Eastern Europe

New York Post: Indictment details how ‘Putin’s chef’ spent millions on election meddling

The feds dropped a bombshell on the White House Friday, revealing the indictments of 13 Russians — one a close pal of Vladimir Putin — for sabotaging …
New York Post

Yahoo! News: Apology comes from Russian doping whistleblower, not Putin

After years of investigations, allegations and a full-on ban from the International Olympic Committee, the world has finally been issued an …
Yahoo! News

New York Post: Russians staged pro-Trump, anti-Clinton rallies across US

Russian trolls staged pro-Trump and anti-Clinton rallies across the country in an effort to disrupt the 2016 election, Friday’s federal indictment …
New York Post

Reuters: Merkel believes Nord Stream 2 poses no energy security threat

BERLIN – Germany and Poland have different views on the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Berlin does not believe it poses a …
Reuters

Bloomberg: A Russian oligarch walks away from his $8 billion empire

In 1998, Sergey Galitskiy opened a small grocery in his hometown of Krasnodar, 800 miles south of Moscow. Over the next two decades he expanded that …
Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Netanyahu to follow Putin in Munich wake-up call to the West

A decade ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin chose the West’s annual security conference in Munich to say “what I really think” about the US …
Bloomberg

Reuters: Kremlin says no new information on Russians killed in Syria

MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Feb.16 it had no new information about Russian military contractors killed in Syria, after Reuters reported on that …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Putinism with human faces

One opposition candidate for the Russian presidency spent last week campaigning — in the United States — with a message that often sounded …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Financial Times: Russia admits nationals killed in US Syria air strike

Five Russian nationals are believed to have been killed in a recent US air strike in Syria, the first known loss of Russian life resulting from US …
Financial Times

Washington Post: Russia used mainstream media to manipulate American voters

Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 presidential election relied heavily on stories produced by major American news sources to shape the …
Washington Post

UNIAN: Kremlin deems blame for NotPetya cyber attack on Ukraine `Russophobia`

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has nothing to do with cyber attacks on Ukraine with the use of the NotPetya ransomware. “We …
UNIAN

RFE/RL: Moscow – Five Russian soldiers may have been killed in US strikes in Syria

The Russian Foreign Ministry says that five Russians who were not military personnel may have been killed in a clash with U.S.-led forces in Syria …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Moscow says has evidence of Western meddling in Russian election

Moscow has tangible evidence of “the destructive interference of some Western countries” in Russia’s domestic affairs ahead of a presidential election …
Reuters

Reuters: Russian fund builds investors pool for Saudi Aramco IPO

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has pledged to set up a “significant” pool of investors for the potential $100 billion initial public …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Navalny website blocked in Russia dispute over ‘Rybkagate’ report

Internet service providers in Russia have begun blocking access to opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s website following an order from the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Journalist escapes deportation, leaves Russia for third country

Journalist Ali Feruz, who for months faced the prospect of deportation from Russia to Uzbekistan, is on his way to a third country after court rulings …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Half of Russia’s presidential candidates report false income

Four out of eight candidates registered in Russia’s presidential elections next month are believed to have misreported their income to election …
The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times: Russian state channel urged to postpone Oliver Stone’s Putin doc until after elections

Russia’s top election official has asked one of the country’s most-watched networks to postpone Oliver Stone’s four-part “Putin Interviews” until …
The Moscow Times
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