Eastern Europe

Agence France-Presse: Thousands of Russians endorse Navalny to challenge Putin in March vote

Alexei Navalny, seen as the only Russian opposition leader who stands a fighting chance of challenging Vladimir Putin, sought Sunday to get his name …
Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse: Russian scientists slam security chief for Stalin purge comments Listen

MOSCOW – A group of Russian scientists have sounded the alarm over what they said were attempts by the head of the security service to openly justify …
Agence France-Presse

112.ua: Ksenia Sobchak officially nominated as presidential candidate

The Russian political party Civic Initiative officially nominated TV host Ksenia Sobchak as a candidate for the presidential elections of 2018. This …
112.ua

The Hill: Top Russian envoy says Moscow ready to work with US on Afghanistan

A top Russian foreign ministry official said in an interview published Saturday that Moscow is ready to cooperate with the United States on …
The Hill

Associated Press: Putin vows to modernize Russia as challengers prepare for race

President Vladimir Putin has presented his vision for modernizing Russia, while some of his challengers in next March’s presidential vote have been …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Chechen leader accuses social media of bowing to pressure after US sanctions tightened

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya, has accused social-media networks of bowing to pressure from Washington and disabling his …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

112.ua: US imposed sanctions against criminal bosses from Russia

The United States imposed sanctions against 10 criminal bosses from Russia and the countries of the former USSR, as well as against two …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Fresh battle lines drawn in Russia’s culture wars

Outside the doors to the Moscow courthouse, the crowd of supporters, and reporters, swelled into the hundreds. Inside, one of Russia’s most famous …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BuzzFeed: This is what human rights activists in Russia told Boris Johnson

Gathered in the sumptuous, wood-panelled sitting room of the UK ambassador’s mansion in Moscow, overlooking the turrets of the Kremlin across the …
BuzzFeed

112.ua: 11 more Russian athletes banned from Olympic Games for life

The International Olympic Committee has sanctioned 11 more Russian athletes for breaking the anti-doping regulation during the Olympic Games in Sochi …
112.ua

The Times: Boris Johnson spars with Kremlin over meddling in Brexit poll

Boris Johnson and Sergey Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, clashed over alleged Russian meddling in the EU referendum when they met in Moscow …
The Times

Klimkin: Ukraine may require visa travel of Russians in 2018

Ukraine may require biometric visa travel of Russian citizens should biometric control, preliminary travel notice, and border control fail, Ukrainian …
Interfax-Ukraine

Xinhua: Putin says Russia must have best forces to resist aggression

Russia should have the best armed forces in face of the “aggressive” plans of the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Russian …
Xinhua

Associated Press: Russian hackers hunted journalists in years-long campaign

PARIS — Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some of his …
Associated Press

Reuters: May says Britain will take a ‘hard-headed’ approach to Russia

LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain would take a “hard headed” approach to dealing with Russia ahead of a meeting between foreign …
Reuters

EU decision to extend sanctions against Russia to take effect on December 23

BRUSSELS – The decision to extend the sectoral economic sanctions against Russia by six months, which was made by the Council of the European Union on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Financial Times: ‘Things are not easy between us’ says Johnson in Moscow

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has pointed to crisps and cars as signs of warming, if strained, relations between the UK and Russia, on the first …
Financial Times

Associated Press: Russian hackers targeted more than 200 journalists, including KyivPost, globally

PARIS — Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some of his …
Associated Press
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