Eastern Europe

Court leaves Siemens turbines complaint without action until August 21

The Moscow Arbitration Court has left a complaint filed by Siemens regarding gas turbines without action until August 21, according to the case …
Interfax-Ukraine

Aljazeera: Zaur Dadayev, four others, jailed over Nemtsov killing

A Russian court has sentenced five men convicted of murdering opposition leader Boris Nemtsov to 20 years in jail. Of the convicts, Zaur Dadayev, a …
Aljazeera

Poll: More Russians come to like Trump after he meets with Putin

The number of Russians who like U.S. President Donald Trump has doubled from 13 percent in April to 27 percent now, the Russian Public Opinion …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russian court jails man convicted of killing Nemtsov for 20 years

A court sentenced a man convicted of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov to 20 years in jail on July 13 and handed terms between 11 and …
Reuters

Deutsche Welle: Germany ‘stagnating’ in cultural struggle with Russia, China

Russia and China are miles ahead of Europe when it comes to investing in social media campaigns and founding cultural institutes, a new study has …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Trump says son is ‘innocent’ over emails about Russian campaign help

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his eldest son as “innocent” following emails that showed Donald Trump Jr. welcomed …
Reuters

Lavrov says he is unaware of meeting between Trump Jr., Russian lawyer

BRUSSELS – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he is unaware of contacts between U.S. President Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer. “I was …
Interfax-Ukraine

State Duma passes amendment to liberalize receipt of Russian citizenship acquisition for Ukrainians

MOSCOW – Russia’s State Duma has passed an amendment to liberalize legal procedures for Ukrainians wishing to acquire Russian nationality after a …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Moscow Times: Russian lawyer – Trump Jr only asked about Democrat’s financing

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya said on July 11 that Donald Trump Jr. met her to obtain “inappropriate” information on sources of U.S. Democratic …
The Moscow Times

Associated Press: US-Russia talks to resume as Moscow threatens retaliation

The United States and Russia are resurrecting high-level talks aimed at resolving major irritants between the two world powers, the U.S. said July 11, …
Associated Press

Prosecutor requests to sentence defendants in Nemtsov murder case to many years in jail

Prosecutors have requested prison terms from 17 to 23 years to accomplices in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, an Interfax …
Interfax-Ukraine

Washington Post: Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. has long history fighting sanctions

The photograph is striking: There sits Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. and others at Trump Tower in Manhattan …
Washington Post

The Independent: Russia quietly moves border hundreds of yards into Georgia

Russia has quietly moved one of its borders hundreds of metres further into Georgia, according to local media reports. Read more here. 
The Independent

Voice of America: Russia crafting response to US expulsion of diplomats

Russia is “outraged” that the United States has not yet resolved issues following the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats in December. Read more here. 
Voice of America

Business Insider: Russia is threatening to expel dozens of US diplomats

The Kremlin is getting ready to expel dozens of American diplomats from Russia. Read more here. 
Business Insider

BBC: Russia’s Lavrov threatens US over seized diplomatic mansions

Russia says it is “outrageous” that the US has not yet handed back two Russian intelligence compounds seized in the US under the Obama …
BBC

Wall Street Journal: Who’s who in Trump campaign’s meeting with Russian lawyer

A meeting between members of Donald Trump’s inner circle and a Russian lawyer in June 2016 has raised concerns about whether the campaign was too cozy …
Wall Street Journal

Washington Post: The pop star at the center of the latest Russia controversy (VIDEO)

Emin Agalarov, an Azerbaijani singer whose family is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is at the center of the latest controversy to hit the …
Washington Post
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