Eastern Europe

Reuters: Putin praises Trump, says US spies may have faked hacking evidence

President Vladimir Putin said on June 2 that Donald Trump had run a better presidential campaign than Hillary Clinton and that U.S. intelligence …
Reuters

Associated Press: Space capsule with 2 astronauts returns to Earth

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying two astronauts to Earth after a half-year aboard the International Space Station has landed. Read more here.
Associated Press

RFE/RL: NGO head is first Russian charged with a crime under foreign agent law

A human rights activist in southern Russia’s Rostov region has become the first person to face criminal prosecution under the country’s controversial …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Putin accuses US of destabilizing international arena

Russian President Vladimir Putin has harshly criticized U.S. foreign policy over the last two decades as an “abuse of power” that has destabilized the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Putin ridicules claims of meddling in US vote

President Vladimir Putin has ridiculed the allegations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections, accusing the Democrats of trying to shift blame for …
Associated Press

Putin says US uses NATO as foreign policy tool

NATO is a foreign policy tool for the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “NATO was created as a Cold War tool in the fight against …
Interfax-Ukraine

Newsweek: Putin vows military response if Sweden joins NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep opposition to the idea of Sweden joining NATO, calling its potential membership of the U.S.-led …
Newsweek

RFE/RL: Putin urges US businesses to push for normalized US-Russia relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged U.S. business representatives to work with President Donald Trump’s administration to improve relations …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Officials say US mulls return of Russian diplomatic compounds

WASHINGTON – The United States and Russia are holding high-level negotiations that could lead to the return of two Russian diplomatic compounds seized …
Associated Press

Reuters: Russia says will react to NATO’s eastern boost

Russia will respond to NATO boosting its military presence in eastern members nearby its borders such as Poland and the Baltic states, Moscow’s …
Reuters

Reuters: Kremlin aide rules out Russian energy sector privatizations

Further privatizations of Russian oil and gas companies were ruled out by an aide to President Vladimir Putin on June 1. “I believe the question of …
Reuters

The Independent: Veteran Russian MP warns Moscow could use nuclear weapons if the US makes a move into Crimea

Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend its position if forces led by the US or Nato make a move into Crimea, a veteran politician in the country …
The Independent

New York Times: Putin hints at US election meddling by ‘patriotically minded’ Russians

Shifting from his previous blanket denials, President Vladimir Putin of Russia said on June 1 that “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers …
New York Times

Reuters: Putin says US missile systems in Alaska, South Korea challenge Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 1 that elements of a U.S. anti-missile system in Alaska and South Korea were a challenge to Russia and …
Reuters

The Guardian: Putin says Russian role in election hacking ‘theoretically possible’

Vladimir Putin has given his broadest hint yet that Russia may have played a role in the hacking of western elections but emphatically denied that his …
The Guardian

Reuters: Russia’s Yandex to close offices in Ukraine’s Odessa and Kyiv

Russia’s top search site Yandex has decided to close its offices in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odessa, RIA news agency cited the company as …
Reuters

The Independent: Trump to hand back Russian compounds in New York and Maryland seized after election

The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, from …
The Independent

BBC: Russia Black Sea air crash – pilot error blamed

Russian investigators say the December crash of a Tu-154 airliner in the Black Sea, which killed 92 people, was most likely a case of pilot error. The …
BBC
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