Eastern Europe
MOSCOW – Rada Adzhubei, a journalist and former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s daughter, died at a hospital in Moscow at 87, Echo of Moscow radio station reported with reference to her son.
Aug. 13, 2016
France has signalled a softening of its stance towards Syrian president Bashar al-Assad by suggesting the regime’s soldiers could fight alongside opposition groups against Isis, the Islamist militant
Nov. 27, 2015
Russia on Nov. 25 accused Turkey of a “planned provocation” over the downing of a warplane on the Syrian border as a rescued pilot claimed that no warning had been given.
Nov. 25, 2015
TBILISI – Tbilaviastroy Plant (formerly, Tbilisi aircraft plant named after Dimitrov where combat aircrafts were manufactured during the Soviet Union), is about to start the assembly of a Ge-31 ground
Aug. 11, 2015
Russia’s state media machine appears to have gone into conspiracy theory
overdrive.
Jul. 29, 2015
Russia and OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri will discuss oil markets and the Iran situation in Moscow on July 30 amid sliding oil prices, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.
Jul. 17, 2015
CHISINAU – A relative majority of Moldovans favor their country’s integration with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and are against accession to NATO, as is seen from a poll of 1,593 respondents co
Jun. 6, 2015
MOSCOW – The director of the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, will head the country’s delegation at a summit on countering violent extremism hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, FSB said on
Feb. 18, 2015
Belarus has begun the process of “de-Russification” in schools and throughout the nation, local news website BelNovosti informs on Jan. 26. The move by the nation of 10 million people — tightly contro
Jan. 26, 2015
During the past 10 months, Kyrgyz officials say, some 38,000 of the country’s citizens have officially modified their names to sound more Russian. The changes might seem of only cosmetic importance. A
Dec. 10, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin will seek to bolster energy ties with India on a visit next month, his latest move to expand trade links with Asian nations to counter sanctions from the U.S. and its
Nov. 28, 2014
Editor’s Note: This article was <a href="http://www.novayagazeta.ru/society/65075.html">published in Novaya Gazeta</a>, a Russian newspaper. It is reprinted with
permission.
Anton Tumanov, 20, was br
Sep. 3, 2014
This Russian guy is really angry over U.S. sanctions, enacted by the Obama administration to punish the Kremlin over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, the most recent round coming earlier this we
Aug. 1, 2014
Baku – Azerbaijan is not planning to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) or the European Union, the country’s economy and industry minister, Shahin Mustafayev said Tuesday, May 3 at a meeting with
Jun. 3, 2014
Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to continue to work together with its Ukrainian partners in order to further promote trade and business ties between the two cou
Feb. 28, 2014
The new Georgian authorities are undecided so far about the future of
the luxury presidential palace built by President Mikheil Saakashvili in
Tbilisi for over $200 million.
Nov. 4, 2013
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The pilot forwarded documents to Ukraine related to the activities of his military unit as well as private photos of the command staff of the 22nd Heavy Bombing Aviation Division, HUR said.
Jul. 11