Eastern Europe

The Moscow Times: Russia successfully launches four US satellites into space

Russia’s multi-billion-dollar spaceport in the Far East has successfully launched 11 satellites into orbit, including 4 commercial U.S. satellites, in …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Fridman says hard to predict impact of oligarch list on Russia’s X5

Russian billionaire businessman Mikhail Fridman, a member of the supervisory board of X5 food retailer, said it was difficult to predict how his …
Reuters

Reuters: Kremlin- Russia to continue legal measures to fight Olympic bans

Moscow will continue taking legal measures to defend the Russian athletes banned from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russia says it thwarted presidential election day attack

Russia’s main intelligence agency says it has killed a suspected member of the Islamic State group who it says was plotting an attack on the country’s …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Putin names air force regiment after Estonia’s capital

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree naming the 23rd fighter aviation regiment the “Tallinn” regiment, after the capital of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Chiefs of three Russian intelligence agencies travel to Washington

The directors of Russia’s three main intelligence and espionage agencies all traveled to the U.S. capital in recent days, in what observers said was a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Russian security boss meets Algerian President Bouteflika

Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev has met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and heads of local secret services in Algiers, …
Reuters

The Atlantic: How not to design Russia sanctions

For months, Moscow waited for this report, churning with a mix of fear and preemptive righteous anger. The political and business elite knew that, on …
The Atlantic

Reuters: Democrats press Facebook, Twitter again to probe Russia links to Republican memo

WASHINGTON – Two senior US Democratic lawmakers on Jan.31 asked Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc to answer questions about the potential involvement of …
Reuters

EUobserver: Drums beat for new US and EU sanctions on Russia oligarchs

US publication of a new list of the Russian elite has “started the drumbeat” for additional sanctions on both sides of the Atlantic. Read more here.
EUobserver.com

Reuters: Russian spy chief met US officials in US last week – sources

WASHINGTON – Russia’s foreign spy chief, who is under U.S. sanctions, met last week outside Washington with U.S. intelligence officials, two U.S. …
Reuters

Huffington Post: Russia gets a pass in Trump’s State of the Union speech

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump avoided criticism of Russia in his State of the Union address on Jan. 30 night, despite facing multiple foreign …
Huffington Post

Reuters: Russian embassy – Russian spy chief visited United States

The director of Russia’s foreign intelligence service visited the United States for consultations with his U.S. counterparts, Russia’s embassy in …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov – Sochi congress agrees a constitutional committee

The Russian-sponsored conference on reaching peace in Syria agreed to create constitutional committee which will work in Geneva, TASS news agency …
Reuters

Associated Press: Putin – Russia list is a hostile move driven by Trump foes

Mixing irony with scorn, President Vladimir Putin on January 25 described a new list including Russian officials and tycoons under a U.S. sanctions …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: EU court says Russia violated rights of Bolotnaya protesters

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia violated the rights of three men who were jailed in connection with a protest on the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Rocky day for Syria talks in Russia – Lavrov heckled, opposition quits

A Syrian peace conference in Russia was marred by discord on January 30 after the Russian foreign minister was heckled, an opposition delegation …
Reuters

Reuters: EBRD sells 11 percent stake in Rosevrobank to Russia’s Sovcombank

MOSCOW – Russia’s Sovcombank said on Jan. 30 is has closed the deal to buy an 11 percent stake in Russia’s Rosevrobank from the European Bank for …
Reuters
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