Eastern Europe

The Moscow Times: Russia alarmed by US army warfare ‘handbook’

The Russian Embassy in the United States is alarmed by the U.S. Army’s new warfare “handbook” on countering the threat of Russian forces, an embassy …
The Moscow Times

Roskomnadzor: Facebook to stop working in Russia in 2018 unless complies with personal data localization law

MOSCOW – Facebook needs to comply with Russia’s personal data localization law in 2018, or it will stop working in Russia, Alexander Zharov, the head …
Interfax-Ukraine

Washington Post: A Russian love story about Nicholas II and a ballerina leads to death threats

MOSCOW — A blockbuster film about the romance between Russia’s last czar and a ballerina has inflamed a simmering culture war between artists and …
Washington Post

Wall Street Journal: US to curb Russian military flights over American territory

WASHINGTON—U.S. officials are preparing to announce restrictions to Russian military flights over American territory under the Treaty on Open Skies in …
Wall Street Journal

The Moscow Times: The Russia investigation – what’s new

The U.S. Federal Government notifies 21 States their voting systems were hacked. A year after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) first …
The Moscow Times

Washington Post: US allies accuse Russia of strikes in eastern Syria

U.S.-backed forces in Syria accused Russia on September 25 of launching airstrikes on their positions in the country’s east, where world powers and …
Washington Post

Business Insider: Russia just finished the Zapad military exercises that freaked out NATO – Here’s what we know

Russia finally concluded its quadrennial Zapad-2017 military exercises last week. The exercises, which were held in Belarus and western Russia for six …
Business Insider

Reuters: US-backed alliance says Russian jets struck its fighters in east Syria

U.S.-backed Syrian militias said Russian warplanes struck their positions in Deir al-Zor province on September 25, which Moscow denied, generating …
Reuters

Aljazeera: Russia blames US policy for Valery Asapov’s death

A senior Russian official has denounced what he called the “two-faced policy” of the US, saying it was to blame for the death of a Russian general, …
Aljazeera

Reuters: Moscow blames ‘two-faced US policy’ for Russian general’s Syria death

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on September 25 that the “two-faced policy” of the United States was to blame for the death of …
Reuters

Associated Press: US-backed forces say Russia attacked them in eastern Syria

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria say Russia bombed their positions on Monday in a major natural gas field they recently captured from Islamic State …
Associated Press

Voice of America: Pakistan, Russia begin ‘Friendship 2017’ joint anti-terror drill

Pakistani and Russian military commandos have launched joint counterterrorism drills in the mountains and forests of Russia’s North Caucasus republic …
Voice of America

Washington Post: Manafort’s Russia connection – What you need to know about Oleg Deripaska

MOSCOW — An aluminum magnate who survived the gangster capitalism of the 1990s and the financial crisis of 2008, Oleg Deripaska is a shrewd self-made …
Washington Post

UNIAN: Siemens to change work with Russian customers after Crimean turbine dispute

Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser has told Germany’s Spiegel in an interview that the German company plans to take “precautious” measures with regard to …
UNIAN

Financial Times: Russia and China quietly build business bonds

There has been no shortage of big investment promises each time a Chinese government delegation has visited Moscow in recent years, but concrete deals …
Financial Times

Agence France-Presse: Russia’s Lavrov says US will not strike North Korea

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that the United States would not carry out a strike on North Korea because it knows …
Agence France-Presse

UNIAN: Hundreds take to streets in Russia’s St. Petersburg for unauthorized rally against war with Ukraine

In St. Petersburg, several hundred people came out for an unauthorized rally protesting Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, according to an …
UNIAN

CBC News: Russian military in Syria eager to show its victories

Standing on a runway less than 10 metres from a Russian Su-34 fighter jet reaching takeoff velocity leaves one rattled to the core. The intensity of …
CBC News
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