Eastern Europe

Reuters: Unannounced, new Russian passenger plane completes maiden flight

Russia completed the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first foray into mainline commercial aircraft since …
Reuters

Politico: Kelly says ‘any channel of communication’ with Russia ‘a good thing’

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, pressed on White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s reported attempts to establish secretive lines of …
POLITICO

Politico: Russia scandal ices government lawyer hiring

President Donald Trump was already struggling to fill hundreds of top legal jobs throughout the federal government. Over the past two weeks, that task …
POLITICO

RFE/RL: Russian Orthodox Church using social media to connect kids, clerics

ULYANOVSK – Earlier this month, several hundred schoolchildren in the central Russian city of Ulyanovsk were gathered in a municipal cultural center …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Will Russia stick to promise to cut output with OPEC?

MOSCOW — Global oil prices were in a deep slump. And because oil profits lubricate the Russian economy, the Kremlin was casting about for a …
New York Times

Radio Poland: G7 agrees on migration, refugees and Russia

The leaders of the world’s most economically advanced countries – the US, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy and France – aim to help refugees “as …
Radio Poland

Associated Press: Kushner sought secret сommunications with Russia

WASHINGTON – Advisers to President Donald Trump have been put on the defensive by reports that adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner had proposed a …
Associated Press

Voice of America: NATO chief not shocked by Trump’s ‘blunt and direct’ speech

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg wasn’t shocked by Donald Trump’s “blunt and direct” speech on defense spending during the U.S. president’s first meeting …
Voice of America

Reuters: Source says trade and Russia unresolved issues in G7 communique

Group of Seven (G7) leaders have still not agreed to joint language on the issues of trade and Russia, a G7 source said, hours before their final …
Reuters

UNIAN: Kremlin claims Putin heading to Paris with “well-known” position on Ukraine

The Kremlin claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is going to Paris for talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday, May …
UNIAN

Politico: Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe

Robert Mueller’s special investigation may just be starting, but for President Donald Trump and his aides, it’s already entered one of the most …
POLITICO

Russia approves draft protocol between Russia, Japan on prevention of incidents at sea and in air

MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree approving the draft protocol between the governments of Russia and Japan on …
Interfax-Ukraine

ABC News: Trump team planning post-trip retool to address Russia fallout

After returning to Washington, President Trump is expected to meet this week with his team of senior advisers to discuss possible changes to his press …
ABC News

BBC: US media reports say Kushner ‘discussed secret line to Moscow’

Donald Trump’s son-in-law attempted to set up secret communications with Moscow a month after Mr Trump’s election, US media say. Jared Kushner wanted …
BBC

White House: US not to lift Russia sanctions, may consider toughening them

The U.S. is not going to lift sanctions from Russia and may even consider their toughening, a senior representative of the White House told reporters …
Interfax-Ukraine

CNN: Sources – Comey acted on Russian intelligence he knew was fake

Then-FBI Director James Comey knew that a critical piece of information relating to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email was fake — created …
CNN

The Independent: FBI Russia investigation is ‘now at the door of the Oval office’

He’s the man Donald Trump considers “a very smart guy”, “a very good guy”, and “a quality person”. So smart, so good and with such qualities, indeed, …
The Independent

Tusk to urge G7 to continue sanctions policy against Russia

Chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk has said on May 26 that at a meeting of the leaders of the G7 countries in the Italian city of Taormina, …
Interfax-Ukraine
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