Eastern Europe

Bloomberg: Putin critics are advising the US on its new oligarchs list

Some of Vladimir Putin’s longest-standing critics have found what they hope will be a new tool to pressure his regime: They’re giving the U.S. …
Bloomberg

Reuters: Intelligence sources say North Korea exported coal to South and Japan via Russia

PARIS/LONDON/MOSCOW – North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of U.N. …
Reuters

Reuters: Trump tells Russian news agency he hopes for dialogue with Moscow

MOSCOW – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 26 he hoped for dialogue with Moscow, Russia’s TASS news agency cited him as saying. Read more …
Reuters

Reuters: Facebook says Russian agents created 129 US election events

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc said Russian agents created 129 events on the social media network during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, …
Reuters

Reuters: UK defense minister says Russia looking to cause thousands of deaths in Britain

LONDON – Britain’s defense minister warned that Russia was looking to damage the British economy by attacking its infrastructure, a move he said could …
Reuters

Associated Press: Activist in Russian region of Chechnya kept behind bars

A court in Chechnya has ruled to keep a human rights activist in custody despite strong international criticism of his arrest. The court in Grozny on …
Associated Press

Bloomberg: Putin family split offers peek at secret dealings of Russia Inc.

During his courtship and marriage, Kirill Shamalov catapulted into the ranks of the super-rich with a little help from some of the closest allies of …
Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Russia offers cryptos legal cover as central bank dissents

Russia’s Finance Ministry published draft legislation to regulate operations using cryptocurrencies, putting it at odds with the central bank’s …
Bloomberg

Associated Press: Moscow movie theater shows Stalin film, defies official ban

A Moscow movie theater has shown a satirical film about Soviet leader Josef Stalin despite an official ban. The Culture Ministry has rescinded the …
Associated Press

Reuters: Putin hails new bomber as a boost to Russia’s nuclear forces

KAZAN, Russia – President Vladimir Putin praised a newly-built supersonic strategic bomber on Jan. 25 after watching it in flight, saying it would …
Reuters

Reuters: US quizzes Moscow at WTO over ‘made in Russia’ laws

GENEVA – The United States wants Russia to explain how laws giving priority to the purchase of domestically produced goods can comply with World Trade …
Reuters

Xinhua: Russia’s Lavrov warns Tillerson against escalation of tensions on Korean Peninsula

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson against the escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula …
Xinhua

Reuters: NBC reports CIA director interviewed in special counsel’s Russia probe

WASHINGTON – CIA Director Mike Pompeo has been questioned by the special counsel’s office investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. …
Reuters

RFE/RL: At European court, Navalny accuses Russia of political persecution

Opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has told the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that his repeated arrests at the hands of the Russian …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Washington Post: New chemical attacks reported in Syria, and Trump administration blames Russia

LONDON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson blamed Russia on Jan. 23 for failing to rein in poison gas attacks on Syrian civilians amid a spike in …
Washington Post

112.ua: PACE Ad Hoc Committee hosts Russian delegates at closed-door session

The ad hoc committee of PACE hosted the first session, where MPs discussed changing rules and procedures of the Assembly. Russian delegates were also …
112.ua

Reuters: We are the champions – basketball film wows Russians before election

A Russian film about a Soviet Cold War sports victory over the United States has broken box office records months before a presidential election by …
Reuters

The Daily Beast: Was this Russian general murdered over the Steele dossier?

The notorious dossier on Trump that Republicans want to discredit may well have been credible enough in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eyes to get …
The Daily Beast
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