Eastern Europe

The Moscow Times: Moscow mayor approves memorial for Boris Nemtsov

Moscow officials have approved a request to install a plaque in honor of slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on the third anniversary of his …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russia’s Otkritie Bank calls for more central bank backing

Otkritie Bank needs more capital from the central bank despite an $8 billion rescue package last year, the Russian lender’s new chief executive …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Moscow cinema fined for showing Stalin comedy

A movie theater in Moscow has been fined 100,000 rubles ($1,750) for showing the banned satirical film The Death Of Stalin. Russia’s Culture Ministry …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Kremlin critic Navalny held, then released ahead of Russian election

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was briefly detained by police on February 22 and accused of organizing illegal protests, weeks ahead of a …
Reuters

Financial Times: UAE energy minister-Opec co-operation with Russia is ‘new norm’

The UAE’s energy minister reaffirmed that Opec countries alone would not balance supply and demand in the event of another price crash, adding that …
Financial Times

Washington Post: Sweden is taking on Russian meddling ahead of fall elections. The White House might take note.

Hundreds of local election workers have been trained to spot and resist foreign influence. The country’s biggest media outlets have teamed up to …
Washington Post

Police free Navalny after charging him with administrative offense

Opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been charged with an administrative offense and released from a police department, Anti-Corruption Foundation …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Russian activist jailed over March 2017 protest

A Russian activist charged with attacking a police officer during an anti-government protest in March 2017 has been sentenced to one year in prison. A …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Russian opposition leader Navalny detained

Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny says he has been detained by police in Moscow. Navalny wrote on Twitter on February 22 that police …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wall Street Journal: Russia’s biggest chopper manufacturer woos Middle East, Asian buyers

Russia’s tightly controlled defense industry is usually off limits for foreign investors. But the Kremlin has offered up shares in its top helicopter …
Wall Street Journal

Amnesty International: Human rights situation in Russia gets worse in 2017

The human rights situation in Russia got worse in 2017, Amnesty International said in its annual report, which was released on February …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Russian media regulator blocks website backed by Khodorkovsky

Russia’s media regulator has blocked a website backed by former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the latest media site to be …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Lavrov vows close Russia-Serbia ties despite EU ambitions

During a visit to Belgrade, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed Serbia’s drive to join the European Union but also vowed that Moscow would …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Kremlin rejects allegations Russia behind civilian deaths in Syria’s Ghouta

The Kremlin said on Feb. 21 that Western allegations the Russian Air Force was responsible for civilian deaths in the rebel-held district of eastern …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Russia’s feminists work to smash the taboo

In a quiet coffee shop in central Moscow, a small group of women are speaking in hushed, urgent tones. Nothing about these women in their early …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: Moscow – US-Russia ties will be difficult to repair

Russia says it would be “very difficult” to improve relations with the United States, which have plummeted to levels not seen since the Cold War amid …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Financial Times: Russia says ‘several dozen’ of its citizens wounded in US air strike on Syria

Russia’s foreign ministry says that “several dozen” Russian and former USSR citizens were wounded in a US air strike in Syria, the first official …
Financial Times

BBC: Facebook ads boss in fake news Twitter storm

Facebook’s vice-president of adverts has been criticised for tweeting that Russian-bought ads had not been designed to sway the US election. Rob …
BBC
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