Eastern Europe

The Moscow Times: Russian youth arrested for inflated duck sparks social media campaign

A yellow duck that landed a Russian opposition activist in jail this week has now taken center stage in a social media campaign to secure his …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russia says NATO’s missile shield has holes in it

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on March 1 that elements of NATO’s anti-missile system deployed in Poland, Romania and Alaska were like an …
Reuters

Voice of America: Putin – Russia tests new nuclear weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin said March 1 his military has tested several new nuclear weapons, including a cruise missile he said has an unlimited …
Voice of America

RFE/RL: Putin – Russia develops missiles to evade antimissile systems

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country has developed and successfully tested new nuclear weapons, including a nuclear-powered cruise …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Putin sees room for lower interest rates in Russia

President Vladimir Putin said on March 1 that there was room for lower interest rates in Russia as slowing inflation created extra opportunities to …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russia says rebels shell exit corridor in Syria’s Ghouta

The Russian military on March 1 accused Syria’s rebels of shelling a humanitarian corridor that Moscow set up with the Syrian government, offering …
Associated Press

BBC: Russia’s Putin vows to halve poverty in pre-election speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he intends to halve poverty in the country within the next six years, in his annual state of the nation …
BBC

The Atlantic: Are Mexico’s elections Russia’s next target?

Amid the political firestorm over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections here in the United States, it may have been easy to overlook the …
The Atlantic

RFE/RL: Russian activist’s jailing ‘intended to isolate him’ on election day

A Russian opposition activist who has been ordered jailed for 25 days says the sentence is intended to keep him out of action during the March 18 …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Fourth journalist accuses Russian deputy Slutsky of sexual harassment

A fourth journalist in Russia has stepped forward to accuse State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky of sexual harassment in a rare public outing reminiscent …
The Moscow Times

Financial Times: Russia’s economy – challenges facing Vladimir Putin

Judging by the opinion polls, Vladimir Putin is right not to bother campaigning actively for the March 18 presidential election: Russia’s largest …
Financial Times

Financial Times: Sberbank reports latest record profit for Russia’s biggest bank

Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, posted a whopping 38 percent rise in full-year net profits and a 22 percent year-on-year increase in the measure for …
Financial Times

Newsweek: Two members of Russia’s Pussy Riot disappear after protests in Crimea

Two members of Pussy Riot, the all-female Russian punk rock band from Moscow known for their provocative protest lyrics and colorful balaclavas, …
Newsweek

Reuters: Lost in translation? Kazakh leader bans cabinet from speaking Russian

ALMATY – Kazakhstan further loosened cultural ties with its former political masters in Moscow on Feb.27 when a ban on speaking Russian in cabinet …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says humanitarian aid will be delivered to Syria’s Ghouta

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Feb.27 that humanitarian aid would be delivered to Syria’s eastern Ghouta using a …
Reuters

RFE/RL: US to overtake Russia as top oil producer

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the United States will overtake Russia as the world’s biggest crude oil producer by 2019 at the latest, as …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wall Street Journal: In Syria, a Russian ex-commando dies in the shadows

Igor Kosoturov died as he fought: in the shadows. Word of the 45-year-old’s death on a distant Syrian battlefield earlier this month reached his …
Wall Street Journal

RFE/RL: At least 15 killed in fires across Russia

Separate fires at residential buildings and houses claimed at least 15 lives across Russia in the last 24 hours, local news agencies …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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