Eastern Europe

Financial Times: Wrecking ball swings through Russia’s private banks

At the start of 2017, half the banks in Russia’s top 10 by assets were privately owned — no mean feat when the state sector makes up 70 percent of the …
Financial Times

RFE/RL: Who’s on the list? Russia’s elite nervous about new US sanctions

There’s a chill settling in over Moscow, and it’s not just the arctic temperatures that typically smother the Russian capital in January. As U.S. …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Russia’s Sberbank says 2017 net profit rose to $11.9 billion

Russia’s largest lender Sberbank said on January 15 its net profit rose 35 percent to 674.12 billion roubles ($11.94 billion) in 2017 under Russian …
Reuters

Guardian: RAF fighters intercept two Russian bombers near UK airspace

The RAF has been scrambled to intercept two long-range Russian bombers over the North Sea. The Tupolev Tu-160s, known to NATO as Blackjacks, were …
Guardian

BBC: Russia knife attack – Twelve hurt at Perm school

Eleven children and a teacher were wounded in Russia when a knife fight broke out at a school in Perm, a city 1,000km (620 miles) east of Moscow. The …
BBC

The Moscow Times: Russian environmentalist’s beating tied to Medvedev’s alleged mansion

A prominent environmental activist may have been beaten late last month for documenting the illegal construction of a mansion linked to Russian Prime …
The Moscow Times

EurActiv: EU more dependent on Russian gas than ever, despite bid to diversify

Despite repeatedly vowing to reduce its energy dependency on Moscow, Europe is more reliant on Russian gas than ever before – and there are few signs …
EurActiv.com

RFE/RL: Lavrov accuses Trump of trying to undermine Iran nuclear accord

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of trying to undermine the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Russian schoolchildren injured in knife attack

More than a dozen schoolchildren and at least one teacher were injured in a reported knife attack in the Russian city of Perm. Read more here.
The Moscow Times

Business Insider: Meet Sergey Kislyak, the longtime Russian diplomat at the center of the FBI’s Russia investigation

Sergey Kislyak, the former Russian Ambassador to the US and alleged spy, has been at the center of the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s interference …
Business Insider

Politico: Congress tries to cool partisan fever on Russia

Top Russia investigators in Congress are straining to salvage some bipartisan cooperation amid acrimony that has come to threaten the credibility of …
POLITICO

Reuters: Pro-Russian Czech president faces challenge from newcomer in runoff election

PRAGUE – Russia-friendly Czech President Milos Zeman won the first round of voting to retain his job on Saturday, but pro-western runner-up Jiri …
Reuters

Daily Mail: Russia planned to dope their own team at 2018 World Cup

Russia doped all its international football teams, with the Russian sports minister instructing that the players should never be caught testing …
Daily Mail

Yahoo News: ‘Very high level of confidence’ Russia used Kaspersky software for devastating NSA leaks

Three months after U.S. officials asserted that Russian intelligence used popular antivirus company Kaspersky to steal U.S. classified information, …
Yahoo! News

Associated Press: 4 years on in Sochi, cocktails replace steroid samples

SOCHI — Would you drink a sample from the Sochi doping lab? Read more here
Associated Press

New York Post: Russia claims the US is messing with its elections

Turnabout is fair play when it comes to accusations of election meddling. Read more here
New York Post

Deutsche Welle: Russian soccer club Spartak Moscow under fire for ‘racist’ tweet

Russian soccer champion Spartak Moscow has been accused of racism after a tweet which appeared to refer to its black players as “chocolates.” …
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: Spartak Moscow posts ‘racist’ tweet about its own players

MOSCOW – Russian soccer champion Spartak Moscow has been accused of racism after tweeting a message which appeared to refer to its own black players …
Associated Press
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