Eastern Europe

Forbes: Russia’s central bank buying gold isn’t quite what you think it is

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Forbes

Deutsche Welle: Germany frees Russian spy

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Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Lavrov accuses West of seeking ‘regime change’ in Russia

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Reuters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Gorbachev to discuss Merkel’s views with Putin

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

CNN: NATO jets scrambled more than 400 times this year for Russian intercepts

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CNN

Reuters: Putin’s high approval ratings not real, says Pussy Riot

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Reuters

Bloomberg Businessweek: NATO jets monitor Russian plane over Baltic, Latvia says

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Putin, Nazarbayev discuss Ukraine on phone

“Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at Kazakhstan’s initiative. They continued exchanging opinions …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Merkel aide raps Russia after report on aid to Ukraine rebels

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Reuters

Forbes: Could Russia’s new nuclear weapons win World War III?

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Forbes

Reuters: Ex-finance minister warns Putin against populism, conservatism

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Reuters

Second Mistral-class ship built by France for Russia floated out

“The helicopter carrier Sevastopol was floated out at 3 a.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 21,” the source said. On Thursday, Nov. 20, the first …
Interfax-Ukraine

BBC: Can Russia and the West reconcile? (VIDEO)

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BBC

Bloomberg: How to become a Russian billionaire with no help from the Kremlin

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Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal: Talks between Russia’s VTB Capital and Italy’s Cavalli group die

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Wall Street Journal

Daily Mail: Chelsea Handler compares her chest to Vladimir Putin’s

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Daily Mail

Los Angeles Times: In Russia, early African American migrants found the good life

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Los Angeles Times

Associated Press: NATO says Russian activity in Baltic region poses risk

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Associated Press
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