Eastern Europe

Reuters: OPEC’s Barkindo says has Putin’s word Russia won’t flood oil market

LONDON – OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo told CNBC on Feb.13 he has President Vladimir Putin’s word that Russia will not flood the oil …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia says hackers stole more than $17 million from its banks in 2017

MAGNITOGORSK, Russia – Hackers stole more than 1 billion roubles ($17 million) from Russian banks using the Cobalt Strike security-testing tool in …
Reuters

Reuters: Novak says oil companies, state yield $43 billion from OPEC deal

Russian oil companies and the state budget have gained around $43 billion (30.99 billion pounds) so far thanks to a deal with OPEC to cut oil …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russian lawmaker Klintsevich resigns Defense Committee post

A prominent Russian lawmaker has resigned from his post as deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s defense committee, saying unnamed …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Russia plane crash – Who were the victims?

Two women who have lost their mother in the plane crash near Moscow are worried their little sister may be taken in to care. Yekaterina, 20 and …
BBC

RFE/RL: US Embassy in Moscow to get new address?

Looking for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow could prove confusing in the near future. City authorities in the Russian capital are set to consider a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Antonov reports An-148 plane that crashed near Moscow had service life until 2020

A Russian An-148-100V plane that crashed in Moscow region on Feb.11 had a service life until 2020, and the aircraft was serviced by the Russian …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Workers find both data recorders at Russian plane crash site

MOSCOW — Tramping through snowy fields outside Moscow, emergency workers found both flight data recorders from a crashed Russian airliner as they …
Associated Press

CNN: Russia plane crash responders find 200 body parts

Moscow – Emergency workers have found around 200 body parts strewn across a snowy field near Moscow at the site of a Russian plane crash that killed …
CNN

Associated Press: Dutch foreign minister admits lying about meeting with Putin

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a potentially damaging admission on the eve of his first visit to Russia as a member of the Dutch government, Foreign …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Tough conditions hamper work at Russian plane-crash site

Searchers at the grim site of a crash that killed all 71 passengers and crew on a flight from Moscow to the Urals are hunting for clues in the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Moscow Times: Moscow cancels Maslenitsa festivities, declares day of mourning after plane crash

Moscow authorities have canceled traditional festivities that mark the last week before Lent following February 11’s deadly plane crash outside the …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russia hunts for body fragments, clues after fatal plane crash

Emergency workers in Russia searched snow-covered fields outside Moscow on February 12, looking for body fragments and clues after a fatal plane crash …
Reuters

No survivors in An-148 crash, rescue operation over

There are no survivors in the Antonov An-148 crash in the Moscow region, and the operation’s status has changed from rescue to search, Russian …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Interfax reports Putin urges Netanyahu to avoid escalation in Syria

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone call on …
Reuters

BBC: Russia jet carrying 71 people crashes after Moscow take-off

A Russian passenger plane has crashed after leaving Moscow’s Domodedovo airport with 71 people on board. Read more here
BBC

UNIAN: Media report largest unmanned vessel is a perfect weapon to kill Russian submarines

An official who worked on the project noted that the ship represents something of a shift in philosophy for the U.S. Navy. Read more here
UNIAN

Washington Post: Russian news agencies say passenger plane with 71 aboard crashes near Moscow

A passenger plane with 71 people aboard crashed Sunday outside Moscow, Russian news agencies reported. Read more here
Washington Post
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