Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: Protesters detained as hundreds decry plans to demolish Soviet-era housing in Moscow

Police have detained at least three people as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Russian parliament during a vote on a controversial plan to …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EUobserver: Commission passes the Nord Stream 2 buck to member states

The Commission asked the member states on June 9 for a mandate to negotiate with Russia an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. The …
EUobserver.com

The Moscow Times: How a Gulag historian fell victim to Russia’s dark past

“The condemned were brought by car to a forest. There, deep pits were dug and the prisoners were told to lay down face down. After that they were …
The Moscow Times

European Commission requests mandate from EU members for talks with Russia on Nord Stream 2

MOSCOW – The European Commission has submitted a request to the Council of the European Union to receive a mandate for talks with Russia regarding key …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: White House has no plan to curb Russia sanctions

The White House says it has no plans to scale back existing sanctions against Russia. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells reporters the Trump …
Associated Press

Reuters: EU’s Tusk criticises Nord Stream 2 as Brussels readies for Russia talks

The head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has waded into a dispute over a proposed new pipeline for Russian gas that pits Germany against eastern …
Reuters

RFE/RL: A manhunt, a typo, and alleged torture – Russian MMA fighter battles Chechnya’s grip

In the end, a typo in a passport could fell a Russian mixed-martial-arts fighter who accuses police in Chechnya of torturing him. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Moscow Times: Russian Court convicts ‘extremist’ Ukraine library director

Compared to most librarians, the last 19 months have been unusually dramatic for Natalya Sharina. The 59-year-old director of the State Library of …
The Moscow Times

Washington Post: Watching Comey’s testimony, Moscow shrugs off claims of Russian hacking

MOSCOW — Russians are watching with morbid fascination as the American political establishment struggles to get to the bottom of how and to what …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: US charges 31 members of Russian gang with ‘dizzying array’ of crimes

U.S. prosecutors on June 7 arrested and charged more than two dozen alleged members of a Russian organized crime gang working out of New York City …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

UNIAN: Moscow says idea to set up MH17 tribunal ‘meddling’ in Russia’s affairs

The initiative to establish an international tribunal to investigate the MH17 crash is an “interference” in the internal affairs of the Russian …
UNIAN

RFE/RL: Kasparov says Putin waging ‘war against the free world’ (Interview)

In 2013, former world chess champion and Russian opposition political activist Garry Kasparov emigrated from Russia to the United States. Since then, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Foreign Policy: Oliver Stone’s ‘Putin Interviews’ will teach you little about Putin, and even less about Russia

There is a documentary to be made about Russia under President Vladimir Putin that shares the Russian perspective, dispels American myths about the …
Foreign Policy

RFE/RL: Moscow’s English-language weekly to change hands, cut staff

A Dutch-registered foundation is reportedly poised to acquire the English-language Moscow Times in a shake-up that is expected to include major staff …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Hill: GOP chairman says Senate panel will ‘deal with’ Russia in June

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) says the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will “deal with” Russia this month, including potentially slapping new financial …
The Hill

Kremlin says Russia to offer mirror response to Ukraine’s imposition of visas

MOSCOW – Russia will offer a mirror response to Ukraine’s imposition of visas, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. “As a rule, the response to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Foreign Intelligence Service chief say US seeking pretext to increase sanction pressure on Russia

MOSCOW – Moscow possesses intelligence indicating that the United States is planning to increase the sanction pressure on Russia, including on its …
Interfax-Ukraine

Wall Street Journal: Feeling abandoned, Russian Catholics appeal to the Pope

A group of Russian Catholics is demanding greater recognition from Pope Francis, saying the Vatican’s appeasement of Moscow threatens its very …
Wall Street Journal
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