Eastern Europe

112.ua: Russia, Belarus to create single migration space

Russia and Belarus prepared a plan on creating a single migration space, reports TASS. “The plan of measures to form a single migration space for the …
112.ua

BBC: Ex-head of Ukraine library in Moscow Natalya Sharina guilty

The former head of a Ukrainian library in Moscow has been found guilty of extremism and embezzlement, in a case she says is politically …
BBC

Reuters: Head of Russia’s only Ukrainian library gets suspended jail term

A court in Moscow on June 5 handed a four-year suspended prison sentence to Natalya Sharina, the head of Russia’s only state-run Ukrainian language …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Ex-director of Moscow-based Ukrainian library handed suspended sentence

The former director of Moscow’s Ukrainian Literature Library, Natalya Sharina, has been handed a four-year suspended sentence by a Moscow court in a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Moscow court finds ex-head of Ukrainian library guilty of extremism, embezzlement

MOSCOW – The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has found Natalya Sharina, former director of the Moscow-based Library of Ukrainian Literature, …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Moscow Times: Russia’s new military modernization plan

Behind closed doors, battles are taking place over the future of Russia’s military. During this year’s Victory Day parade on May 9, Russia’s armed …
The Moscow Times

RFE/RL: Putin denies meddling in US election

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that he has compromising material on U.S. President Donald Trump and repeated his claim that Moscow did …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Financial Times: Rosneft chief Sechin looks beyond Russia sanctions

Igor Sechin, the Russian securocrat-turned-oil baron, makes his presence felt long before he appears. Read the story here.
Financial Times

New York Times: Bank at center of US inquiry projects Russian ‘soft power’

It has offices in a sleek Manhattan skyscraper. Its bonds are accessible to millions of American investors. And it holds ties to some of New York’s …
New York Times

Politico: Warner calls reports about Trump ‘very, very troubling’

Sen. Mark Warner declined to say Sunday whether allegations that President Donald Trump has attempted to influence the ongoing investigation into his …
POLITICO

Associated Press: Russia says North Korea nukes are a ‘direct threat’

SINGAPORE — North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are threatening to Russia, a Russian official said Sunday. “It is not only (a) ballistic missile defense …
Associated Press

Deutsche Welle: Several Russians killed over drunken quarrel

Russian police have detained a 45-year-old Muscovite, suspected of shooting several people to death in a village northwest of the capital. The man …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Putin says joint efforts to fight terrorism should be stepped up after London attacks

MOSCOW — Russian president Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over attacks in London in a telegram to British prime minister Theresa May on …
Reuters

Naryshkin: Montenegro’s Euro-Atlantic integration should be considered as joining alliance unfriendly to Russia

MOSCOW – Montenegro’s accession to NATO should be considered as its joining the alliance, which is unfriendly towards Russia, Foreign Intelligence …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Putin tells NBC says US hackers could have framed Russia in election hack

American hackers could have planted false evidence that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as …
Reuters

Reuters: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn’s Turkey ties

Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to assume …
Reuters

New York Times: Trump appears unlikely to hinder Comey’s testimony about Russia inquiry

WASHINGTON — President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, from providing …
New York Times

Reuters: This year, no US pressure to avoid Russia’s Davos

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA/WASHINGTON — For three years after Russia annexed Crimea, Washington officials quietly cautioned major U.S. firms about …
Reuters
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