Eastern Europe

Wall Street Journal: Russian-backed Facebook accounts organized events on all sides of polarizing issues

Workers behind Russian-linked Facebook Inc. accounts helped organize or finance real-life events before and after the 2016 election, often working …
Wall Street Journal

Financial Times: The ties that bind Italy and Russia

On the sidelines of a high-profile Italian-Russian business conference in Verona earlier this month, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, signed an …
Financial Times

RFE/RL: Russia to unveil monument to victims of political repression

Amid controversy over his own methods of maintaining control over Russia, President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to appear at the unveiling of a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

UNIAN: Russian media reports US envoy Volker to meet with Putin’s aide Surkov in November

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker will meet with Russian special representative Vladislav Surkov in the first half of …
UNIAN

Agence France-Presse: Speculation rife as first arrest in US Russia probe said near

Official Washington was abuzz this weekend over reports that a grand jury has charged at least one person stemming from the US probe of Russia’s …
Agence France-Presse

Buzzfeed: FBI probe of Manafort focuses on 13 ‘suspicious’ wire transfers

The FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, includes a keen focus on a series of suspicious wire transfers in …
BuzzFeed

Reuters: Rescue center reports Russian helicopter missing off Norway found

OSLO – The wreckage of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter missing off Svalbard, Norway, since October 26 has been located, Norway’s rescue coordination center …
Reuters

The Hill: Democrats want more details on Russian social media content

Social media companies are focusing on whether Russia manipulated their ad platforms to influence the 2016 election, but some lawmakers and experts …
The Hill

Politico: Facebook struggles to contain Russia narrative

Facebook has been happy to keep congressional investigators focused on the Russian-bought online ads that helped sway voters in last year’s election — …
POLITICO

Reuters: US hopes for more from Russia after Crimean prisoners freed

The release of two Crimean Tatars from Russian custody this week was a good sign and hopefully means Russia will take positive steps in eastern …
Reuters

Agence France-Presse: A century on, White Russians cling to their roots

Growing up at the court of tsar Nicholas II, Tatiana Botkina’s childhood was one of splendour. Read more here  
Agence France-Presse

The Daily Signal: Russia practices for nuclear war with triad missile launches

Russia flexed its muscles with multiple ballistic and cruise missile launches Thursday, putting strategic nuclear forces to the test, according to the …
The Daily Signal

RFE/RL: Russian rescue team arrives in Svalbard as hopes for crew fade

A Russian plane dispatched by the Emergency Situations Ministry has arrived in Norway with a rescue team to aid efforts to recover the crew and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Daily Beast: Ex-worker claims Russia troll factory made ‘Hillary Clinton’ sex tape

A Russian-government-backed “troll factory” hired a black man and a Hillary Clinton look-alike to make a sex tape, according to the first former …
The Daily Beast

Politico: Manafort Realtor testified before grand jury in Russia probe

The Realtor who helped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort buy the Virginia condo that was recently raided by the FBI testified last week …
POLITICO

RFE/RL: Major Russian defense, intelligence companies targeted by new US sanctions list

WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has targeted more than three dozen major Russian defense and intelligence companies under a new U.S. sanctions …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ambassador Antonov: Russia hopes to develop equal relations with US

NEW YORK – Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has said he has no doubt that claims of Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Source says first charges filed in US special counsel’s Russia investigation

WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. …
Reuters
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