Eastern Europe

112.ua: IOC not lets Russian team march under their flag at Closing Ceremony

The International Olympic Committee has decided to ban Russian athletes from marching under their own flag at the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Russians commemorate slain Kremlin critic Nemtsov with demonstrations

Demonstrators marched in Russian cities on February 25 to commemorate slain Kremlin critic and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov. Read more …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Bach says Russian doping scandal did not stain Winter Olympics

The massive, state-linked Russian doping scandal didn’t stain the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said Sunday. Read more here.
Associated Press

The Guardian: Moscow mired in Syria as Putin’s gameplan risks a deadly ending

From his spot in the ruins of east Ghouta, Arif Othman sees the current phase of Syria’s war as brutally simple. The longer he holds out against …
The Guardian

Washington Post: US officials say Russian spies hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it

Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. …
Washington Post

Associated Press: Democrats release memo rebutting GOP on Russia probe

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after President Donald Trump blocked the full release of a classified Democratic memo, the House intelligence committee …
Associated Press

Reuters: TASS reports Russia calls for talks with US on North Korea

MOSCOW — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov called on Saturday for direct talks between the United States and Russia on North Korea, …
Reuters

The Times: President Putin relies on gigs and iPads to secure loyalty of Generation P

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers who have lived all their lives under President Putin’s rule are at the centre of an election battle that has …
The Times

Associated Press: EU and Russia Vie for Influence in Volatile Balkans Region

BELGRADE — For years, Russia has worked to gain influence in Southeast Europe, using Serbia as a foothold to establish a friendly pocket on a hostile …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Charged ‘Putin’s chef’ runs news sites along with troll army

MOSCOW — He’s been indicted in the U.S. for meddling in the 2016 presidential election with an army of trolls and his private military company has …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Ex-Trump aide pleads guilty, will cooperate in Russia probe

WASHINGTON — Rick Gates’ guilty plea to federal conspiracy and false-statements charges turns him from defendant to cooperating witness in the special …
Associated Press

Reuters: CAS reports Russian bobsledder Sergeeva admits anti-doping violation

PYEONGCHANG – Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva has admitted an anti-doping violation and has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics, the Court …
Reuters

Voice of America: Manafort, Gates choose divergent paths in response to Mueller probe

Under growing legal pressure from special counsel Robert Mueller, former Trump campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates took divergent paths …
Voice of America

Reuters: Russia says ready to vote for UN draft resolution on Syria

MOSCOW – Russia is ready to vote for a UN Security Council draft resolution on a ceasefire in Syria, local news agencies cited Foreign Minister Lavrov …
Reuters

Associated Press: Putin is heir to Russia’s long disinformation experience

MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin doesn’t tweet and he claims he doesn’t have a smartphone. At first sight, the Russian president’s reluctance to adopt the …
Associated Press

Bloomberg: Russians, bribes and spies raise the scandal bar for EU banking

Even for a country long accused of funneling dirty Russian funds into the European Union, Latvia’s latest banking scandal is a doozy. Read more here.
Bloomberg

RFE/RL: Argentina – Five arrests in Russian Embassy cocaine probe

Five suspected members of a drug trafficking ring were arrested in Argentina and Russia as part of a joint police investigation that was launched more …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Voice of America: Russian election meddling part of well-oiled propaganda machine

The Russian state has constructed a “full spectrum” propaganda machine, and its attempt to influence the 2016 U.S. election through social media is …
Voice of America
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