Eastern Europe

The Moscow Times: Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak flees Russia after reports of hit list

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The Moscow Times

The Telegraph: Will Vladimir Putin reappear today in Saint Petersburg?

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The Telegraph

Agence France-Presse: Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence

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Agence France-Presse

Reuters: Putin trip to Kazakhstan to go ahead on March 20 – Kremlin

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Reuters

The Economist: When the czar vanishes

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The Economist

World Bulletin: Putin orders alert for fleet

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World Bulletin

Putin calls Americans true puppeteers behind coup in Ukraine

“The trick of the situation was that formally the opposition [in Ukraine] was supported primarily by Europeans but we knew perfectly, not simply …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Moscow Times: Back problems? Still no sign of Putin

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The Moscow Times

Associated Press: Fire hits bell tower at famed Moscow Convent

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Associated Press

Los Angeles Times: Putin says Russia was ready to activate nuclear arsenal over Crimea

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Los Angeles Times

Reuters: Paper says Austrian doctor treating Putin for back problems

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Reuters

The Moscow Times: Russia’s Central Bank sees risk of 5.8 percent economic contraction this year

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The Moscow Times

Business Insider: The latest Putin rumor is that he is recovering from the flu

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Business Insider

The Telegraph: Vladimir Putin ‘in bed with a bad cold watching Crimea documentary’

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The Telegraph

Reuters: Kremlin declines to comment on report from ‘Dozhd’ on Putin’s absence from Moscow

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Reuters

Global Voices: Inside the Kremlin troll army machine; templates, guidelines, and paid posts

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Global Voices

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Putin says Moscow saved Yanukovych’s life

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Putin says Russia was prepared to raise nuclear readiness as Crimea crisis simmered

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Associated Press
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