Eastern Europe

Baltic Times: Russian language losing its position around the world

Russian has lost more ground than any other language over the past 20 years as newly independent former Soviet states have attempted to assert their …
Baltic Times

EUobserver: Sex and lies – Russia’s EU news

Rape, paedophilia, incest, and sodomy – Russian media have been targeting France and Germany for years with hundreds of fake or distorted stories, …
EUobserver.com

The Moscow Times: Russian murderer hates Schwarzenegger’s new movie based on him

Vitaly Kaloyev, the Russian man who murdered the air traffic controller he held responsible for a plane collision that killed his family, shares film …
The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times: Russia to investigate US media over ‘election meddling’

U.S. media outlets in Russia will face investigations into whether they illegally influenced the country’s parliamentary elections in 2016. Read more …
The Moscow Times

Financial Times: Russian agriculture sector flourishes amid sanctions

When the EU and US imposed sanctions on parts of Russia’s economy following military intervention in Ukraine 2014, some local officials portrayed the …
Financial Times

Washington Post: On Russia, Trump and his top national security aides seem to be at odds

The message was defiantly optimistic, like a suitor determined to hold a relationship together despite mounting obstacles. Read more here.
Washington Post

Reuters: Putin congratulates Turkey’s Erdogan for referendum win – sources

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan and congratulated him for winning the referendum, Turkish …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia metro bombing suspect says he was unwitting accomplice

The man Russian investigators say orchestrated a suicide bombing on the St Petersburg metro told a court on April 18 he was an unwitting accomplice in …
Reuters

Associated Press: Russian rockets fuel tensions in the Balkans

Russian and Serbian officials say Serbia is seeking a Russian air-defense system in addition to fighter jets and battle tanks. Read more here.
Associated Press

Reuters: Russian investigators question new suspect over metro bombing

Russian law enforcement officials are questioning a new suspect over the bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg earlier this month, a source …
Reuters

Tbilisi sees Lavrov’s visit to Abkhazia as violation of int’l law

Tbilisi has expressed its negative attitude toward Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Abkhazia due to start on April 18. This visit “is …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Independent: China and Russia shadow US ‘armada’ of aircraft carriers heading to North Korea

China and Russia have dispatched spy vessels to shadow a fleet of US aircraft carriers heading to North Korean waters. Beijing has sought Moscow’s …
The Independent

The Sun: St Petersburg attack suspect arrested in Russia

Russian agents have arrested a new suspect over the bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg earlier this month. Dramatic pictures show operatives …
The Sun

CNN: FBI documents detail how the Russians try to recruit spies

It is a scene ripped from Hollywood spy thrillers: Russian agents living and working among everyday, American citizens as cover for their true mission …
CNN

Reuters: Russia checking threats against newspaper over Chechnya coverage

Russian investigators said on April 17 they were checking information that threats had been made against a Russian newspaper which reported that gay …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia says hopes USA will not act unilaterally against North Korea

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on April 17 that Moscow could not accept North Korea’s “reckless nuclear actions” but said he hoped the …
Reuters

Bloomberg: Russian state TV says Trump is more dangerous than Kim Jong-Un

Russian state television has no doubt who is unpredictable enough to bring the world to war in the North Korean crisis, and it’s not the reclusive …
Bloomberg

BBC: Google takes Android search blow in Russia

Google has promised to allow rivals’ search engines and apps to be pre-installed on phones running its versions of Android in Russia. The concession …
BBC
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