Eastern Europe
Nadezha Alyokhina was hauling a refrigerator home with a friend when the first of a string of deadly hostage dramas began to unfold in the south of Russia 25 years ago. Read more here.
Jun. 14, 2020
French prosecutors have placed a Russian artist and his girlfriend under investigation over the leaking of a sex video that brought down a close ally of Emmanuel Macron. Read more here.
Feb. 18, 2020
A Russian soldier on Oct. 25 shot dead at least eight of his fellow soldiers at a military base in the far east of the country, according to the Defense Ministry. Read more here.
Oct. 25, 2019
There appear to be few signs that the Kremlin and Russia’s security agencies are ready to adopt a more relaxed approach to opposition groups and dissent, say analysts, notwithstanding that anti-govern
Oct. 22, 2019
Russia is attempting to gain influence in Africa and earn billions of pounds by selling developing nations nuclear technology that critics say is unsuitable and unlikely to benefit the continent’s poo
Aug. 28, 2019
Poland
It was a time of dramatic changes. In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Two years later, the Soviet Union collapsed, giving birth to 15 newly independent states. In this heady environment, Poland and Ukrain
Oct. 19, 2018
LONDON – The Russian news website Fontanka named on Oct. 10 a third GRU military intelligence operative, Sergey Fedotov, as having been involved in trying to kill ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the English
Oct. 10, 2018
The games of 2018 FIFA World Cup will be broadcasted in Ukraine, with Inter TV channel being the official broadcaster. Read more here.
May. 30, 2018
Few people around the world trust Russian President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs, according to a new Pew Research Center report examining survey data fro
Aug. 17, 2017
Ukraine’s military prosecutor’s office has issued a suspicion notice to the Russian Major General Aleksey Zavizyon, commander of the 41st military army of the Central Military District of the Russian
Mar. 27, 2017
Russia is continuing its military buildup along its border with Ukraine, Olexander Motuzyanyk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, said on Jan. 25. During a press conference in Kyiv, Mot
Jan. 26, 2017
As the war in Ukraine’s east raged in June 2014, a senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on ways to counter a Ukrainian government economic blockade of the newly created “sepa
Oct. 28, 2016
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
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At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine the Kremlin’s ignorance of radiation danger at Chornobyl stood out as a prime example of Moscow military bumbling. It still does.
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