book additional interruptible transit capacity via Ukraine for August, according to the results of the monthly Regional …
Interfax-Ukraine

Financial Times: Russia seeks to forge ties with Taliban as US troops leave Afghanistan

Russia is stepping into the security vacuum created by the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, with President Vladimir Putin looking to re-exert …
Financial Times

Reuters: Hungarians protest against alleged illegal surveillance with Pegasus spyware

About 1,000 Hungarians protested on Monday over allegations that the government used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware for illegal surveillance of public …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Allies say Russia blocks 49 Navalny-linked websites

Russia’s state internet watchdog on July 26 blocked 49 websites linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, including his personal website where …
The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times: Russian FM spokeswoman throws punches at ‘press’ in support of Olympic athletes

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has released a clip in support of Russia’s Olympic athletes that shows her taking aim at the …
The Moscow Times

Washington Post: Russian authorities block dozens of Navalny-linked websites

Russian authorities have restricted access to the website of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as well as dozens of sites run by his close …
Washington Post

Ukraine’s trade dependency makes partnerships problematic

In the first three months of 2021, Ukraine’s trade turnover has amounted to $28.8 billion, almost a quarter of which came from China and Russia — …
Anastasiia Lapatina

RFE/RL: Anti-Putin shaman ordered to undergo forced ‘treatment’ in psychiatric clinic

A court in Russia’s Siberian region of Yakutia has confined to forced psychiatric treatment a shaman who was stopped by authorities several times in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Jailed Russian journalist Safronov unable to talk to his lawyer due to bizarre twist

Jailed Russian journalist Ivan Safronov will not be able to talk to his lawyer, Ivan Pavlov, who has himself been charged with illegal revealing …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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