Eastern Europe

The Independent: Russian court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses, rules group is extremist

Russia has banned Jehovah’s Witnesses after the Supreme Court ruled the Christian sect to be an “extremist” group. “The Supreme Court has ruled to …
The Independent

Veaceslav Platon sentenced to 18 years in jail for laundering over $20 bln from Russia

CHISINAU – A Chisinau court sentenced Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon to 18 years in jail on Thursday on the counts of laundering over $20 …
Interfax-Ukraine

Petrenko: Russia’s failure to implement UN court interim decision to be submitted to UN General Assembly

If the Russian Federation does not comply with the interim decision of the International Court of Justice (the Hague) for compliance with the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Gref: Sberbank still has liquidity surplus

MOSCOW – Sberbank still have a liquidity surplus, the bank’s CEO Herman Gref told reporters. Throughout 2016 Sberbank’s management had repeatedly …
Interfax-Ukraine

NATO declines invitation to international security conference in Moscow

MOSCOW – NATO Military Committee Chairman Petr Pavel has denied media reports that he has not so far responded to the Russian side’s invitation to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia’s Evraz steel production up 8.7% to 3.7 mln tonnes in Q1

MOSCOW – Evraz increased steel production by 8.7% to 3.678 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2017, the Russian steel and mining company …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kremlin: Russia not going to integrate DPR, LPR

MOSCOW – Russia is not going to integrate the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics into its composition, Russian presidential press …
Interfax-Ukraine

Belarusian president calls agreements reached with Russia compromise

Agreements reached with Russia in April are a compromise rather than a ‘one-way street’ case, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said. “The …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia’s Bank Vozrozhdenie initiates bankruptcy of Milkiland’s plant in Russia

Russia’s Bank Vozrozhdenie on March 28, 2017 filed a bankruptcy petition to Arbitrage Court of the City of Moscow against JSC Ostankino Dairy …
Interfax-Ukraine

Deutsche Welle: US, Russian crew blasts off to International Space Station

A two-man, US-Russian crew has blasted off to the International Space Station. They will join three others orbiting the Earth at the ISS conducting …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Russian Finance Ministry wants economy to grow at least 3% a year

Russia’s finance ministry has “ambitious goals” of bringing the country’s economic growth in to line with the world’s average growth level of at least …
Reuters

The Daily Mail: Putin sends troops to Russia’s border with North Korea

Vladimir Putin is sending troops and equipment to Russia’s border with North Korea over fears the US is preparing to attack Kim Jong-un. The Russian …
Daily Mail

RFE/RL: Exxon reportedly requests sanctions waiver to resume drilling in Russia

Media are reporting that Exxon Mobil has applied for a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Russia so that it can resume drilling around the Black Sea with …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Russia blocks US-drafted UN statement condemning North Korea tests

Russia has blocked the UN Security Council from condemning North Korea’s latest missile test even though China had backed the strongly-worded …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Trump adviser’s visit to Moscow got the F.B.I.’s attention

WASHINGTON — Ever since F.B.I. investigators discovered in 2013 that a Russian spy was trying to recruit an American businessman named Carter Page, …
New York Times

Associated Press: Russia objects to NATO meeting in Svalbards under 1920 pact

Russia’s foreign ministry is objecting to a meeting of lawmakers from NATO countries that is planned to take place in the Svalbard Islands next …
Associated Press

UNIAN: British political scientist shows how Kremlin uses Russia’s criminal networks in Europe

Over the past 20 years, the role of Russian organized crime in Europe has shifted considerably, Mark Galeotti, a senior researcher at the Institute of …
UNIAN

RFE/RL: In annual report, Medvedev says Russian economy avoided catastrophe

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has promised not to raise taxes in 2017 and vowed to consider indexing retirement payments for working …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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