Eastern Europe

Moscow Times: Russian police may punish parents and teachers for protesting children

Russia’s Interior Ministry wants to punish the parents and teachers of schoolchildren participating in unauthorized anti-government protests, the RBC …
The Moscow Times

Guardian: Russian troll factory paid US activists to help fund protests during election

Russian trolls posing as Americans made payments to genuine activists in the US to help fund protest movements on socially divisive issues, according …
Guardian

RFE/RL: Senior Russian police official wants parents to be liable if children protest

Russia’s top antiextremism police officer says the parents of minors who attend rallies held without government permission – and possibly their …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Putin treads where Stalin failed with plan for mega-project

As billionaire Arkady Rotenberg’s builders race to finish a bridge to Crimea, Vladimir Putin already has a new mega-project lined up for his childhood …
Bloomberg

Estonian parliament refuses to revoke signatures under border treaty with Russia

TALLINN – The Estonian parliament declined on Oct. 17 to stop ratification of the border treaty with Russia and revoke signatures under this …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russian Central Elections Commission head says Navalny may run for president after 2028

SOCHI – Opposition politician Alexei Navalny may take part in Russian presidential elections after 2028, Russian Central Elections Commission head …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Moscow Times: #LifeIsImproving Instagram hashtag dumbfounds Muscovites

Muscovites on Instagram have been left baffled by seemingly coordinated posts by Russian celebrities touting the improvement of life in the country’s …
The Moscow Times

UNIAN: Russian court fines Telegram LLP for refusing to disclose user data to FSB

The magistrates’ court of the 383 Meshchansky District of Moscow has imposed a fine of  800 000 rubles (some $14,000) on the developers of the …
UNIAN

Associated Press: Russia – Formal complaint made over gay crackdown in Chechnya

MOSCOW – A Russian man Maxim Lapunov is accusing authorities in Chechnya of jailing and beating him as part of a broad crackdown on gay people. Read …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Putin halts North Korea ties in line with UN demands

President Vladimir Putin says Russia is curtailing economic, scientific and other ties with North Korea in line with restrictions imposed by the …
Associated Press

The Guardian: UK targets Eurovision viewers to counter Russia’s ‘infowars’

Britain is seeking to counter a cold war-style “information war” by investing in a range of projects, from “rebranding” Ukraine to influencing Russian …
The Guardian

The Moscow Times: France arrests radical Russian artist Pavlensky for bank arson

Russia’s radical political performance artist, Pyotr Pavlensky, has been arrested in Paris after setting the Bank of France on fire, the Dozhd TV …
The Moscow Times

Expert: Russia will keep up its pressure on Belarus

While the joint Russian-Belarussian military exercises Zapad 2017 ended on Sept. 20, Russia’s desire to keep the pressure on former Soviet republics …
Kseniya Kirillova

The Moscow Times: Kremlin troll tells all about influencing US elections

A reported former employee of the notorious “Kremlin troll factory” has said workers were instructed to provoke disorder ahead of U.S. presidential …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: TASS reports Russia and Venezuela to do debt restructuring deal by November 15

MOSCOW – Russia and Venezuela will finalize a debt restructuring deal for Caracas by Nov. 15, the TASS news agency cited Venezuela’s ambassador to …
Reuters

Reuters: Pro-Russia candidates vie as Kyrgyzstan chooses president

BISHKEK – Kyrgyzstan voted on Sunday in a presidential election with observers predicting no outright winner and a close runoff between two …
Reuters

Agence France-Presse: Russia hosts Soviet-style youth festival as Putin woos under-30s

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin is on Sunday expected to speak at a youth festival launched in the Soviet era, in his latest effort to …
Agence France-Presse

Reuters: Agencies report North Korea not ready to hold talks with South Korea in Russia

MOSCOW – Politicians from North and South Korea will not hold direct talks in Russia on Monday about Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program despite …
Reuters
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