Eastern Europe

USA Today: Dozens of Russian deaths cast suspicion on Vladimir Putin (VIDEO)

A former member of the Russian parliament is gunned down in broad daylight in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. A longtime Russian ambassador to the …
USA Today

Washington Post: Senate panel puts Russia sanctions bill on hold

Bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on Russia over alleged meddling in Ukraine, Syria and the 2016 U.S. elections is indefinitely on hold, …
Washington Post

EurActiv: Merkel makes rare Russia visit as Putin backs warmer ties

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 2 will meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since 2015, …
EurActiv.com

Global Voices: Navalny’s army unmasks the state-supported radicals out to get him

On May 1, opposition leader Alexey Navalny proved how useful it is to have millions of supporters among Russia’s young, energetic Internet users. Days …
Global Voices

The Independent: Russian police round up LGBT activists demonstrating against persecution of gay men in Chechnya

Russian police have detained LGBT activists attempting to raise awareness about the persecution of gay men in Chechnya. The demonstration was held …
The Independent

Associated Press: Gay activists detained in Russia at protest against torture

Russian police have detained several gay rights activists in St. Petersburg during a protest against the reported abuse of homosexuals in Chechnya. An …
Associated Press

The Moscow Times: Navalny’s supporters track down his attackers, as police dawdle

As Moscow police have dawdled over their investigation into a chemical attack on April 27 against opposition leader Alexei Navalny, ordinary Internet …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russian police detain gay rights activists at May Day march

Russian police arrested about 20 gay-rights protesters demonstrating on May 1 in St Petersburg against the treatment of homosexuals in the southern …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov, US’ Tillerson discuss Syria in phone call

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson exchanged views on Syrian crisis talks scheduled for May 3-4 in …
Reuters

Daily Mail: ‘Putin is planting deep-sea ‘mole nukes’ near the US’

A former Russian colonel and defense ministry spokesman claims Putin is burying ‘sleeper’ nukes off the coast of America. Viktor Baranetz said that in …
Daily Mail

The Moscow Times: Meet Russia’s new generation of communists

The crusty shell of Russia’s Communist Party may be associated with pensioners, but the movement is undergoing a face-lift. Read more here.
The Moscow Times

Turbulence injures 27 passengers of Moscow-Bangkok flight

BANGKOK – Twenty-seven passengers of a Russian airline flight were injured as the jet hit an air pocket during approach for landing in Bangkok, the …
Interfax-Ukraine

CNBC: Russia’s military buildup in Arctic has US watching closely

An RPG shell whistles towards its target, exploding in a ball of fire just as a group of soldiers in white fatigues, zip past on skis, bullets flying …
CNBC

Washington Post: How the Republican right found allies in Russia

Growing up in the 1980s, Brian Brown was taught to think of the communist Soviet Union as a dark and evil place. Read more here.
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Russian activist jailed over letters submitted to Putin

A Russian opposition activist has been jailed for organizing a letter-writing campaign urging, in part, President Vladimir Putin not to run for a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Hill: McMaster says US-Russia relations neither ‘better or worse’

National security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday said he doesn’t think relations with the Kremlin have changed since President Trump assumed …
The Hill

RFE/RL: Dozens detained in nationwide anti-Putin protests in Russia

Dozens of people have been detained while taking part in a protest campaign in many Russian cities urging President Vladimir Putin not to run in the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Eyewitnesses: Several people detained at unpermitted rally in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG – Police have detained several people taking part in an unpermitted rally near the Gorkovskaya metro station in St. Petersburg, …
Interfax-Ukraine
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