Eastern Europe

The Guardian: EU anti-propaganda unit gets 1 million euros a year to counter Russian fake news

The EU is stepping up its campaign to counter disinformation and fake news from Russia by spending more than €1 million a year on its specialist …
The Guardian

RFE/RL: Separatist leader in Ukraine’s Luhansk resigns amid power struggle

The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, Igor Plotnitsky, has stepped down amid a fierce power struggle among the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Crimean Tatar activist dies after search by Russian agents

MOSCOW — Vedzhie Kashka, a diminutive 83-year-old Crimean Tatar activist who collapsed during a Russian security operation and died hours later, was …
New York Times

New York Times: Why Putin’s foes deplore US fixation on election meddling

MOSCOW — For months, President Vladimir V. Putin has predictably denied accusations of Russian interference in last year’s American election, …
New York Times

Gazprom looking at extending TurkStream to Baumgarten hub in Austria

MOSCOW – Gazprom is looking at the possibility to extend the TurkStream pipeline as far as the Baumgarten hub in Austria via Bulgaria, Serbia and …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: PACE refuses to hold debate on Russian delegation’s return

Chair of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, President of the Committee for Culture and Media Volodymyr Ariev has said the Standing Committee of the …
UNIAN

EUobserver: UK to call out ‘hostile’ Russia at EU summit

British leader Theresa May aims to designate Russia as a “hostile state” and to pledge more than 110 million euros to fight Russian propaganda at an …
EUobserver.com

Engadget: Google will downrank Russian state news agencies

The extent to which fake news is propagating the internet has become increasingly clear in recent months. In October Facebook revealed some 3,000 …
Engadget

Associated Press: Congressional Russia probes likely to head into 2018

Some Republicans are hoping lawmakers will soon wrap up investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election that have dragged on for most of the …
Associated Press

Hromadske Radio: Russian court rules to deport detained Uzbek journalist

A Moscow court has found Uzbek journalist and activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov guilty of illegal labor activity and sentenced him to a five thousand …
Hromadske Radio

Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia not engaged in any ‘Kuril diplomacy’

MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Ministry views the wording of “Kuril diplomacy” incorrect with respect to the implementation of Russian-Japanese …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Merkel ally calls Russia’s new Syrian peace push ‘height of cynicism’

BERLIN – A top member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Thursday dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s push to host a new Syrian …
Reuters

EUobserver: Dutch anti-EU politician Wilders says Russia is ‘no enemy’ ahead of Moscow visit

Russia is “not an enemy” to the Netherlands, Dutch anti-EU politician Geert Wilders said in an interview published on Nov. 22, ahead of a visit to …
EUobserver.com

The Moscow Times: Children in Russian Arctic brave -50 Celsius to attend school (VIDEO)

Students in the Russian Arctic are enduring freezing weather to attend school, as temperatures hover just 2 degrees above the threshold to cancel …
The Moscow Times

Moscow prosecutors to process statements regarding Sobchak’s remarks on Crimea

MOSCOW – The Moscow Prosecutor General’s Office has promised to process statements filed by citizens in connection with the high-profile remarks on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Bloomberg: Facebook to show users which Russian propaganda they followed

Facebook Inc. will show people which Russian propaganda pages or accounts they’ve followed and liked on the social network, responding to a request …
Bloomberg

The Moscow Times: Amid radiation scare, Russian atomic agency finds ‘no violations’

Russia’s Atomic oversight agency (Rostekhnadzor) says it has found no violations of radiation norms at the Mayak nuclear facility in Chelyabinsk. Read …
The Moscow Times

EurActiv: Interview with Russia’s ambassador to the EU

In a wide-ranging interview on Nov. 22, Russia’s ambassador to the EU discussed Syria and other conflicts, the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit, …
EurActiv.com
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