Eastern Europe

Reuters: Manafort pledges $12 million in assets in bid to avoid house arrest

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort offered to post more than $12 million in real estate and life insurance …
Reuters

Police: Some 200 people participate in nationalist rally in southeastern Moscow

MOSCOW – An authorized rally of nationalists on Moscow’s Pererva Street has concluded, about 200 people participated in it, the police said. “The …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russian bombers strike Islamic State targets in Syria

MOSCOW – Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers struck Islamic State targets near the town of Albu Kamal in Syria on Saturday, RIA news agency reported, …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Media watchdog urges release of jailed Russian editor

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Russia to release the editor of a newspaper in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Police, nationalists clash as Russians mark National Unity Day

Riot police and nationalist demonstrators clashed in Moscow on November 4 at an antigovernment demonstration coinciding with celebrations of Russia’s …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Russian helicopter raised from the seabed in the Arctic

A Russian helicopter that crashed off Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago with eight people onboard last month has been raised from the …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Russia struggles with legacy of 1917 Bolshevik Revolution

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

Associated Press: How Russian hackers pried into Clinton campaign emails

It was just before noon in Moscow on March 10, 2016, when the first volley of malicious messages hit the Hillary Clinton campaign. The first 29 …
Associated Press

Moscow bans dozens of Canadians from entering Russia in response to sanctions

The Russian authorities have decided to impose a ban on entering the country on a number of Canadian public figures in response to the Canadian …
Interfax-Ukraine

CNN: Carter Page met with Russian official during 2016 trip to Moscow

WASHINGTON – Carter Page met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich while in Moscow in July 2016, the former foreign policy adviser to …
CNN

RFE/RL: Russia hits back after Canada sets new Magnitsky-related sanctions

Moscow has vowed to hit back at Canada after Ottawa announced financial sanctions and other restrictions on 30 Russians in connection with a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Poll: More than half of Russians believe nation united today; 40 percent disagree

Only one in seven (12 percent) Russians know the exact name of the National Unity Day holiday; in general, 30 percent said it has something to do with …
Interfax-Ukraine

Moscow court registers Navalny’s lawsuit against Putin due to local govt’s refusal to authorize rallies

Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit against the Russian president due to refusal by authorities in various Russian cities to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Canada imposes sanctions on 30 Russians over death of lawyer

Canada imposed sanctions on November 3 against 30 Russian officials that it said were complicit in the 2009 prison death of Sergei Magnitsky, an …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russia investigates whether 141 dead seals starved to death

Russian authorities were investigating whether 141 Baikal earless seals starved to death after their carcasses washed up in Siberia on the shores of …
Associated Press

Associated Press: How Russia looked during 1917 revolution and now

With its high, thick walls and spiky towers, Moscow’s Kremlin may seem like the epitome of an unassailable fortress. The Bolsheviks thought …
Associated Press

Canadian authorities impose sanctions on 30 Russians

Canadian authorities have made a decision to impose sanctions against 52 foreign citizens, including 30 Russians, the Canadian government said in a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: US Republicans seek special counsel’s removal from Russia probe

Three Republican U.S. lawmakers called on November 3 for Robert Mueller to resign as special counsel investigating Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, …
Reuters
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