Eastern Europe

The National Interest: Everything you need to know – Russia’s massive Zapad military exercise

The Zapad-2017 military exercise that will take place in September in Russia and Belarus has already begun to draw attention in the Western press. In …
The National Interest

Yakutsk court returns administrative material on detained Pussy Riot group members to police

The Yakutsk City Court has not ruled in favor of an administrative penalty for two members of the Pussy Riot punk band, Maria Alyokhina and Olga …
Interfax-Ukraine

Independent: Daughter of Putin ally mocked after visiting Crimean shipyard to promote ‘patriotic business’

The daughter of Vladimir Putin’s spokesman is being ridiculed after she visited a Crimean shipyard to offer business advice, despite her lack of …
Independent

Newsweek: Russian bots are starting to attack the Republican Party

Russian-linked bots and trolls have caused a surge in use of the hashtag #ResignPaulRyan on Twitter over the last 48 hours, just as the Republican …
Newsweek

112.ua: Russia opens railway bypassing Ukraine

The railway bypassing Ukraine started its work in Russia. It is built on the territory of Rostov and Voronezh regions. Interfax-AVN reported this …
112.ua

New York Post: More Russian spies in US than anytime in ‘past 15 years’

Russian spies have flooded the US to infiltrate government, businesses and other institutions as President Vladimir Putin has dramatically expanded …
New York Post

Reuters: RIA reports Moscow to cut dependence on US payment systems

MOSCOW – Russia will speed up work on reducing dependency on U.S. payment systems and the dollar as a settling currency, RIA news agency cited Deputy …
Reuters

Page Six: Billionaire Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova separate

Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and his wife of 10 years, gorgeous Garage Magazine founder Dasha Zhukova, have …
Page Six

Associated Press: 2 members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot detained

MOSCOW — Two members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot were detained August 7 after a protest outside the prison colony where a Ukrainian …
Associated Press

Wall Street Journal: Tillerson says US, Russia must ‘deal with’ conflict

MANILA – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Russia’s foreign minister that the U.S. would respond to that country’s recent expulsion of …
Wall Street Journal

Associated Press: Tillerson says Russia willing to discuss Ukraine

MANILA, Philippines – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia is showing “some willingness” to start talking about a resolution to the …
Associated Press

Reuters: Pence denies eyeing presidential bid amid distance with Trump over Russia

WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on August 6 denied that he is preparing for a presidential election run in 2020, saying the suggestion is …
Reuters

Reuters: Tillerson says US, Russia can settle problems, ease tension

MANILA – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on August 7 he believes Washington and Russia can find a way to ease tension, saying it wouldn’t …
Reuters

Voice of America: US, Russian envoys to hold talks on Ukraine violence

WASHINGTON — Russia said Sunday that the U.S. is soon sending its envoy for negotiations over unrest in eastern Ukraine to Moscow for talks about the …
Voice of America

Deutsche Welle: US and Russia chief diplomats show ‘readiness’ to talk despite escalating tensions

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and US Secretary of State Tillerson have met for lengthy talks amidst rising tensions between the two nations. Their …
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: Russia worries about cease-fire in 1 Syrian zone

MANILA, Philippines — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Philippines …
Associated Press

The Hill: Tillerson, Russian foreign minister meet in Manila

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Sunday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, for the first time since President Trump signed legislation …
The Hill

Reuters: Lavrov says US, Russian envoys to discuss Ukraine soon

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that the United States’ special representative on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, would soon meet …
Reuters
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