Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: Navalny supporters holding anticorruption protests across Russia

Police in Russia’s Far East have detained several people trying to demonstrate as part of nationwide anticorruption protests organized by opposition …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Newsweek: Navalny readies mass rallies as Moscow police gear up for ‘provocations’ on Russian public holiday

Police in Moscow say they are preparing for “provocations” during upcoming Russian opposition protests, in a warning to the thousands expected to …
Newsweek

Euronews: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny starts presidential bid

The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened his presidential election campaign office in Perm. He met local volunteers from the campaign …
Euronews

New York Post: Anti-Putin protests banned from gathering near Red Square

Anti-Putin activists planning a demonstration in Moscow on Sunday have been ordered to gather far from Red Square, for fear that the crowd’s size will …
New York Post

CNN: Alexey Navalny and Russia’s YouTube insurgency

MOSCOW – Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is calling on thousands of his supporters to join him at nationwide anti-government protests to …
CNN

RFE/RL: Reports say gunman who killed 4 in Russian village shot dead by officers

A gunman who killed at least four people in a village southeast of Moscow has been shot dead in a firefight with security personnel, Russian state …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: US attorney general agrees to appear before panel probing Russian actions

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has agreed to appear on June 13 before a Senate committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bloomberg: Russia sees oil market balancing in first quarter as prices slip

A deal among oil-producing countries to curb production and balance an oversupplied market will achieve its objective in the first quarter of next …
Bloomberg

Al Jazeera: Russia appears reluctant to choose sides over Qatar-GCC rift

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani says dialogue will solve the diplomatic crisis dividing the Gulf Arab nations. Read more …
Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch: Children, students targeted after protests

MOSCOW – The authorities in numerous cities across Russia have harassed and intimidated schoolchildren and university students who participated in …
Human Rights Watch

Deutsche Welle: Norway’s prime minister says Russia ‘has become more unpredictable’

In an interview with DW’s Zhanna Nemtsova, Erna Solberg said that she doesn’t consider Russia to be a threat to Norway’s security. The prime minister …
Deutsche Welle

CNN: Mueller staffing up Russia probe while Trump lawyer declares victory

President Donald Trump’s lawyer has responded to fired FBI Director James Comey’s tell-all to Congress by taking a victory lap. The evening before …
CNN

Likhachev: Annual commissioning of 20 GW of nuclear capacities is needed for environmental stability

ASTANA – Nuclear electric power plants with capacities of 20 gigawatt need to be built worldwide annually to ensure environmental stability, Rosatom …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov calls for talks to ease Qatar stand-off

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told Qatar on Saturday of its concern over Arab nations cutting ties with the Gulf state and called for talks …
Reuters

UNIAN: Navalny promises withdrawal of Russian troops from Donbas, fair referendum in Crimea

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny claims, if he is elected president, he is ready to withdraw Russian troops from the occupied areas of eastern …
UNIAN

Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia, Belarus moving towards very deep integration

Russia and Belarus will continue stepping up the pace of integration, Russian State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said. “25 …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russian Foreign Ministry fears souring of regional geopolitical situation over prospect of Ukraine joining NATO

The prospect of Ukraine joining NATO is aggravating the geopolitical situation, Europe and the United States must take a stand in favor of common …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Russian parliament oks plan for massive Moscow redevelopment

With hundreds of protesters rallying outside, the Russian parliament on June 9 gave preliminary approval to a controversial plan to tear down …
Associated Press
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