Eastern Europe

New York Post: Report reads ex-Trump aide’s drunken gossip was key to Russia probe

A former Trump campaign aide who took a guilty plea in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe was the linchpin of the FBI’s investigation of …
New York Post

Reuters: Agencies say Russia says detains organizer of St. Petersburg supermarket blast

MOSCOW – Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday that the individual who organized and carried out a bombing that injured 13 people in a St. …
Reuters

Reuters: Sources say Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea

LONDON/MOSCOW – Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, …
Reuters

UNIAN: SBU exposes Russian origin of recent hacker attacks on governmental, infrastructural information systems

The SBU officers prevented systematic attempts to inflict information systems on a number of state institutions and agencies, regional bodies of local …
UNIAN

Politico: Russian court backs election ban on opposition leader Navalny

Russia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by opposition leader Alexei Navalny against his ban on running in next year’s presidential …
POLITICO

Putin again snubs Ukraine in Christmas and New Year greetings

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent season’s greetings on Dec. 30 to most of the leaders of states neighboring Russia, and to the heads of state of …
Euan MacDonald

Reuters: Russian supreme court approves ban against opposition leader Navalny from 2018 presidential election

MOSCOW – Russia’s Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed an appeal by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a decision by the country’s …
Reuters

UNIAN: Russian navy deploys over 40 vessels in occupied Crimea

In the occupied Crimea’s naval base of Sevastopol on December 28, more than 40 naval crews of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet held military exercises related …
UNIAN

Associated Press: Putin voices hope for cooperation with US in letter to Trump

MOSCOW — In a New Year telegram to U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says a constructive dialogue between the two …
Associated Press

The Guardian: Australian air force put on alert after Russian long-range bombers headed south

An Australian air force base was put on alert while Russian strategic bombers conducted exercises in neutral waters off Indonesia, a move experts said …
The Guardian

Deutsche Welle: Russia’s bitcoin expert Pavel Lerner freed after kidnapping

Russian IT expert Pavel Lerner, the head of a UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange, was freed after unknown assailants kidnapped him in Ukraine. The …
Deutsche Welle

RFE/RL: Putin signs law allowing expansion of Russian naval facility in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying an agreement enabling Russia to expand operations at its naval facility in the Syrian port …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Turkey says will get two missile batteries from Russia in 2020

ANKARA – Turkey will buy two S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries from Russia under an accord signed on Friday, with the first delivery planned for …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russia to limit US military surveillance flights over Russia next year

Russia plans to limit US military reconnaissance flights over Russian territory under the Open Skies Treaty starting Jan. 1 in response to limits on …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Russian activist beaten, hospitalized after documenting illegal construction

Unknown assailants have severely beaten and hospitalized an environmental activist in Russia’s southwestern city of Krasnodar after he filmed illegal …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Russia sentences financier, Magnitsky advocate to prison

MOSCOW — A Moscow court has sentenced the financier who has advocated for a US law targeting Russian officials over human rights abuses to nine years …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Facebook says Kadyrov’s social-media accounts blocked due to US sanctions

Facebook says it blocked the social-media accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov because the Kremlin-backed Chechen leader had become subject to financial and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Turkey, Russia sign deal on supply of S-400 missiles

ANKARA – Turkey and Russia have signed an accord regarding the supply of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles to Turkey, CNN Turk and other media …
Reuters
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