Eastern Europe

Associated Press: Moscow court refuses to lift Navalny’s house arrest

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Associated Press

Reuters: No plans for Raiffeisen bank to leave Russia, CEO says

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Reuters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: New index ranks 178 countries by economic freedom

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Russian spy’s London death still a mystery eight years later

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Bloomberg

Reuters: Market reaction muted after S&P drops Russia to ‘junk’

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Reuters

PACE supports proposal to restore Russian delegation’s voting rights – Pushkov

“I have been told that the committee has supported Shennah’s proposal [PACE Monitoring Committee Chairman Stefan Shennah],” he said. Pushkov read out …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia announces anti-crisis plan after rating downgrade

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Associated Press

Russian watchdog lifts some bans on German poultry, imposes new ones

The service said restrictions had been lifted on supplies from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorprommen, and the administrative districts of Osnabruck, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Bloomberg: Russian stocks retreat at open after Standard & Poor’s cut; ruble strengthens

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Bloomberg

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: How Syriza’s win could change EU policy on Russia

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Russia leads emerging-stock decline on Ukraine as ruble plunges

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Bloomberg

Reuters: US charges three in alleged Russian spy ring in New York

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Reuters

New York Times: Falling oil, sanctions push S&P to cut Russia’s debt to junk

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New York Times

The Guardian: Russia downgraded to junk status for first time in decade

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The Guardian

The Moscow Times: As crisis hits, Russians build vacation homes

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The Moscow Times

České Noviny: Blacklisted Russian Yakunin is at Holocaust conference in Prague

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České Noviny

Belarus to de-Russify schools, ready to defend against invasion

Belarus Education Minister Mikhail Zhuravkov has said that, considering the large number of Russian-speaking citizens in the country, the process …
Victoria Petrenko

Reuters: Poland criticizes bilateral trade deals with Moscow after French accord

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Reuters
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