Eastern Europe

RFE/RL: Renewed fighting breaks out after Syrian cease-fire goes into effect

Syrian government forces and rebels clashed on May 6 shortly after a Russian-led deal to establish a cease-fire within Syrian “safe zones” took …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Senate asks Page for documents on his contacts with Russia

One of President Donald Trump’s former foreign policy advisers says a Senate committee investigating Moscow’s interference in the election wants him …
Associated Press

Reuters: Germany challenges Russia over alleged cyberattacks

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency accused Russian rivals of gathering large amounts of political data in cyber attacks and said it …
Reuters

Voice of America: FBI chief to face more questions on Russia’s activities during election

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey is testifying May 4 before the House intelligence committee in a closed-door session as part of …
Voice of America

RFE/RL: Urine, feces, and ‘zelyonka’ – meet the Russian radicals using dirty weapons on Kremlin critics

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his supporters have accused a notorious Russian nationalist group of assaulting him with a green …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Deutsche Welle: Putin says Syria no fly zones could cement ceasefire

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is confident “safe zones” in Syria’s rebel-held areas would deliver a ceasefire that will hold. The 6-year-long conflict …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Putin says Russia’s relations with Turkey have fully recovered

President Vladimir Putin said on May 3 that Russia’s relationship with Turkey had fully recovered after what he called a crisis caused by Ankara’s …
Reuters

EUobserver: How Le Pen’s party brokered Russian loans

A Latvian fixer has emerged as an intermediary between Marine Le Pen and her Russian sponsors. The French presidential candidate’s men met twice with …
EUobserver.com

Politico: Ex-House intel chair says Russian meddling into 2016 election was ‘wildly successful’

Russia’s efforts to interfere with last year’s U.S. presidential election were “wildly successful,” former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike …
POLITICO

Kremlin describes Putin-Trump call as positive

SOCHI – The phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was positive and businesslike, and the leaders …
Interfax-Ukraine

Washington Post: Trump and Putin discuss cease-fire in Syria in first conversation since US airstrikes

MOSCOW — In their first publicly announced conversation since the United States launched a Tomahawk cruise-missile strike in Syria last month, U.S. …
Washington Post

Business Insider: Senate is giving Putin a lifeline, and Russia hawks are furious

The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told Politico on May 1 that the committee is not going to issue new sanctions against Russia …
Business Insider

Reuters: EBRD head sees no thaw in freeze on Russia investments

The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on May 2 he expected the bank’s shareholders to reject a renewed bid by Moscow …
Reuters

Associated Press: Putin, Merkel spar in Russia over election meddling

During a tense appearance with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on May 2 that Moscow ever interferes in …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Navalny accuses police of failing to investigate attack

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says he is filing official complaints contending that Moscow police are not investigating an attack against …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Putin denies interfering in US, Europe elections

President Vladimir Putin has denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Read more here.
Associated Press

Bloomberg: Russian TV takes key role in Germany’s election

Eugen Schmidt, a computer programmer from Cologne in western Germany, credits the television stations controlled by Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin for …
Bloomberg

RFE/RL: Putin to host Merkel for talks, hold phone call with Trump

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on her way to the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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