Eastern Europe

Financial Times: Gazprom to receive funding for Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Five European energy companies will each pay €950m to fund a new Gazprom gas pipeline as part of a finance package that clears a significant hurdle …
Financial Times

New York Times: Denmark says ‘key elements’ of Russian government hacked defense ministry

MOSCOW — The Kremlin on April 24 denied accusations that “key elements” of the Russian government had hacked into email accounts at Denmark’s Defense …
New York Times

Reuters: Russian hackers are believed to have targeted Emmanuel Macron

The campaign of Emmanuel Macron, the favourite to win France’s presidential election, has been targeted by a cyber espionage group linked by some …
Reuters

Bloomberg: Russia’s oil cuts won’t be so easy if OPEC deal is extended

For Russian oil companies, the historic agreement to boost prices by cutting output in conjunction with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting …
Bloomberg

UkrInform: Kremlin preparing information campaign to discredit Ukraine during Eurovision 2017

The Kremlin-controlled media are preparing an information campaign aimed at discrediting the international image of Ukraine while hosting the …
UkrInform

The Guardian: Unequal Russia – is anger stirring in the global capital of inequality?

Oksana, a 30-year-old from Siberia, moved to Moscow a year ago. She rents a room in a small, simple apartment in Zhukovka, on the outskirts of the …
The Guardian

Russia again China’s biggest oil supplier in March

China increased imports of Russian oil 0.94 percent year-on-year in March 2017 to 4.69 million tonnes, according to data from China’s General …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Senate gives limited resources to Russia election-meddling probe

The Senate’s main investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is equipped with a much smaller staff than …
Reuters

The Telegraph: John Nicholson – there is no doubt Russia is providing weapons to Taliban

America’s top general in Afghanistan has said there was no doubt that Russia was providing weapons to the Taliban. In the strongest statement yet over …
The Telegraph

Reuters: Macron campaign was target of cyber attacks by spy-linked group

The campaign of Emmanuel Macron, the favorite to win France’s presidential election, has been targeted by a cyber espionage group linked by some …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: New poll says Putin’s ‘Crimean consensus’ is fading

Most Russians still support Vladimir Putin’s presidency, but the surge in popularity Putin has enjoyed since the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 is …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Russia indicates it can lift oil output if deal on curbs lapses

Russian oil output could climb to its highest rate in 30 years if OPEC and non-OPEC producers do not extend a supply reduction deal beyond June 30, …
Reuters

UNIAN: Lavrov compares Crimea occupation with Falkland Islands issue

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has compared the occupied Crimea with the Falkland Islands, according to an UNIAN correspondent in the Russian …
UNIAN

Reuters: Top US general in Afghanistan sees Russia sending weapons to Taliban

The head of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan said on Monday he was “not refuting” reports that Russia was providing support, including …
Reuters

BBC: Russia – Ukraine OSCE monitor death needs swift investigation

Those responsible for the death of an American paramedic whose vehicle struck a landmine in eastern Ukraine should be brought to justice, Russia’s …
BBC

Business Insider: Russia seems to be intensifying its new Cold War on the west

President Donald Trump often said on the campaign trail that he’d likely “get along” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but a recent cruise …
Business Insider

Reuters: Gazprom’s Western partners agree Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline financing

PARIS – Western partners of Russian gas giant Gazprom agreed on April 24 on financing the 9.5-billion euro Nord Stream 2 pipeline, removing a key …
Reuters

The Moscow Times: Russia now world’s third-largest military spender

Despite economic troubles at home, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world’s third largest defense spender in 2016, according to a new report …
The Moscow Times
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