Eastern Europe

Nord Stream 2 to consider alternative route if Danish approval not forthcoming

MILAN – Nord Stream 2 is considering an alternative route for pipeline construction in the case that Denmark refuses to grant approval for the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Politico: Russia investigators probe 2016 GOP platform fight

U.S. investigators are focusing on an enduring mystery of the 2016 election: whether Trump campaign officials made the Republican Party platform more …
POLITICO

The Moscow Times: Russian foreign minister confirms Trump-Putin meeting in Vietnam

President Vladimir Putin will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at a summit in Vietnam this weekend after all, Russia’s Foreign Minister confirmed Nov. …
The Moscow Times

Associated Press: Russia returns as Lisbon hosts Eurovision Song Contest

LISBON, Portugal — The organizers of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest say performers from 42 countries will take part, including Russia which missed …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Schiff says adviser’s testimony gives insight on Russian efforts

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says testimony from a former foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s …
Associated Press

Aljazeera: White and red – Tales from the Russian Revolution

“My grandfather was a terrorist,” says Anton Antonovich Antonov-Ovseenko matter-of-factly. Sitting in his small office in central Moscow, the …
Aljazeera

The New Yorker: Putin’s Russia wrestles with the meaning of Trotsky and Revolution

On November 7 evening, just shy of a hundred years since the Bolshevik Revolution, viewers of Channel One—Russia’s primary state-run television …
The New Yorker

RFE/RL: Language conflict flares up in Russia’s Tatarstan

A court in the capital of Russia’s central Republic of Tatarstan has rejected a lawsuit filed by a local woman seeking 2.75 million rubles ($47,000) …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Moscow Times: The Finnish city where Lenin met Stalin still lives in Russia’s shadow

Tampere, Finland — On a cold December day in 1905, a group of local Finnish labor activists in the city of Tampere lent their hall to a group of …
The Moscow Times

UNIAN: EC seeks to compel Russia to comply with EU rules in construction of Nord Stream-2

The European Commission could force the Russian Federation to comply with European rules in building the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, as reported by …
UNIAN

RFE/RL: Russian activists jailed in St. Petersburg after rally

Six members of a Russian opposition group that mixes far-left politics with nationalism have been jailed for terms ranging from eight to 33 days after …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Putin’s National Guard to protect Russian regional leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for elite soldiers in a new force – the National Guard – to protect the country’s regional governors. The …
BBC

Spiegel: Russia’s unloved anniversary

It has been 100 years since the October Revolution that heralded the Bolshevik takeover of Russia and changed the world. Yet today, Russians have …
Spiegel

RFE/RL: Russia’s communists mark centenary of Bolshevik Revolution, Kremlin plays it down

Thousands of communist supporters from around the world rallied in downtown Moscow on November 7 to mark the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution as …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Are all Russia ties now sinister, or are some just business?

MOSCOW — A shipping company partly owned by President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary is one of the few in the world that can transport liquefied …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: In the footsteps of revolution

The events of 1917 changed the course of Russian, and indeed world, history. But as these remarkable then-and-now pictures show, pockets of Russia’s …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Russian runner Maria Savinova appeals against doping ban

Russian runner Maria Savinova has been given a date to appeal against her 4-year doping ban and being stripped of the 2012 Olympic 800-meter title she …
Associated Press

Tatiana Felgengauer not going to leave Russia

The Ekho Moskvy journalist Tatiana Felgengauer, who was injured in the neck in an attack at the radio station’s office, is not planning to leave …
Interfax-Ukraine
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