Eastern Europe

Reuters: All eight people on missing helicopter off Svalbard are Russians

All eight people on board a missing helicopter off the coast of Svalbard are Russians, the Russian Emergency Ministry told Reuters on October 26. Read …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia to respond to Twitter ban on Russian media ads

Russia said on October 26 it would respond to a decision by Twitter Inc to ban adverts from media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, saying the …
Reuters

Reuters: Russian helicopter missing off coast of Svalbard

The Russian helicopter that went down off the coast of Svalbard on October 26 has still not been located more than 90 minutes after it went down at …
Reuters

Reuters: Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets, cites election meddling

Twitter Inc on October 26 banned advertisements from accounts owned by Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, citing allegations by U.S. …
Reuters

Xinhua: NATO, Russia have open, useful exchange on three topics

NATO allies and Russia had an “open and useful” exchange on three topics: Ukraine, Afghanistan, and transparency and risk reduction, NATO Secretary …
Xinhua

Guardian: Twitter bans ads from Russia Today and Sputnik over election interference

Twitter has announced that it will stop taking advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately as US …
Guardian

The Moscow Times: Twitter ‘off-boards’ advertising from Kremlin-funded sites Sputnik and RT

Twitter will be “off-boarding” advertising from the Kremlin-funded news outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, the social media site announced …
The Moscow Times

The Economist: A tsar is born

Seventeen years after Vladimir Putin first became president, his grip on Russia is stronger than ever. The West, which still sees Russia in …
The Economist

RFE/RL: ‘Fundamental differences’ remain after NATO-Russia Council meeting

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the Western military alliance and Russia “continue to have fundamental differences” regarding the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Hill: Trump officials face grilling from lawmakers over Russian cyber firm

Lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for more information on its effort to crack down on the use of software produced by Moscow-based …
The Hill

OCCRP: Putin and the proxies

Editor’s Note: The following investigation was conducted by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a Kyiv Post partner. When it comes …
OCCRP

Reuters: Trump says Russia hurting US efforts on North Korea nuclear issue

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Oct. 25 that Russia was hurting U.S. efforts to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons while China had been …
Reuters

Reuters: German president tells Putin – we need to work on our relationship

MOSCOW – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct.25 he was unhappy about the state of relations between …
Reuters

Steinmeier says problem of Crimea, Donbas burden on German-Russian relations

MOSCOW – The issue of Crimea’s accession and the Ukrainian conflict remain a burden on relations between Russia and German, which are far from normal, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: After meeting Putin, Steinmeier seeks exit from ‘spiral’ of bad relations

MOSCOW – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he had agreed with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that their countries needed to make …
Reuters

Associated Press: German president in Russia talks about Ukraine, other crises

MOSCOW — The German president visited Moscow on Oct.25 for talks ranging from economic ties to the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Read more here.
Associated Press

Associated Press: Alternatives to Putin a mixed bag as Russian election looms

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t said if he will stand for a fourth term. But with the election a little more than four months off, …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Visiting Steinmeier strives to improve ‘difficult’ Russian-German ties

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has expressed hope that his ongoing visit to Moscow will help improve strained ties between the two …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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