Eastern Europe

Reuters: Lavrov, Tillerson discuss north Syria situation

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the Syrian conflict in a telephone call, in …
Reuters

Reuters: Russian energy minister says determined to take this output cut agreement to the end

MUSCAT – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday oil producing countries are determined to take this output cut agreement to the …
Reuters

BBC: Putin cast as national saviour ahead of Russia election

Long presented as the bare-chested, macho leader who defends Russia against the West, President Vladimir Putin now has a rather more mystical image in …
BBC

Reuters: Minister says Russia, US likely to discuss North Korea in Moscow

MOSCOW – Diplomats from Russia and the United States are likely to hold their next round of consultations on North Korea in Moscow on a date yet to be …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Ax-wielding teen injures 7 at Siberian school

A teenage student at a school in southeastern Siberia has attacked a group of younger students with an ax, injuring at least six other people before …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Deutsche Welle: Twitter admits Russia-linked troll accounts more widespread than first feared

Twitter has identified over 1,000 more accounts tied to the Internet Research Agency, widely considered to be a Kremlin-linked “troll farm.” Twitter …
Deutsche Welle

Politico: Russian court rejects opposition leader Navalny’s election complaint

The Russian Constitutional Court on Friday refused to review a complaint by opposition leader Alexei Navalny against the ban on him running in this …
POLITICO

Financial Times: Moscow creates bank to help it avoid US sanctions

Moscow is creating a bank that the Kremlin will use to finance its defence industry in a manoeuvre that will help it avoid new US sanctions. Read more …
Financial Times

Associated Press: Russia loses handball medal after 3 players fail drug tests

VIENNA — Russia was stripped of a European handball medal Friday after three players were banned for doping. Read more here
Associated Press

112.ua: First tanker with Russian gas for US turns around in Atlantics

Tanker Gaselys of French company Engie that had been delivering Russian liquified natural gas to Boston has turned around in the Atlantic Ocean one …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Russian trolls found amplifying US Republican charge against FBI

Russian trolls have helped create a big swell of support online for a move by U.S. Republicans to force the release of a classified document that they …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Twitter to notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during US elections

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), which is reviewing Russian interference during the 2016 U.S. elections, said on Friday it would notify some of its users whether …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says US trying to form ‘alternative bodies of authority’ in Syria

UNITED NATIONS – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Jan.19 that the United States, despite denying setting up local forces in northern …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Russia calls BuzzFeed a ‘tool of US intelligence’ after bank leaks

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has accused BuzzFeed of being a “tool of American intelligence services” after the news organization published an article …
The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times: Russia refuses to join deal banning nuclear weapons

Russia will not join the world’s first nuclear disarmament deal, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a UN Security Council meeting on Jan. 18. Read …
The Moscow Times

New York Times: Rising oil prices buoy Russia’s economy, despite sanctions

MOSCOW — In Russia, as in Texas and other energy-dependent regions around the globe, a rising tide (of oil) lifts all boats. Read more here.
New York Times

Reuters: Russia accuses Washington of leaking diplomats’ bank details

Russia’s foreign ministry on January 18 accused U.S. officials of leaking to the media confidential financial details of Russian diplomats working in …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia starts shipping S-400 air defense missile system to China

Russia has started delivering its S-400 surface-to-air missile system to China under the terms of a contract signed in 2014, the TASS news agency …
Reuters
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