Eastern Europe

Moscow Times: News from Russia -what you missed over the weekend

Orthodox Christmas President Vladimir Putin attended a midnight service at the Church of Saints Simeon and Anna in St. Petersburg on January 6, the …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russia rejects 1.4 billion euro EU sanctions claim in WTO dispute

Russia said on January 8 it would contest efforts by the European Union to impose 1.39 billion euros ($1.67 billion) in trade sanctions over a World …
Reuters

Washington Post: Russia has been meddling in foreign elections for decades. Has it made a difference?

Russian interference in the 2016 election has gotten an enormous amount of U.S. media attention. But Russia has been intervening in foreign elections …
Washington Post

The Hill: NATO, Russia to hold high-level meeting later this month

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set to hold talks with top Russian military commanders later this month, the first such high-level …
The Hill

112.ua: Russian air base in Syria second time in a week attacked by drones

The airfield of the Russian airbase Khmeimim in the Syrian province of Latakia was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles of unknown origin. This is …
112.ua

Express.co.uk: Russia launched ‘full-scale war’ simulation against Nato

General Riho Terras said the Zapad (or ‘West’) exercises that were held last year were used to simulate a large-scale conflict with the US-led …
Express.co.uk

112.ua: Russia can leave WTO in case of satisfaction of EU suit

Russia can withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO) in case of satisfying the EU’s claim to claw back from the Russian Federation 1.39 billion …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Top White House aide says Russia looks to influence Mexico vote

A senior White House official says the Kremlin has launched a sophisticated campaign to influence Mexico’s 2018 presidential election, a video …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Xinhua: Russia records five ceasefire breaches in Syria in past 24 hours

Russia registered five violations in two Syrian provinces over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on January 7. The breaches were …
Xinhua

Agence France-Presse: Church leader calls on Russians to vote in March election

MOSCOW – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill on Sunday called on Russians to vote in upcoming presidential elections expected to …
Agence France-Presse

CNN: Rescuers say airstrikes kill 17 civilians in Syrian rebel-held area

At least 17 civilians in the Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta were killed and dozens more injured in a day of airstrikes, a rescue group and war …
CNN

Independent: Military commander says Russia ‘simulated full-scale war’ against NATO

Russian war games held last September “simulated a large-scale military attack against NATO,” the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces has …
The Independent

RFE/RL: ‘Youngest Soviet defector’ tells his tale nearly 40 years later

Wife, two kids, house in the suburbs of Chicago, job as an office manager for the last 20 years. The life of Volodymyr, or Walter, Polovchak sounds …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Russia thwarts drone attack on Hmeimim airbase

Russian forces have foiled a drone attack on an airbase in Syria just days after reports that rebel shelling had damaged several planes, activists …
BBC

Associated Press: Syrian forces eye rebel-held province after defeat of IS

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country’s north, forcing …
Associated Press

RE/RL: Putin attends services in St. Petersburg as Orthodox churches worldwide celebrate Christmas

Russian President Vladimir Putin helped usher in the Orthodox Christmas at services at the Church of Saints Simeon and Anna in St. Petersburg. Read …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Financial Times: Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina talks prison and protest

Maria Alyokhina is the closest thing modern-day Russia has to a rock star. And the diminutive 29-year old, clad in black with mousy blonde hair …
Financial Times

Stop Fake: French President will introduce a law against the spread of ‘fake news’

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will introduce a law against the spread of ‘fake news’ in order to “protect democratic life”. The …
Stop Fake
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