Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: Pandora leak again brings up a familiar Russian name

His face can be seen in grainy photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Dresden days as a Soviet KGB officer, and his name — Sergei Chemezov …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: In Iraq Kurdish town, many undertake smuggling route to Europe via Belarus

SHILADZE – Despite the risk of getting stranded in Europe or perishing on the way there, scores of people from a single town in Iraq’s Kurdish region …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russian rights defender shares shocking videos on prison ‘torture machine’

A prominent Russian human rights defender says his team has obtained a large batch of videos that he claims show prison inmates being tortured by …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: ‘Get vaccinated’, says Kremlin as Russia’s COVID-19 cases hit highest in months

MOSCOW – The Kremlin on Oct. 4 implored people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, calling it the only way to stop the virus’ spread, as Russian …
Reuters

CBC News: With its latest rocket launch, Russia strives to shoot first movie in space

Long before Russia’s Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft got set to launch from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 5, the country’s latest mission was a …
CBC News

CNN: How Kremlin responded to Putin’s links to Pandora Papers

CNN’s Bianna Golodryga speaks with International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) director Gerard Ryle after the ICIJ released the …
CNN

RFE/RL: Siberian activist says he fled Russia to avoid prison

A well-known opposition activist in the Siberian city of Barnaul says he has left Russia after the authorities launched criminal investigations into …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Politico: Belarus parliament blocks returning migrants

The parliament of Belarus on October 4 passed legislation allowing the country to refuse to take back migrants from the EU. Read more here.  
POLITICO

Al Jazeera: Russia dismisses leaks implicating Putin

Russia has dismissed revelations leaked in the Pandora Papers as “unsubstantiated claims” after an investigation by a media consortium shone a light …
Al Jazeera

Washington Post: US sanctions take a hidden toll on Russian oligarchs

As U.S. sanctions bit into Russia’s billionaire class in 2018, an accounting firm in Singapore issued a secret appraisal of a $200 million debt owed …
Washington Post

Associated Press: Russia test-fires new hypersonic missile from submarine

A prospective Russian hypersonic missile has been successfully test-fired from a nuclear submarine for the first time, the military said on October …
Associated Press

Reuters: Poland seeks to bolster border with new tech amid migrant influx

WARSAW – Poland plans to strengthen its border with a system of motion sensors and cameras, modelling it on the Greek border with Turkey, its interior …
Reuters

RFE/RL: The undoing of the USSR

On Dec. 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Its collapse was gradual and, some would say, even inevitable. Here are some …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Belarusian parliament suspends readmission agreement with EU

MINSK – The Belarusian House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Belarussian parliament, has passed a bill suspending the readmission …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Authorities reveal where anti-Putin shaman is being forcibly confined

Russian authorities have finally revealed to which clinic Yakut shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev was transferred after a court ordered him to be confined to …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Russian gas pipeline exports to Europe (Factbox)

European gas prices surged to record highs in the face of tight supplies while Russia exports gas largely under pre-contracted volumes without adding …
Reuters

RFE/RL: One of Romania’s richest men dies in plane crash

A light aircraft carrying Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu and his family crashed into an empty office building near Milan, killing all eight on …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

CNN: Lukashenko tries to turn the tables in combative interview

Minsk, Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko must be familiar by now with the sound of people who disagree with him. The Belarusian capital of Minsk was …
CNN
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