Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: US investigators reported probing Trump aides’ Russia connections

U.S. media are reporting that two top former aides of U.S. President Donald Trump are being investigated for Russia connections by a U.S. special …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Washington Post: Washington lobbying firms receive subpoenas as part of Russia probe

Lawyers for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, have issued subpoenas to several …
Washington Post

New York Times: Report says Russians arrested on treason charges helped US catch hacker

MOSCOW — In December, Russia arrested two of its most senior cybersecurity officials on treason charges, prompting speculation that the pair might …
New York Times

RFE/RL: Russian activist’s death reignites tensions over vigil for slain opposition leader

MOSCOW – Olga Skripnichenko says she was always trying to talk her husband out of patrolling the site of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Billionaire owners watch Otkritie flail as Russia reboots banks

As Russia’s second-biggest private bank implodes, its billionaire owners have been conspicuous by their absence. By leaving Bank Otkritie FC to fend …
Bloomberg

RFE/RL: Report shows Russian offshore wealth likely equal to country’s entire household wealth

WASHINGTON – Capital flight from Russia is now likely equal to the collective wealth of all Russian households, according to a new report by a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Inside a Putin-linked biker club – and its combat school (VIDEO)

As skirmishes in Ukraine continue, the Night Wolves – a Russian motorcycle club that is on friendly terms with President Vladimir V. Putin – run a …
New York Times

Reuters: New Russia sanctions disrupt major Intesa loan syndication

LONDON/MILAN – Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has encountered problems syndicating a loan to Glencore and Qatar’s wealth fund to finance their purchase …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russian activist dies after attack at Nemtsov memorial

A rights activist who was attacked while guarding a makeshift memorial to assassinated Russian politician Boris Nemtsov has died in the hospital, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: NATO chief says 2 experts to attend Russia-Belarus war games

WARSAW, Poland – NATO’s chief says the military alliance will send two experts to attend Russia’s war games with Belarus, after Minsk invited them to …
Associated Press

Reuters: Russian hackers feel the heat as Trump seeks warmer Moscow ties

MOSCOW/SAN FRANCISCO – When Alexander Vinnik was arrested on money-laundering charges at a Greek hotel in late July, the status of his Jabber secure …
Reuters

112.ua: Putin held closed meeting with Medvedchuk in occupied Crimea

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during his visit to the occupied Crimea last week held closed talks with the leader of the …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Russia disputes US Defense Chief’s claim about lethal weapons in Ukraine

A Russian official and separatist leader in eastern Ukraine took issue with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s assertion that providing lethal defense …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

CNN: The North Korean spies Ukraine caught stealing missile plans

ZHYTOMYR – The images are a little grainy, but in the half-light of a dusty Ukrainian garage, you can sense the unbridled enthusiasm of the two North …
CNN

The Hill: Russia says Japan’s plan to deploy US missile systems could destabilize region

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that Japan’s plan to deploy the U.S. Aegis Ashore missile defense systems would be “disproportionate” and …
The Hill

Reuters: Russian nuclear bombers fly near North Korea in rare show of force

MOSCOW – Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown a rare mission around the Korean Peninsula at the same time as the United States and …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Anti-Kremlin Bolotnaya protester Ivan Nepomnyashchikh released

Ivan Nepomnyashchikh, a participant in mass anti-Kremlin protests in 2012, was released on August 24 from a Yaroslavl prison. Read more here.
The Moscow Times

CNN: Russian ex-diplomat Kislyak downplays Trump campaign contacts

Saransk, Russia (CNN)Russia’s former ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak downplayed his contact with members of the Trump campaign on …
CNN
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