Eastern Europe

Agence France-Presse: Russian forces bomb US-backed Syria fighters

BEIRUT – The U.S.-led coalition said Saturday that Russian forces had bombed U.S.-backed fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant …
Agence France-Presse

Reuters: Russia rejects allegation it bombed US-backed fighters in Syria

MOSCOW – The Russian Defence Ministry on Sunday denied it had bombed U.S.-backed militias in Syria, saying its planes only targeted Islamic State …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov and Tillerson talk Syria after bombing allegations

MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had phoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on …
Reuters

112.ua: Lavrov, Tillerson, discuss situation in Ukraine and Syria over the phone

On Saturday, September 16, a phone negotiation between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Senior NATO general expresses concerns over Moscow’s Zapad maneuvers ‘transparency’

A senior NATO general says the military alliance is concerned about the large-scale Zapad (West) 2017 military drills being conducted by Russia and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

112.ua: Merkel says Moscow’s initiative on UN peacekeepers doesn’t mean lifting of sanctions

UN peacekeepers should have access to the entire territory of Donbas. The mission  deployment is an interesting idea, but it does not mean lifting …
112.ua

Russian Defense Ministry: Military airplane crashed near Borisoglebsk, both pilots alive

MOSCOW – A Yakovlev Yak-130 combat-capable trainer aircraft crashed near the airfield Borisoglebsk on Saturday; both pilots are alive, the Russian …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: UN rights rapporteur rejects claims Russia donation influenced sanctions report

UN human rights special rapporteur Idriss Jazairy has rejected allegations that his conclusions from a fact-finding mission to Russia in April were …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Russian envoy says will urge US to stick with Iran nuclear deal

Russia will urge the United States to stick with the Iran nuclear deal at a meeting of the deal’s signatories on the sidelines of a United Nations …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ex-US ambassador doubts Russia’s readiness to give consent to peacekeeper mission in Donbas

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000) Steven Pifer has said that he doubts that Russia is ready to give its consent to the peacekeeper mission …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Russian athletes suspected in Sochi doping ring to face charges soon

The first charges against Russian athletes suspected of having been part of a doping ring at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi may soon be issued by …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

US embassy in Moscow no longer has designated parking spaces

MOSCOW – The United States embassy in Moscow has confirmed that the mission has been deprived of designated parking spaces near the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Minsk says Russia sent in no more than 3000 troops for exercise

MINSK – About 3000 Russian troops were redeployed to Belarus to take part in the Zapad 2017 exercise, with all of them arriving by the time maneuvers …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: As wave of mysterious bomb threats rattles Russia, theories fly

MOSCOW – Maybe it’s telephone terrorism. Maybe it’s a secret test of the country’s civil defense. Or maybe it’s a new form of cyberwarfare. Read more …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EUobserver: German minister looks to relax EU sanctions on Russia

German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel has repeated calls to relax EU sanctions on Russia in return for Ukraine peacekeepers, but chancellor Angela …
EUobserver.com

Bloomberg: Russia’s central bank is also skeptical of cryptocurrency

Russia’s central bank shares JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon’s skeptical view of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, …
Bloomberg

Telegraph: Kremlin condemns bomb hoaxes across Russia as ‘telephone terrorism’

The Kremlin September 14 condemned hundreds of bomb threats made by anonymous telephone callers against major public buildings in Russia as “telephone …
The Telegraph

Washington Post: Russia kicks off war games with Belarus as US, NATO watch anxiously

 Russia on September 14 kicked off a week of war games with ally Belarus that have NATO neighbors and the United States watching anxiously, but also …
Washington Post
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