Eastern Europe

EU leaders agree to extend economic sanctions against Russia for half a year

BRUSSELS – European Council President Donald Tusk announced on Thursday that the EU leaders agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for …
Interfax-Ukraine

Levin: Temporary blocking of Google warning to Internet companies

MOSCOW – The temporary blocking of Google shows there are no untouchables in Russia’s legal field, Leonid Levin, head of the State Duma committee on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Spanish documentary film makers who shot film about gays fined for migration violations in Nizhny Novgorod

NIZHNY NOVGOROD – Administrative reports have been filed concerning members of a group of documentarians from Spain who violated the migration …
Interfax-Ukraine

Roskomnadzor has unblocked Google.ru

MOSCOW – The google.ru website has been taken off the register of banned resources and the problem behind the blocking resolved, the head of the …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Russian Duma approves bill to protect top officials’ personal data

Russian lawmakers have approved a law classifying the personal data of top state and corporate officials, their families, and other individuals who …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Embattled Russian theater director appeals to viewers to prove play existed

The head of an embattled Moscow theater has appealed to theatergoers to prove that a production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Newsweek: Spy or diplomat? Meet Sergey Kislyak, the most radioactive man in Washington

The meeting was apparently jovial—though we have to take the Russians’ word for it. On May 10, Donald Trump received Russian Foreign Minister Sergey …
Newsweek

EUobserver: EU set to roll over Russia sanctions amid defence talks

EU leaders meeting in Brussels for a summit are set to discuss rolling over sanctions against Russia, amid broader talks on defence. Read more here.
EUobserver.com

RFE/RL: Jurors deliberating in trial of accused Nemstov killers

Jurors are deliberating in the Moscow trial of five men from the Russian North Caucasus republic of Chechnya who are charged in connection with the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wall Street Journal: US ‘regrets’ Russia’s canceling a meeting to protest new sanctions

WASHINGTON – Russia called off a meeting later this week with U.S. officials in protest of new U.S. sanctions, and the State Department said June …
Wall Street Journal

The Moscow Times: Two-thirds of Russians believe USSR would have won WWII without allied help

Nearly two-thirds of Russians believe that the Soviet Union could have defeated Nazi Germany without the help of its wartime allies, a new survey has …
The Moscow Times

Associated Press: Russia cancels diplomatic meeting in wake of US sanctions

MOSCOW – The Kremlin voiced displeasure on June 21 about new United States sanctions against Russia and called off much-anticipated talks with a …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Russia to beef up military forces on western flank, citing NATO threat

Russia’s defense minister says that the security situation near the western borders has worsened and Russia will beef up its forces there. Read more …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: White House tries to get GOP to water down Russia sanctions bill

WASHINGTON — The White House is quietly lobbying House Republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the Senate last week that would slap …
New York Times

Russian Railways interested in infrastructure projects in Bulgaria, but worried about EU position

MOSCOW – Russian Railways Group (RZD) is considering entering the Bulgarian infrastructure project market, but is worried about the EU’s position on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Rosstat: Russia boosts palm oil imports almost 13.5% in April

MOSCOW – Russia increased imports of palm oil and its fractions 13.5% year-on-year to 68,800 tonnes in April, Russia’s Federal State Statistics …
Interfax-Ukraine

Gottemoeller: NATO expects Russia to inform it of military exercises in advance

MOSCOW – NATO expects Russia to start again notifying the alliance of preparing military exercises in keeping with the Vienna Document, especially in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Kremlin says Russia considering retaliatory sanctions against US

Moscow is considering a range of retaliatory measures in response to a planned new round of U.S. sanctions to be imposed on Moscow over its role in …
Reuters
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