Eastern Europe

The Guardian: Crimea – the big budget Russian blockbuster the world will never see

“This is the kind of decision that is only taken once a century,” says a voice on the trailer for Crimea, a high-budget Russian film that dramatises …
The Guardian

112.ua: Men spray pepper gas at LGBT pride partiсipants in Russia

In St. Petersburg in Russia, a few men went after LGBT Pride participants after the event and sprayed pepper gas in their faces. In the group of …
112.ua

Wired: Guide to Russia’s high tech tool box for subverting US democracy

A dead dog in Moscow. A dead dissident in London. Twitter trolls run by the Kremlin’s Internet Research Agency. Denial of service attacks and …
Wired

Associated Press: Russia says Syrian government doubles territory it controls

MOSCOW — Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says the Syrian government has increased the size of the territory under its control by 2 1/2 times in …
Associated Press

New York Times: Russia-West balancing act grows ever more wobbly in Belarus

MINSK, Belarus — Western officials and the news media have for years routinely described President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus as “the last …
New York Times

Voice of America: Analysts says Trump’s mixed Russia policy still taking shape

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s reluctant support for tighter sanctions against Russia and recent comments about Russia have been …
Voice of America

Agence France-Presse: Independent anti-doping lab for Russia

MOSCOW — In a key step to get Russian athletes back into international action Moscow has decreed a new, independent anti-doping lab, reports said on …
Agence France-Presse

The Moscow Times: Harassed LGBT activists rally in St. Petersburg

While sunbathers lounged on St. Petersburg’s Field of Mars on a scorching summer day, a different crowd wrapped in rainbow flags gathered at the park …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: Russia says Syrian forces recaptured large amount of territory in recent months

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Syrian government troops backed by Russian forces have recaptured huge swathes of territory from …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Mueller is said to seek interviews with West Wing in Russia case

WASHINGTON — In a sign that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will remain a continuing distraction for the …
New York Times

Deutsche Welle: Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder nominated to Russia’s Rosneft board

A friend of the Russian president, former German Chancellor Schröder has been working for the Russian energy industry since he lost to Chancellor …
Deutsche Welle

112.ua: Zhebrivsky says Putin will try to destabilize Ukraine

Before the elections in Russia, the leadership of this country will try to aggravate the situation in Ukraine, in particular, in the occupied …
112.ua

New York Times: Combative Trump pulls his punches for Putin

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The roster of villains in President Trump’s world is legion. The list of people he has been willing, even eager, to publicly …
New York Times

112.ua: Russian court imprisons a Ukrainian for 8 years for preparing terrorist attack

North-Caucasian military court (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) sentenced 19-year old citizen of Ukraine Artur Panov for eight years of imprisonment for …
112.ua

RFE/RL: Trump says was joking when thanked Putin for cutting US embassy staff

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was joking when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering deep cuts inU.S. diplomatic staff in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Trump says he wasn’t being serious in remarks about Putin

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump said he was not being serious when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering a drastic …
Associated Press

Reuters: Trump was being ‘sarcastic’ in thanking Putin for slashing US diplomatic staff

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was being “sarcastic” when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for saving the United States money by …
Reuters

BBC: Snapchat registered with Russian regulator ‘unknowingly’

Snapchat’s parent company says the US messaging app has been registered with Russia’s technology regulator without its knowledge. Read more here.
BBC
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