Eastern Europe

Reuters: Nordic states step up defense cooperation because of Russia worries

Nordic countries agreed on November 6 to step up defense cooperation and exchange more air surveillance information because they are worried about …
Reuters

EurActiv: EU plans big rule change to snag Nord Stream 2

The European Commission is proposing to extend EU internal energy market rules to cover offshore gas pipelines, an EU document shows, in its latest …
EurActiv.com

The Guardian: Revolution, what revolution? Russians show little interest in 1917 centenary

Results of revolution led by Lenin are criticised as ‘ambiguous’ by Putin in what is seen as an effort to downplay revolution as political tool Read …
The Guardian

UPI: Russia reaches Turkish waters with gas pipeline

Construction of a pipeline slated to bring Russian gas through Turkish territory moved into official Turkish waters, Russian media reported. Read more …
Upi.com

Deutsche Welle: Russia sees Catalonia as evidence of EU′s ′double standards′

As Spain battles with political crisis, some say Russia may have a hand in the turmoil. But does Russia stand to gain from an independent Catalonia? …
Deutsche Welle

New York Times: Kremlin cash behind billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook investments

In the fall of 2010, the Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner took the stage for a Q. and A. at a technology conference in San Francisco. Mr. …
New York Times

The Moscow Times: Putin, Jesus and Elon Musk are young Russians’ top role models

Young Russians have named President Vladimir Putin, business magnate Elon Musk and Jesus Christ as their main role models — after their parents. Read …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: Leaked documents tie US commerce chief to firm with links to Russia, Putin

A massive leak of financial documents — dubbed the Paradise Papers — indicates that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has an investment in a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

UNIAN: Trump campaign adviser admits to meeting with Russian officials in 2016

Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump presidential campaign, met Russian government officials during a July 2016 trip he took to Moscow, …
UNIAN

Associated Press: At least 86 Russian nationalist protesters reported arrested

MOSCOW — Scores of people have been arrested in the center of Moscow while trying to gather for an unauthorized protest demonstration called for by an …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Perplexed Russians ask ‘who am I to judge?’ on revolution centenary

ST. PETERSBURG/MOSCOW — The small museum in St. Petersburg located in the apartment where Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin lived in the months before the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Russian activists see ‘first victory’ against grocery chain’s homophobic signs

The battle against homophobia can seem daunting in Russia, where rights groups accuse the government of fostering enmity toward LGBT people through …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: KHL could pull out of Olympics over Russia doping cases

MOSCOW — The Kontinental Hockey League may withdraw its players from the Pyeongchang Olympics in protest at doping investigations into Russian …
Associated Press

112.ua: Manafort’s lawyers explain why he holds 3 passports

The defense team of Paul Manafort, the former manager of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, provided the reasoned explanation why he held three …
112.ua

Associated Press: Russia struggles with legacy of 1917 Bolshevik Revolution

MOSCOW — They played key roles in Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which triggered a civil war that killed millions, devastated the country and …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Wreckage of Russian copter raised from sea in Svalbard

The Russian helicopter that crashed on October 26 with eight people aboard off the Arctic Svalbard archipelago has been raised from the seabed, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: EU plans rule change to snag Russian pipeline

BRUSSELS – The European Commission is proposing to extend EU internal energy market rules to cover offshore gas pipelines, an EU document shows, its …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russia’s hackers took only a week to pry into Clinton camp

WASHINGTON — Nineteen thousand lines of raw data associated with the theft of emails from Hillary Clinton campaign staffers show how the hackers …
Associated Press
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