Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: Kremlin foe Yashin says Russian opposition activist dies after attack

A prominent Russian opposition politician says that a fellow activist has died two months after an attack in which he was beaten with a metal …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Report shows Putin’s ‘inner circle’ worth nearly $24 billion

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s circle of close friends and relatives controls a combined wealth of nearly $24 billion, although Putin has kept …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EurActiv: UK lawmaker asks Zuckerberg about Russia-linked Brexit activity

A British parliamentary committee investigating “fake news” and suspected foreign interference in politics said on Oct. 24 it has asked Facebook’s …
EurActiv.com

Forbes: Russian news hacked to launch global ransomware attack

Remember the last time ransomware exploded into life out of Ukraine? It started with a hack of a little-known software company called …
Forbes

Euronews: Ksenia Sobchak just started her campaign and she’s ‘against’ everyone, including Putin

During her speech Sobchak had a sticker on her laptop that read “I (am) against” in Russian. Read more here.
Euronews

Deutsche Welle: New chapter in Germany-Russia ties – Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Moscow

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is making the first visit to Russia by a German president since 2010. It may look like a diplomatic olive branch, but Moscow …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Russian presidential hopeful says she won’t sling mud at Putin

Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian TV personality planning to run against Vladimir Putin in next year’s presidential election, attacked his policies on October …
Reuters

BBC: Syria – Russia vetoes extension of chemical weapons inquiry

Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution extending the mandate of the only official mission investigating the use of chemical weapons in …
BBC

Telegraph: Home Secretary urged to ‘protect’ British Putin critic targeted by Russia

A prominent British critic of Vladimir Putin is being subjected to a “massive abuse of power” by Russia and should be offered protection by the UK …
The Telegraph

Reuters: Russia vetoes extension of mission probing chemical weapons use in Syria

Russia cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council on October 24 preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Sobchak launches campaign for Kremlin with call to release ‘political prisoners’

Socialite and opposition-minded journalist Ksenia Sobchak has called on the authorities to release all political prisoners as she gave her first press …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Russia of 1917 and 2017 closer than might be expected

It is 100 years on October 25, using Russia’s old calendar, since Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in what is now St Petersburg …
Reuters

Bloomberg: Russian news agency Interfax faces ‘unprecedented’ hacker attack

Russian business newswire Interfax suffered a hacker attack that made part of its services unavailable to subscribers, according to a statement …
Bloomberg

RFE/RL: Russian journalist out of coma; Kremlin blames attack on ‘madman’

MOSCOW – Russia’s Ekho Moskvy radio says a prominent journalist who was stabbed in the throat by an attacker has been operated on and transferred to …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Sobchak calls for release of Russia’s political prisoners

Ksenia Sobchak – the Russian socialite, TV personality, and opposition activist who announced last week she would run in the presidential election in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Russian journalist Felgengauer in medium-grave condition, moved to recovery room

MOSCOW – Ekho Moskvy radio journalist Tatyana Felgengauer, stabbed on Oct. 23, has been moved to the hospital’s recovery room, the Sklifosofsky …
Interfax-Ukraine

New York Times: Russia’s favored outlet is an online news giant. YouTube helped

SAN FRANCISCO — When the state-backed Russian news channel RT became the first news organization to surpass one billion views on YouTube in 2013, it …
New York Times

The Economic Times: Russia offers defense technology to India without any strings attached

Russia’s technology transfers to India in the defense sector have been without any strings attached and there is scope for further deepening the …
The Economic Times
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