Eastern Europe

Xinhua: Russia to enhance military position in Central Asia

Russia will strengthen its military presence in Central Asia due to the continuously unstable situation in the territory, Russian Defense Minister …
Xinhua

Moscow Times: Russian emigres in New York unfazed by sanctions fallout

U.S. President Donald Trump begrudgingly signed off on the latest round of sanctions against Russia early in August to the sound of growing …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: Russia plans joint military drills with Central Asian countries, citing Afghan conflict

The Russian military said it will conduct joint military maneuvers with countries in Central Asia in response to regional threats arising from the war …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Russian Bombardier worker charged with aggravated bribery

A Russian employee in the Swedish branch of Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier was charged August 18 with aggravated bribery and faces up to …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Russia says its jets helping encircle IS-held town in Syria

The Russian military says its aircraft are supporting a Damascus government offensive against the Islamic State group in a town in central Syria. The …
Associated Press

Reuters: Cyclist Perkins gets nod from Putin for Russia switch

Australian cyclist Shane Perkins has been given the green light to attain Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin, paving the way for the …
Reuters

CNN: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova – Authoritarianism is spreading like ‘sexually transmitted diseases’

Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda “Nadya” Tolokonnikova, who was imprisoned for protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin, says “democracy is being eroded” by …
CNN

Associated Press: Ex-Aussie Olympian says he’s cleared to compete for Russia

Former Australian Olympian Shane Perkins says he has completed his sporting defection to Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed off on granting …
Associated Press

Reuters: Russian, German foreign ministers discuss North Korea crisis on phone

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke on the phone with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel on August 18 to discuss the North Korea crisis, …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russia, China warn US against military conflict with North Korea

Russia joined with China on August 17 in urging the United States not to take military action against North Korea, saying the escalating threats of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Guardian: Australian cyclist thanks Vladimir Putin after defecting to Russia

Shane Perkins’ switch to Russia has been rubber-stamped after president Vladimir Putin signed an executive order to grant the Australia-born Olympic …
Guardian

Guardian: Russia – Navalny trains spotlight on lifestyle of Putin spokesman’s son

In 2010, Nikolay Choles was a troubled British youth, jailed for assaulting a man outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Milton Keynes. By 2017, according …
Guardian

The Telegraph: Russia bans Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘extremist’

Russia has banned Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organisation, placing the pacifist sect in the company of neo-Nazi and jihadi groups. Read more …
The Telegraph

DW: Russia readies troops for Zapad war games with Belarus

Russia and Belarus are set to stage the Zapad 2017 war games, and the operation’s size is causing concern among Western observers. Moscow’s heavy …
Deutsche Welle

112.ua: Putin to arrive in Crimea on August 18

Russian president Vladimir Putin comes to the illegally annexed Crimea with the working visit; according to Interfax news agency, the Russian leader …
112.ua

Reuters: Moscow calls ‘nonsense’ allegations that it meddled in US 2016 elections

MOSCOW – Allegations that Moscow meddled in the U.S. presidential elections in 2016 are groundless, as there have been no criminal cases brought in …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Russian railways to buy more trains from Siemens despite Crimea scandal

Russia’s state railway monopoly plans to order additional trains from Siemens despite a recent scandal over Moscow’s delivery of four of the German …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: China’s CEFC in early talks to buy Rosneft stake

HONG KONG/BEIJING – CEFC China Energy, which has grown from a niche oil trader to a sprawling energy conglomerate, is in talks to acquire a stake in …
Reuters
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