Eastern Europe

The Moscow Times: After Everest botch, Russian embassy in London says ‘digital sh*t’ happens

Fresh off the heels of describing Mount Everest as part of Russia, the Russian Embassy in London pointed the finger at a controversial episode in …
The Moscow Times

BBC: Turkey signs deal to get Russian S-400 air defence missiles

Turkey has signed a controversial deal with Russia to arm its forces with Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles. Read more here.
BBC

The Daily Beast: Russia used Facebook events to organize anti-immigrant rallies on US soil

Russian operatives hiding behind false identities used Facebook’s event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests in the …
The Daily Beast

Reuters: Glencore sale of Rosneft stake earns rivals’ respect, bankers’ relief

LONDON – Glencore’s move last week to sell most of its stake in Russian oil major Rosneft to Chinese conglomerate CEFC is eliciting admiration from …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Bomb threats across Russia prompt mass evacuations

Schools, malls and other public spaces in more than 12 Russian cities have been evacuated in the past two days after authorities received anonymous …
The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times: US probes Russia’s Sputnik news agency for foreign agent law violations

The U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into Russian state-run news agency Sputnik over suspected violations of a foreign agent …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: Ruling party dominates Russian elections amid low turnout

The ruling United Russia party has dominated a slew of regional and local elections marked by low turnout and claims of voter suppression, but liberal …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Guardian: Film about Russia’s ‘holy tsar’ premieres after threats and violence

A film about Russia’s last tsar has had its first screening amid heavy security after attacks on a cinema and a film studio by religious extremists …
Guardian

The Moscow Times: Russian embassy in UK says Everest is part of Russia

The Russian Embassy in the U.K. said Mount Everest was part of Russia on its Twitter account before deleting the tweet on September 11. “Good morning! …
The Moscow Times

Associated Press: Russian FM says Saudi Arabia backs Syria truce deals

Saudi Arabia has assured Russia that it supports a gradual process of negotiating local cease-fires and setting up “de-escalation zones” in Syria, …
Associated Press

Business Insider: Russia makes wild claim that its next generation T-14 Armata tank can run on Mars

It turns out that around the same time Russia claimed that its MiG-31 successor would fly in space, it also claimed that not only its next generation …
Business Insider

RFE/RL: Tight security at Vladivostok screening of Russian film Matilda

A controversial film about an affair Tsar Nicholas II had before his marriage was screened amid “unprecedented security measures” in the city of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Rage at tsar film suspected in Russia car blaze

Two cars have been set ablaze in central Moscow outside a lawyer’s office linked to a controversial film about Russia’s last tsar. Lawyer Konstantin …
BBC

Poll: Two thirds of Russians see N. Korea possessing nukes as threat

Most of Russians (79 percent) know or have heard something about the fact that North Korea recently conducted a successful test of an intercontinental …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yahoo! News: FBI probes Russian news agency Sputnik

WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an …
Yahoo! News

RFE/RL: Ruling party dominates Russian elections, opposition claims strong Moscow showing

MOSCOW — The ruling United Russia party has dominated a slew of regional and local elections marked by low turnout and claims of voter suppression, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Washington Post: Fear and confidence in the face of Russian war games

RIGA, Latvia – Russia is readying this week for war games that Western security officials see as a muscular display of firepower along NATO’s most …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Russian war games expected to yield valuable insight for Western watchers

WASHINGTON — When thousands of Russian troops wheeled and maneuvered through the steppes of southern Siberia two years ago, as part of massive …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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