Eastern Europe

112.ua: UNHCR urges Russia to lift ban on Mejlis activity in Crimea

The Board of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights demands that the Russian government lift all bans concerning Crimean Tatars residing in the …
112.ua

The Guardian: Rosenstein says only he can fire Russia special counsel Robert Mueller

Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, has hit back following speculation that Donald Trump was considering firing the special counsel Robert …
The Guardian

Appeal filed against Ukrainian Literature Library ex-head Sharina’s sentence

Defense Lawyers have challenged the sentence of former Ukrainian Literature Library director Natalya Sharina, who earlier received a four-year …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: In Russia, state TV and the Internet tell a tale of two protests

Some of the biggest anti-Kremlin protests in years swept across Russia on June 12 with over 1,000 people detained by the police ahead of a …
Reuters

Irish Times: US counsel for Russia inquiry to be fired only if ‘appropriate’

Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein said he would only fire special counsel Robert Mueller if the request was “lawful and appropriate”. His …
Irish Times

Independent: America’s relationship with Russia at all-time low and deteriorating

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says that relations between the US and Russia are at an all-time low and getting worse. The goal right now, he says, …
Independent

RFE/RL: Russia criticized for detaining more than 1,500 anticorruption protesters

The United States, the European Union, and human rights groups have condemned the detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters across Russia. Read …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Russian breach of 39 states threatens future US elections

Russia’s cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump’s election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including …
Bloomberg

BBC: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced

Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 30 days’ administrative arrest for repeatedly violating the law on staging …
BBC

New York Times: New bipartisan sanctions would punish Russia for election meddling

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders said they had reached an agreement late on June 12 to approve new sanctions against Russia for interfering in the 2016 …
New York Times

Washington Post: Senators strike comprehensive deal to increase Russia sanctions

Senators have struck a deal to put a comprehensive Russia sanctions bill on the floor this week, according to those negotiating the legislation. Read …
Washington Post

Moscow’s Simonovsky district court to hear administrative case against Navalny

Opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been taken to the Moscow Simonovsky District Court, where an administrative case over the breaching of the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Anti-Kremlin protesters fill Russian streets, Putin critic Navalny detained

Baton-wielding riot police broke up anti-corruption protests and detained hundreds of demonstrators in Moscow and other Russian cities on June 12 soon …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Foreign Minister says Russia won’t end travel for Europeans

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said there are no plans to “unilaterally abolish” visas for Europeans traveling to Russia. Lavrov’s comments …
The Moscow Times

BBC: Russia protests – hundreds detained at opposition rallies

Hundreds of people have been detained at anti-corruption rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg. Riot police in central Moscow were picking protesters …
BBC

Washington Post: Russia has developed a cyberweapon that can disrupt power grids

Hackers allied with the Russian government have devised a cyberweapon that has the potential to be the most disruptive yet against electric systems …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Russia’s Navalny, others detained at Moscow, St. Petersburg anticorruption protests

MOSCOW – Riot police in Moscow and St. Petersburg have detained more than 200 anticorruption protesters at unsanctioned demonstrations organized by …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Politico: How Russia targets the US military

In the fall of 2013, Veterans Today, a fringe American news site that also offers former service members help finding jobs and paying medical bills, …
POLITICO
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