Eastern Europe

Reuters: Head of Russian general staff reassures NATO over war games

General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia’s general staff, told Curtis Scaparrotti, a U.S general who is NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, …
Reuters

Reuters: Kremlin says US action against Kaspersky Lab is unfair competition

U.S. action against Kaspersky Lab is designed to undermine the competitive position of Russian firms worldwide and amounts to unfair competition, …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russia war games in Belarus spark anxiety in Baltics

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are watching with concern the latest round of Russian military drills that some analysts think might be the largest of …
Associated Press

Associated Press: UEFA charges Spartak Moscow after flare fired at referee

Russian champion Spartak Moscow was charged by UEFA on September 14 after a fan fired a flare at the referee during a Champions League match. UEFA …
Associated Press

BBC: Kaspersky- Russia responds to US ban on software

A US government decision to stop using software from Kaspersky Lab undermines fair competition, said Russia. The Kremlin statement came in response to …
BBC

Reuters: Ford Sollers to hire 700 staff to meet car demand in Russia

Ford’s (F.N) Russian joint venture plans to hire more than 700 workers at its plant in Elabuga in Tatarstan to meet growing auto demand, especially …
Reuters

Associated Press: Jitters in Europe as Russia-Belarus war games set to begin

Military officials in Belarus have sought to calm Western fears about major war games with Russia getting underway September 14 that involve thousands …
Associated Press

Business Insider: Russia is about to kick off a war game that is freaking out NATO

Russia is going to war on September 14, and though it’s against a fictional country, NATO has been panicking about it for months. Every four years, …
Business Insider

New York Times: Mystery of Russian fake on Facebook solved, by a Brazilian

When Russia created Facebook profiles of fake Americans to influence the 2016 American election, it could make up the names and biographical details. …
New York Times

Reuters: Kremlin accuses West of ‘whipping up hysteria’ over Russian war games

MOSCOW – Russia accused the West on Sept. 14 of “whipping up hysteria” over large-scale military exercises currently underway in eastern Europe and …
Reuters

The Guardian: Michael Flynn ‘promoted US-Russian nuclear project from White House’

US congressional investigators are examining whether Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, secretly promoted a plan by …
The Guardian

BBC: Russia launches Zapad war games in Belarus

Russia and Belarus have launched a large-scale joint military exercise, called Zapad-2017, which has made nearby NATO countries nervous. Read more …
BBC

Washington Post: What you need to know about Russia’s huge military exercise

Today Russia embarks on a week of combat exercises and military maneuvers that will be closely watched by neighboring countries and the United States. …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Russia, Belarus kick off military exercises amid tensions with West

Russia and neighboring Belarus have begun a joint military exercise near NATO’s eastern flank that has fanned already deep tensions between Moscow and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Turkey will take its own security measures after Russia defense deal

ANKARA – President Tayyip Erdogan on Sept.13 dismissed NATO allies’ concern over Turkey’s deal to buy a missile defense system from Russia and said …
Reuters

Washington Post: US bans use of Kaspersky software in federal agencies amid concerns of Russian espionage

The US government on Sept.13  banned the use of a Russian brand of security software by federal agencies amid concerns the company has ties to …

Reuters: Buildings evacuated in Moscow after bomb threats

MOSCOW – Russian authorities evacuated people from dozens of buildings in Moscow on Sept.13 after a flurry of anonymous phone calls asserting the …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Mass evacuations in Russian cities continue after bomb threats

Schools, government buildings and shopping malls in more than a dozen Russian cities continue to be evacuated four days after local authorities …
The Moscow Times
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