Eastern Europe

FSB: Man believed to be linked to St. Pete metro bomber held in Moscow

A citizen of one of the Central Asian republics who may have been in touch with the perpetrator of the April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Guardian: FBI refuses to disclose documents on Trump’s call to Russia to hack Clinton

The US justice department is refusing to disclose FBI documents relating to Donald Trump’s highly contentious election year call on Russia to hack …
The Guardian

Reuters: Russia detains activists delivering petition on Chechnya gay rights

Russian police detained five activists in central Moscow on May 11 as they tried to take a petition to prosecutors to call for an official …
Reuters

BBC: Chechnya gay rights – activists with petition held in Moscow

Five gay rights activists have been detained in Moscow as they tried to deliver a petition to the office of Russia’s prosecutor general. Police said …
BBC

Financial Times: What are US options for an independent probe on Russia?

Donald Trump is being accused of a cover-up following his firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, with Democrats saying that …
Financial Times

Yekaterinburg blogger gets suspended sentence for playing Pokemon Go in church

The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg convicted blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky and gave him a suspended sentence of three and a half years in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Suspected Russia-backed hackers target Baltic energy networks

Suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states, sources said, raising …
Reuters

Financial Times: Defiant Trump courts Russia as probe calls grow

An unabashed Donald Trump called for warmer US relations with Russia on May 10 even as his firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation director James …
Financial Times

Financial Times: Moscow accuses EBRD of becoming ‘tool’ of the west

Moscow has accused the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development of becoming a “tool of [western] foreign policy”, after governors of the …
Financial Times

RFE/RL: Russian ‘Pokemon Go’ blogger convicted, handed suspended sentence

YEKATERINBURG, Russia – A Russian court has handed a suspended sentence to a blogger after convicting him of inciting hatred and insulting the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Lavrov says Trump team are people of action

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on a visit to Washington, said on May 10 that his discussions with people in the Trump administration …
Reuters

Sanctions on Russia to remain in place until Moscow reverses actions that triggered them

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillers pointed out the need of implementing the Minsk Agreements on Ukraine during negotiations with Russian Foreign …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Russian government releases photos of oval office meeting

The first photos of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to be made public came from the Russian government, …
Associated Press

Reuters: Putin says Comey’s firing will not impact US-Russia relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 10 that U.S. President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, who was leading an …
Reuters

Issue of US unilateral anti-Russian sanctions was not discussed with US side – Lavrov

The issue of sanctions was not raised during the talks that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had with U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. …
Interfax-Ukraine

New York Times: With awkward timing, Trump meets Lavrov

WASHINGTON — What a day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with a top Russian official. Only hours after dismissing James B. …
New York Times

Reuters: EBRD rejects Russian challenge on lending freeze

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on May 10 rejected a Russian complaint about the bank’s investment freeze, prompting criticism …
Reuters

The Hill: Lavrov mocks Comey firing

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on May 10 appeared to joke about President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey during a visit to the …
The Hill
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