Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: Putin says ‘nobody would survive’ US-Russia ‘hot war’

Russian President Vladimir Putin says in a documentary set to air on U.S. television that “nobody would survive” a war between the nuclear-armed …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Daily Sabah: Gazprom, partners pledge $7.5 billion to Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Russian state-owned gas and oil giant Gazprom and its partners have agreed to allocate 6.65 billion euros ($7.5 billion) to the Nord Stream 2 project …
Daily Sabah

Russian court judgment on Sharina evidence of Moscow’s anti-Ukrainian paranoia

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sais the verdict against former director of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow Natalia Sharina is the …
Interfax-Ukraine

US Ambassador: No decision made yet on resuming ‘Surkov-Nuland’ talks on Ukraine

No decision has yet been made on resuming negotiations on Ukraine that were held while the previous U.S. administration was in office between Russian …
Interfax-Ukraine

Lawyer says aggrieved party in Nemtsov murder case sees crime as not solved

The aggrieved party in the case dealing with the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sees the crime as not solved, as the investigation has …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Trump seeks legislative wins to cast off shadow of Russia probes

President Donald Trump is meeting congressional leaders on June 6 to push for efforts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare and tax systems, as …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia scrambles jet fighter to intercept US bomber over Baltics

Russia scrambled a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet on June 6 to intercept a U.S. B-52 strategic bomber which it said was flying close to its border over the …
Reuters

CNN: Tillerson says Trump wants me to fix US-Russia relations

President Donald Trump asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson not to let the ongoing political saga back home stand in the way of improving ties with …
CNN

The Guardian: Russian court drops charges against Guardian reporter

Alec Luhn was detained by police while covering a protest in Moscow organised by opposition politician Alexei Navalny. A Moscow court has dropped …
The Guardian

Financial Times: US contractor charged with leaking intelligence on Russia hacking

A 25-year-old US intelligence contractor has been charged with leaking classified information that alleges Russia attempted to hack into voting …
Financial Times

Reuters: Moscow says Russia sends jet fighter to intercept Norwegian plane over Barents Sea

Russia sent a MiG-31 jet fighter on June 6 to intercept a Norwegian patrol plane flying along Russia’s border over the Barents Sea, Russian news …
Reuters

Washington Post: Russian fighter jet ‘dispatched’ to intercept US heavy bomber over Baltic Sea

A Russian fighter jet intercepted a U.S. B-52 bomber over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry told Russian media outlets on June 6. Read more …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: EU ambassadors favor extending Crimea sanctions

BRUSSELS – The ambassadors of the European Union member states decided on June 6 to prolong the bloc’s investment ban against Crimea for another year, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Russians name US, Ukraine main foes

MOSCOW – A fifth of Russians (21 percent) believe that Russia-U.S. relations have been lately changing for the better, 17 percent claim the opposite, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Report suggests Russia hackers breached voting software firm

WASHINGTON — Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year’s presidential election, according to a …
Associated Press

Ukrainian literature library ex-director says her verdict is political

The defense lawyer will appeal against the suspended sentence handed down for former Moscow director of the Ukrainian Literature Library, Natalia …
Interfax-Ukraine

Bellingcat publishes photo of Buk 332 taken before MH17 tragedy

The British investigative journalists group Bellingcat has found a photo of the Buk 323 missile launcher of the Russian 53rd anti-aircraft missile …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russia calls for dialog in solving Qatar crisis

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a phone conservation with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on June 5, called …
Reuters
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