Eastern Europe

The Guardian: Nureyev premieres in Moscow with director under house arrest

The most hotly anticipated and controversial Russian ballet in years has been premiered as Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre finally staged Nureyev, which …
The Guardian

RFE/RL: Russian nationalists disrupt screening of film about Ukraine conflict

Members of a Russian nationalist group have disrupted the screening in Moscow of a film about the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. Read more here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Stop Fake: Donetsk People’s Republic office opens in Finland (fake)

The official site of the self-proclaimed separatist Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) announced that its official representative office was opening in …
Stop Fake

Foreign Policy: As Russia subverts missile treaty, US looking at new weapons

Since 1987, Europe has been off limits for medium-range missiles. Russia — and now the United States — seems ready to tear up that detente. Read more …
Foreign Policy

RFE/RL: As doping disgrace mounts, Russian film revisits Olympic hoops glory

With Russia sidelined from the Winter Olympics that are just around the corner, Russian moviegoers are set to revisit one of their country’s greatest …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Lawyers: Decrees on pardoning Umerov, Chiygoz classified, they are still de jure in Crimea

The deputy heads of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, are planning to file lawsuits against the Russian …
Interfax-Ukraine

New York Post: US may sanction Russian firms that built banned missile

The Trump administration is considering new sanctions to make sure Russia abides by the terms of a 1987 nuclear-arms treaty that limits …
New York Post

Reuters: Ukrainian author of Manafort op-ed says he sought input to avoid errors

The author of an article that U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller believes former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort ghost-wrote in violation of a …
Reuters

Khodorkovsky expresses support for Navalny, Sobchak in Russian presidential election

MOSCOW – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yukos ex-chief and the founder of Open Russia, says his movement should support all Russian presidential candidates who …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russia’s delayed Nureyev ballet to test Kremlin tolerance

MOSCOW – A Bolshoi Theatre ballet about the life of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev set to premiere on Saturday contains tender scenes of gay romance, …
Reuters

Politico: Trump approves new Russia sanctions for violating Cold War arms pact

The Trump administration is levying new sanctions on Russia it hopes will force it to comply with a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty it has violated …
POLITICO

Agence France-Presse: Russia says ‘satellite’ could have caused radioactive pollution

MOSCOW – Russian scientists on Friday said radioactive pollution detected in Europe in September was not linked to one of the country’s nuclear …
Agence France-Presse

Reuters: US Special Counsel Mueller filing shows Manafort drafted Ukraine op-ed despite gag order

WASHINGTON – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller late on Friday unveiled a trove of evidence against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager …
Reuters

RFE/RL: International fencing chief, a Russian oligarch, protests Olympics ban on Russia

A leading Russian sports official has urged the International Olympic Committee to reconsider its ban on the country participating in the Pyeongchang …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wall Street Journal: Russia skirts US sanctions with $27 billion Arctic gas plant

MOSCOW—Russia is launching a giant Arctic gas project that is a symbol of its efforts to overcome Western sanctions and strengthen ties with …
Wall Street Journal

Guardian: What’s it like being LGBT in Russia? Share your stories

The number of hate crimes against LGBT people in Russia has doubled in five years, according to new research. The Center for Independent Social …
Guardian

Guardian: Russian politician in $2 million corruption trial says sorry for not fighting injustice

Russia’s former economy minister has apologised to Russians for the moral compromises he made during his time in government at the end of a trial that …
Guardian

The Telegraph: Russia declares ‘mission accomplished’ against IS in Syria

The combined forces of Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad have completely wiped out the Islamic State in Syria, the defence ministry has said. “The …
The Telegraph
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