Eastern Europe

Associated Press: Putin visiting Hungary, attending World Judo Championships

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Hungary for the second time this year on Monday, attending the World Judo Championships being held in …
Associated Press

Reuters: Russian-North Korea projects foundering because of missile tests

Commercial ventures planned between Russia and North Korea three years ago are not being implemented because of Pyongyang’s missile testing program, …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russia’s new Washington ambassador meets US envoy Tefft

The newly appointed Russian ambassador to the United States has met with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Russia to discuss ties, Russia’s Foreign …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Deutsche Welle: Ex-Rosneft boss Eduard Khudainatov reportedly tied to mafia

The private Russian pay-TV channel Dozhd (Russian for “rain”) is known for its Kremlin-critical attitude and explosive news revelations. Now the …
Deutsche Welle

RFE/RL: Dozens of cultural figures sign petition for Russian director

More than 30 cultural figures from different countries have signed a petition calling on Russian authorities to drop the criminal investigation into …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Putin to travel to Hungary for judo competition, talks with Orban

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to visit Hungary on August 28 for a judo competition and talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Financial Times: Neighbours fear ‘Trojan Horse’ as Russia readies war games

They are still more than two weeks away, but Russia’s Zapad 2017 war games — potentially the country’s largest European exercises since the cold war — …
Financial Times

Associated Press: Bus drives off a pier in southern Russia, killing 17 workers

MOSCOW — A bus carrying construction workers drove off a pier in southern Russia on Friday, killing at least 17 people, officials said. The bus was …
Associated Press

112.ua: Court in occupied Crimea leaves Ukrainian under arrest

The “court” left Ukrainian Evgen Panov, whom Russia’s security service accused of preparing an alleged terrorist attack, was left under arrest on …
112.ua

112.ua: Human rights advocates say arrested in Crimea are being tortured

Russian security forces are using tortures, including subjecting to electric shock, against the arrested in the occupied Crimea, as coordinator of …
112.ua

Reuters: Syrian army, allies advance against Islamic State in central Syria

BEIRUT – The Syrian army and allied forces have captured one of the last major Islamic State enclaves in the central Syrian desert, a monitor and a …
Reuters

112.ua: Dodon rejects the idea of Russian military leaving Transnistria

President of Moldova Igor Dodon called the initiative of Moldova’s government to complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria a “yet …
112.ua

The Hill: Russia propaganda machine amplifies alt-right

Russia’s army of media influencers, social media bots and trolls has increasingly amplified alt-right and far-right narratives in the United States …
The Hill

Agence France-Presse: Hundreds of Russians protest tighter internet controls

MOSCOW – About 1,000 Russians braved pouring rain in Moscow on Saturday to demonstrate against the government’s moves to tighten controls on internet …
Agence France-Presse

Kyiv will support Moldova initiative to deprive Russian peacekeepers of grounds for staying in Transdniestria

Ukraine will support the initiative of Moldova to deprive the so called Russian peacekeeping mission in the unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Russia blocking navigation across Kerch Strait

Navigation will be banned due to the construction of the Kerch bridge for the period from August 28 to August 31, 2017, as reported on the site of the …
UNIAN

Reuters: Russia’s Alrosa abandons search for 8 missing diamond miners

MOSCOW – Russian diamond producer Alrosa said on Saturday it had called off the search for eight miners who went missing three weeks ago when an …
Reuters

112.ua: Russia blocks presence of UN peacekeepers in Donbas

Given that the Minsk agreements haven’t resulted in peace in the last three years, the government is looking into all possible ways of resolving the …
112.ua
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