Eastern Europe

UkrInform: Expert- Russia looking for ways to spread separatist ‘fever’ in Europe

Russia supports separatist movements in Europe, in particular with the aim of undermining the unity of the United Kingdom, British journalist and …
UkrInform

Washington Post: As Russia investigation heats up in the US, Trump and Putin may soon meet

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet next week at an economic summit in Vietnam, a Kremlin spokesman said on November 3, even …
Washington Post

Associated Press: Russia hackers pursued Putin foes, not just US Democrats

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t just Hillary Clinton’s emails they went after. The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election last year had ambitions …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Russian teacher faces second trial for poetry praising Ukraine

A former teacher of German in Russia’s Oryol region who was fired from his job and convicted of inciting ethnic hatred for writing a pro-Ukraine poem …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Colleagues say Russian editor beaten as police raid newspaper office

Russian media reports say that security forces stormed the office of a newspaper in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad and detained the editor in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Newsweek: Russia is ready for ‘no holds barred fight’ if US hinders Kremlin-funded media

Russia has accused social media platform Twitter of “unjust censorship” of Russian state media and warned that Moscow has a plan to hit back if …
Newsweek

Reuters: Russia tells US-Unacceptable to politicize chemical weapons inspections in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by phone on November 2 it was unacceptable to politicize the work of …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Otkritie bailout hits home in Ireland

Russia’s bailed-out bank Otkritie will not repay $500 million of loans raised in Ireland, potentially making it harder for other Russian private banks …
Reuters

Reuters: Russian Defense Minister meets US envoy to Moscow, discuss security

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman met on November 2 to discuss bilateral relations and international …
Reuters

BBC: Russia ‘sex traffickers’ deported from Bahrain

Two Russian women accused of enslaving women for sex work in Bahrain have been deported to Russia from the Gulf state. The Russian Interior Ministry …
BBC

Reuters: Kremlin calls updated US sanctions on Russia extremely negative

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 2 that Moscow regarded updated U.S. sanctions on Russia extremely negatively. Read more here. 
Reuters

Reuters: White House says Trump does not recall suggestion of Putin meeting

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump does not recall a meeting with his foreign policy advisers in March 2016 in which one of them suggested he …
Reuters

New York Times: Russian ads worked to polarize US over race and the police

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers released scores of political ads on Nov. 1 purchased by Russian agents on Facebook and Twitter that showed the extent of the …
New York Times

The Moscow Times: RT editor and Russian central bank chief rank on Forbes’ powerful women list

A Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women includes the controversial editor of RT Margarita Simonyan and the head of Russia’s Central Bank …
The Moscow Times

Associated Press: Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election

WASHINGTON — The hackers who upended the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s campaign, targeting the emails of …
Associated Press

Reuters: Court document shows Manafort wealth, ties to Russian oligarchs

WASHINGTON – Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, had three U.S. passports, millions in assets and ties to Russian …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: New York terror suspect and St. Petersburg metro bomber shared roots

The perpetrator of the deadliest terrorist attack in New York since the 9/11 attacks in September 2001 came from the same city as the St. Petersburg …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russia won’t hand over suspect in Montenegro coup attempt

MOSCOW – Russia will not hand over to Montenegro the person wanted by the Balkan nation as a suspect in a coup attempt, the RIA news agency cited the …
Reuters
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