Eastern Europe

ColomboPage: Russian experts to arrive in Sri Lanka today to investigate Air Force plane crash

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interns

Forbes: Oil prices hurting Putin more than Ukraine crisis

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Forbes

Agence France-Presse: Baltic states spend big on defence as Russia buzzes borders

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Agence France-Presse

Associated Press: Russia reaches out to Europe’s far-right parties

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Associated Press

Russia’s payment card system to begin expanding abroad in 2016; to focus on EEU

The NPCS strategy envisions three stages: creation of an operational payment clearing center to process intra-Russian transactions using the cards …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: US’s Kerry, Russia’s Lavrov discuss Middle East, including Israel

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Reuters

Newsweek: Russia’s monuments keep getting graffitied with Ukrainian flags

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Newsweek

Reuters: Russia says will not follow US ‘diktat’ over missile treaty

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Reuters

Business Insider: Google pulls out of Russia

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Business Insider

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 3,000 Uzbek officers, cadets to get training in Russia

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Agence France-Presse: Ruble sinks to new lows despite rate hike

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Agence France-Presse

Bloomberg: Ruble slide to record on oil rout spurs Russia intervention bets

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Bloomberg

Reuters: Eastern Europe counts cost of a pipeline’s demise

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Reuters

CNBC: Google closes Russia office after Internet crackdown

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CNBC

Reuters: Lavrov says peace talks in Ukraine needed swiftly

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Reuters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia’s weak ruble pulls down neighbors’ currencies

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Russia celebrates Constitution, but few Russians know what it says

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The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russian ruble hits new low, stocks down at market opening

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Reuters
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