Eastern Europe

Reuters: Merkel urges Bulgaria to seek new talks with Putin on South Stream

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Reuters

Bloomberg: Russian industrial output unexpectedly drops amid ruble debacle

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg: Ruble tumbles past 60 per dollar as traders press central bank

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia detains suspects after Lenin monument painted Ukrainian colors

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Report says Uzbek migrants returning from Russia quizzed over jihad fears

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The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russian arms sales soared in 2013, bucking global slowdown

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Reuters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: FSB names former Russian spy in Estonia

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Euronews: Protesters in Moscow take to the streets against the city’s education and health cuts (VIDEO)

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Reuters: Russian rights group’s offices torched, members detained in Chechnya

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Reuters

Reuters: Sweden says Russian military jet in near-crash with passenger plane

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Reuters

Reuters: EU’s Russia debate a challenge for top diplomat Mogherini

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Reuters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russian human rights group under pressure in Chechnya

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Observer: President of Lithuania gets punk’d after declaring Russia a ‘state’

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New York Observer

Financial Times: Swedish jet changes course to avoid colliding with Russian aircraft

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Financial Times

BBC: Russia’s French Christmas tree diplomacy

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BBC

The Associated Press: Russia denies another near miss in Baltic skies

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Associated Press

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russian military jet nearly collides with passenger plane

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

ZIK: Medvedev urges Russians to tighten belts and see what happens

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ZIK
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