Eastern Europe

Georgian alcohol exports jump 1.7-fold in Q1

TBILISI – Georgia exported 15.365 million liters of alcoholic beverages in January-March 2017, 66% more than the same period in 2016, the National …
Interfax-Ukraine

Mikhelson: German, Swedish export credit agencies to participate in Yamal LNG, to join in Q2

MOSCOW – The German and Swedish export credit agencies have decided to take part in the Yamal LNG project, Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said during …
Interfax-Ukraine

Peskov: Any Crimean Tatars’ organizations but extremist ones allowed in Crimea

Russia has no restrictions on activities of its citizens belonging to non-governmental organizations, including the Crimean Tatars, but it will …
Interfax-Ukraine

RZD boosts IFRS net profit 26% to 10.3 bln rubles in 2016

MOSCOW – Russian Railways (RZD) boosted IFRS net profit 26% to 10.29 billion rubles in 2016, up from 8.18 billion rubles in 2015, according to the …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: EU denounces Russian ruling banning Jehovah’s Witnesses

The European Union has denounced a Russian Supreme Court decision to brand the Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization and ban its …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Putin and Erdogan to discuss Syria in Russia meeting on May 3

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 21 that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan would meet in Russia’s …
Reuters

Death toll from St. Pete metro blast rises to 16, as injured woman dies in hospital

One more woman injured in the April 3 bomb attack in St. Petersburg’s metro system has died in the city’s hospital, St. Petersburg’s Deputy Governor …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Russia reportedly moving military equipment toward North Korean border

Russia is reported to be moving heavy military equipment toward its border with North Korea amid mounting fears of a military clash between Pyongyang …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

CNN: Russia flexes muscle from Alaska to Japan

US defense officials are calling recent sightings of Russian bombers off the Alaskan coast “nothing out of the ordinary” — itself an indication that …
CNN

UNIAN: Putin’s propaganda focusing on viral videos to influence foreign youth

Russia intends to use viral online videos to convey their version of “truth” to the world, an UNIAN correspondent reported quoting Russia Today chief …
UNIAN

Reuters: Russian marine major killed in combat in Syria

A Russian marine major has been killed in combat in Syria, Russian news agencies reported on April 20, confirming an earlier report that one of …
Reuters

New York Times: Exxon Mobil seeks US sanctions waiver for oil project in Russia

Exxon Mobil is pursuing a waiver from Treasury Department sanctions on Russia to drill in the Black Sea in a venture with Rosneft, the Russian state …
New York Times

Associated Press: Supreme Court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia

Russia’s Supreme Court on April 20 banned Jehovah’s Witnesses from operating anywhere in the country, accepting a request from the justice ministry …
Associated Press

Poll: Over half of Russians believe that Lenin should be buried

More than half of Russians (58 percent) believe that Vladimir Lenin’s body should be buried: 32 percent propose a site beneath the Kremlin wall and 26 …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Goodbye Lenin? Russian lawmakers try to tweak law to get him buried

The embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin has lain in a mausoleum on Red Square since his death in 1924 but now, a century after the revolution he …
Reuters

The Independent: Russian bombers fly near Alaskan coastline for second night

Russian bombers have neared the coast of Alaska for a second consecutive night as relations continue to worsen between the Kremlin and Donald Trump’s …
The Independent

The Sun: Russia moves troops to its border with North Korea

Russia`s president Vladimir Putin is reinforcing his border with North Korea by relocating troops and equipment, according to reports. The move comes …
The Sun

Reuters: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election

A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and …
Reuters
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