Eastern Europe

Reuters: Bus drives into pedestrian underpass in Moscow, kills four

A passenger bus swerved off course and drove into a busy pedestrian underpass in Moscow on December 25, killing at least four people, Russian news …
Reuters

Reuters: Kremlin hopes Rosneft/Sistema settlement to be smoothly implemented

The Kremlin said on December 25 it hoped an out-of-court settlement reached between Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) and the Sistema …
Reuters

Aljazeera: Russia urges US-North Korea talks over nuclear crisis

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged the United States and North Korea to start negotiations amid growing tensions over Pyongyang’s …
Aljazeera

Reuters: Russia’s Yandex.Taxi buys food delivery service Foodfox

Yandex.Taxi, a subsidiary of Russian internet group Yandex, said on December 25 it is buying Russian food delivery service Foodfox for an undisclosed …
Reuters

Reuters: Russian finmin sees economy growing 1.8-2 percent in 2017

Russia’s economy is expected to grow between 1.8 and 2 percent this year, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was quoted as saying by Interfax …
Reuters

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

Russian Mobsters The U.S. Treasury Department added 10 mobsters and two entities linked to the Thieves-in-Law Eurasian criminal group to its sanctions …
The Moscow Times

New York Post: FBI seeks records from Cyprus bank with Russian ties

The FBI is seeking the financial records of a now-shuttered bank in Cyprus used by wealthy Russians with political connections and is being …
New York Post

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says timing of Putin-Trump meeting not yet discussed

The timing of the next meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet been discussed, Russian Foreign …
Reuters

USA Today: NATO chief warns Russian submarine capability at ‘highest level since the Cold War’

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned in an interview published December 23 that a Russian naval build-up threatens transport and communications links …
USA Today

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov calls on US and North Korea to start talks

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on December 25 for the United States and North Korea to start negotiations, the RIA news agency …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Navalny submits documents to Election Commission, demands to take part in presidential vote

Russian anticorruption activist and opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has submitted documents needed to be registered as a presidential candidate …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Putin critic Navalny clears first hurdle in bid for Russia presidency

MOSCOW – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cleared the first hurdle on Sunday towards taking part in next year’s presidential election, even …
Reuters

Deutsche Welle: NATO chief warns of Russian submarine capability

Russian submarine activity is at its highest level since the Cold War, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said. The alliance meanwhile has lost some of …
Deutsche Welle

Financial Times: Russia’s top banker warns against new US sanctions

Russia’s top banker says potentially far-ranging new US sanctions would “make the Cold War look like child’s play” if implemented early next …
Financial Times

The Moscow Times: Russia justifies police violence before European Court

Russia is reportedly defending its police forces for allegedly beating an opposition activist four years ago in a case that has gone to the European …
The Moscow Times

CNN: Despite Trump’s hopes, US-Russia relations are getting chilly

WASHINGTON – In the space of a week, the Trump administration has named Russia a “rival power,” sanctioned a close Putin ally, and decided to give …
CNN

The Guardian: FBI investigates Russian-linked Cyprus bank accused of money laundering

The FBI has asked officials in Cyprus for financial information about a defunct bank that was used by wealthy Russians with political connections and …
The Guardian

BBC: Rallies held for Alexei Navalny in Russia

Supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny have been gathering in some 20 Russian cities to back his bid to run in March’s presidential …
BBC
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