Eastern Europe

Medvedev signs order on recapitalization of VTB with 100 bln rubles from NWF

The Finance Ministry was ordered to recapitalize VTB before the end of the year. The period of the deposit is 30 years, the rate is inflation +1% per …
Interfax-Ukraine

Bloomberg: Putin rival Navalny given suspended sentence as protest planned

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Bloomberg

The Moscow Times: Prominent Russians say duped into speaking in anti-Navalny video

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The Moscow Times

Reuters: Kremlin critic Navalny given suspended sentence, brother jailed

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Reuters

Business Insider: Russians are instagramming pictures of caviar with the hashtag ‘whatcrisis’

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Business Insider

The Moscow Times: Verdict against Kremlin critic Navalny abruptly moved to December 30

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The Moscow Times

BBC: Russia shows first sign of recession

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BBC

Reuters: Russian government allocates $110 million for arms exporters

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Reuters

Reuters: Russian economy suffers first major contraction since 2009

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Reuters

The Moscow Times: Putin’s tiger sent to Russian ‘rehabilitation’ center’ for killing dogs

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The Moscow Times

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russian hunt for ‘dangerous’ meat

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Putin’s rate wish echoed by market stirs skeptics

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Bloomberg

Agence France-Presse: Ruble fall creates turbulence for Russian airlines

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Agence France-Presse

Jewish Business News: Russian opposition politician adopts Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s ‘last word’ genre at trial

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Jewish Business News

The Korea Times: Russia seeks to raise its language profile in North Korea

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Korea Times

The New York Times: As crisis saps economy, Belarus replaces premier

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interns

New York Times: Facebook is not the public square

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interns

Euronews: Russian shoppers improvise as crisis hits holiday period

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interns
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