Eastern Europe

Reuters: Russian envoy to US to inspect San Francisco consulate

MOSCOW – Moscow’s ambassador to the United States will inspect the Russian consulate in San Francisco, from which staff has been expelled, on a visit …
Reuters

Bloomberg: Tillerson says Russia isn’t acting like a ‘responsible nation’

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered a stern message to Russia during a speech on US-European relations, saying the country’s cyberattacks, …
Bloomberg

Reuters: Kaspersky CEO says he would leave if Russia asked him to spy

LONDON – Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab has never been asked by Russian intelligence services to spy on targets in the West and the company’s founder and …
Reuters

Reuters: Dance colleague identifies Putin’s younger daughter

MOSCOW – A colleague of Katerina Tikhonova from the world of acrobatic rock‘n‘roll has confirmed that she is the younger daughter of Russian President …
Reuters

Reuters: Russian official says not worried about EU’s moves on defense

BERLIN – A senior Russia’s foreign ministry official on Nov. 28 said he was not worried by the European Union’s move to integrate European defenses, …
Reuters

Reuters: As West frowns on Putin, young Russians learn the military way

STAVROPOL, Russia – President Vladimir Putin may be criticized by the West for the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, but at home his public …
Reuters

RFE/RL: European court orders Russia to pay compensation to Bolotnaya protester

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia violated the rights of a man who was jailed in connection with a protest on the eve of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Possible failure reported after Russia launches second rocket from new cosmodrome

Russia says that it has lost contact with a weather satellite it launched from its new Vostochny Cosmodrome just hours earlier. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: FBI gave heads-up to fraction of Russian hackers’ US targets

WASHINGTON — The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite …
Associated Press

CNN: Pentagon says Russian fighter makes ‘unsafe’ intercept of US Navy aircraft

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet made an “unsafe” intercept of a US P-8A Poseidon aircraft on Nov. 25 while it was flying over the Black Sea, the Pentagon …
CNN

Reuters: Olympics-IOC bans five more Russians for life over Sochi doping

BERLIN – The International Olympic Committee banned five more Russian competitors from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for life over anti-doping rule …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia proposes ceasefire regime in Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Nov. 28-29

MOSCOW – Russia has proposed imposing a ceasefire regime in the “de-escalation” zone in Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Nov. 28-29, Interfax news agency …
Reuters

The Guardian: Russian man sent to penal colony for insulting officials online

A court in St. Petersburg has sentenced a man to two years in a penal colony for insulting high-ranking Russian officials on social media. Read more …
The Guardian

BBC: Syria war – Russia denies bombing civilians in Deir al-Zour village

Russia has denied its warplanes carried out air strikes on a village in eastern Syria on Nov.26, which activists say killed dozens of civilians. Read …
BBC

The Moscow Times: Siberian schools issued wartime mobilization guidelines

A recently leaked document has revealed that school administrators in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk were given instructions to be prepared to …
The Moscow Times

Bloomberg: Plan underway to subdue Russian gas with German LNG terminal

The old trading city of Hamburg in northwest Germany will soon become the center for a drive in Europe’s biggest economy to diversify natural gas …
Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Putin and United Russia have some very liberal Moscow neighbors

Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin might maintain a strong grip on Russia, but since a Sept. 10 election, the ancient fortress on the Moscow River is surrounded …
Bloomberg

The Moscow Times: Russia deports Polish historian after Stalinist purge lecture

A Polish historian has reportedly been deported from Russia, a day after giving a lecture on the fate of Polish citizens during the Stalinist purges …
The Moscow Times
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