Eastern Europe

112.ua: Moscow court refuses to arrest Siemens turbines in Crimea

The Moscow Arbitration Court refused to arrest four gas turbine units that were brought to Crimea due to the lawsuit of the German Siemens concern, …
112.ua

The Hill: Dershowitz says Russia investigation ‘endangers democracy’

Acclaimed attorney Alan Dershowitz says special counsel Rober Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and …
The Hill

RFE/RL: Russia steps up investigation of knife attack claimed by Islamic State

Russian federal authorities in Moscow have taken over the investigation into a stabbing rampage in the city of Surgut that left seven people …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Agence France-Presse: Russia steps up probe into attack claimed by Daesh

MOSCOW – Russia said Sunday that a stabbing which injured seven people and was claimed by the Daesh group is being probed by top investigators in …
Agence France-Presse

112.ua: 76-year old activist detained in Crimea released

In the annexed Crimea, 76-year-old Server Karametov, who was arrested for 10 days for a one-person rally, was released, as reported …
112.ua

The Jerusalem Post: Netanyahu to meet Putin over Iranian presence in Syria

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on …
The Jerusalem Post

CNBC: Large-scale Russian military exercises in Belarus feared to be set-up for Putin’s next conquest

There are growing concerns large-scale war games planned next month by Russia with its neighbor Belarus could be a cover for something very sinister …
CNBC

Associated Press: Israeli leader to meet with Putin in Russia

JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will travel to Russia on Wednesday to meet with President Vladimir …
Associated Press

Russia prepared to supply gas to both Greece, Bulgaria if necessary

Russia is prepared to supply gas from the TurkStream pipeline to both Greece and Bulgaria if necessary, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: 7 stabbed in Siberian attack; Russia skeptical of IS claim

A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage August 19 in a Siberian city, wounding seven people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic …
Associated Press

Russia, Belarus allow for oil supply below 24 million tonnes

The agreement between Russia and Belarus allows for the possibility of Russia supplying less than the 24 million tonnes oil set out in the indicative …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Islamic state claims responsibility for Russia stabbing attack

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack in the in the Siberian city of Surgut that injured eight people on August 19, the group’s …
Reuters

UNIAN: Russia criminalizes more religious worship in occupied Crimea

Eighteen Jehovah’s Witness communities in Russian-occupied Crimea have just been formally banned as supposedly ‘extremist organizations,’ Kharkiv …
UNIAN

The Sun: Knife maniac ‘wearing fake suicide belt’ shot dead by cops in Surgut

A knifeman wearing a fake suicide belt has been shot dead by police after stabbing seven people in Russia. The man, named locally as 23-year-old …
The Sun

The Telegraph: Russian knifeman stabs eight before being shot

A knife attacker stabbed eight people on the street in Russia’s far northern city of Surgut before being shot by police, investigators said August …
The Telegraph

BBC: Russia knife attacker wounds eight

Eight people have been wounded in a knife attack in the Russian city of Surgut, security sources say. The man, who apparently stabbed passers-by on …
BBC

Unknown man injures 8 people in Surgut, gets gunned down by police

An unidentified man armed with a knife injured eight people in downtown Surgut on Saturday, the Russian Investigative Committee’s investigative …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Russia bans Jehovah’s Witnesses’ translation of Bible

A Russian court has banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ translation of the Bible following a drawn-out legal battle, another blow to followers of the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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