Eastern Europe

France 24: Russia to invite Taliban to Afganistan talks on Oct. 20

Russia will invite the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan scheduled for Oct. 20 in Moscow, the Kremlin’s envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir …
France 24

RFE/RL: Anna Politkovskaya’s last interview

Anna Politkovskaya’s last interview was with RFE/RL’s Russian Service, just two days before she was gunned down in Moscow. The date of the interview, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Kremlin says NATO diplomatic expulsions undermine ties with Moscow

The Kremlin says that NATO’s expulsion of eight Russians from Moscow’s diplomatic mission to the alliance “almost completely” undermined any hope for …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wall Street Journal: Natural gas prices take wild ride after Putin comments

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was ready to work on stabilizing the global energy market, causing a sudden reversal in natural gas …
Wall Street Journal

Washington Post: Russia confines Siberian shaman to mental hospital for challenging Putin

Aleksandr Gabyshev, a member of Russia’s far eastern Yakut ethnic group and a practitioner of Siberian shamanism, has been indefinitely confined to a …
Washington Post

Associated Press: NATO expels 8 ‘undeclared’ Russian intelligence officers

BRUSSELS — NATO on Oct. 6 expelled eight members of Russia’s mission to the military alliance, saying that they were secretly working as intelligence …
Associated Press

Washington Post: Putin, a shop cleaner and a Monte Carlo mystery

Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery: Pandora Papers documents tie a woman allegedly in a secret, years-long relationship with …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Belarus says scores arrested for insulting KGB officer

Belarusian authorities say scores of people have been arrested for “insulting a government official” and other charges in connection with a police …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Russia’s Gazprom feels the heat over Europe’s red-hot gas prices

MOSCOW – Europe’s biggest gas firms say the continent’s top supplier Gazprom is fulfilling its long-term contracts yet the Russian energy giant …
Reuters

RFE/RL: 15 years after her murder, journalists say Politkovskaya’s fears have been realized

Natasha Zotova was in ninth grade when Anna Politkovskaya, a pathbreaking investigative journalist at the independent newspaper Novaya gazeta, was …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Migrant at Poland-Belarus border faces a wrenching decision

Along the eastern Poland border — The father had walked in circles in the rain-drenched Polish forest, cradling his sick daughter, delirious after …
New York Times

RFE/RL: West demands answers from Russia over Navalny poisoning

A group of 45 countries including the United States, Britain, and Germany have demanded at the global chemical weapons watchdog that Russia provide …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Russia investigates prison torture allegations after videos leaked

Russian authorities are investigating allegations of torture and rape in the prison system, after leaked videos appeared to show inmates being …
BBC

Associated Press: Russian paper shuts Belarus branch after journalist’s arrest

A popular Russian newspaper has shut down its branch in Belarus after one of its local staff was arrested in the wake of a shootout that left an …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Belarus opposition leader warns of border migration crisis

WARSAW, Poland — Belarus’ exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Oct. 6 urged the global community to stop a “humanitarian catastrophe” …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Belarusian colonel gets 2 years in prison after attending anti-Lukashenko rally

MINSK– A Belarusian court has sentenced a senior official at the Justice Ministry to two years in prison for taking part in an unsanctioned mass …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Hill: Fiona Hill says Trump was fixated on Putin, not Russia

Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official and White House adviser who served in the Trump administration, said former President Trump’s …
The Hill

Reuters: EU court adviser says Nord Stream 2 can challenge EU rules

BERLIN – Gazprom’s Swiss unit can challenge an EU gas rule that requires gas producers to be separate companies from those that control the pipeline, …
Reuters
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