Russia and former Soviet Union

• Agence France-Presse: Putin is about to throw his biggest critic in jail

  April 24, 2014, 2:04 p.m.

  Prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny goes on trial on April 24 in a major ...

• Associated Press: Russian social media CEO quits, flees country

  April 24, 2014, 12:11 a.m.

  MOSCOW — The founder of Russia's leading social media network — a wunderkind often described as ...

• Reuters: Russia, China block Central African Republic blacklistings at UN

  April 23, 2014, 8:58 p.m.

   Russia and China have blocked a proposal by the United States and France to impose ...

• Reuters: UK scrambles jets to see off Russian planes near Scotland

  April 23, 2014, 8:19 p.m.

  LONDON — Britain on Wednesday scrambled Typhoon fighter jets to see off Russian military planes flying ...

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Tiny Moldova faces its East-West moment of truth

  April 23, 2014, 6:11 p.m.

  It's a bright, sunny day and Chisinau residents are enjoying the first whiff of ...

• Poll: Russians doubt possibility of country's isolation

  April 23, 2014, 3:25 p.m.

  Moscow - Most Russian citizens think the isolation of Russia following Western sanctions amid the events ...

• The Moscow Times: Russia prepares for possible economic isolation

  April 23, 2014, 2:31 p.m.

  Russia will adjust its economic course to make the country less vulnerable to another possible ...

• Associated Press: German, French ministers visit Moldova, Georgia

  April 23, 2014, 2:19 p.m.

  BERLIN — The German and French foreign ministers are making a joint visit to Moldova and ...

• EUobserver: EU elections may strengthen Putin in Europe

  April 23, 2014, 12:07 p.m.

  BRUSSELS - Far-right parties are set to do well in next month’s elections to the ...

• Reuters: Russia's Nord Gold says Q1 revenue down 7 percent year-on-year

  April 23, 2014, 9:17 a.m.

  Russian gold miner Nord Gold said on April 23 its revenue fell 7 percent year-on-year ...

• Associated Press: Navalny's conviction in Russia a chilling message

  April 23, 2014, 2:06 a.m.

   MOSCOW — A Moscow judge on Tuesday left open the possibility of jailing President Vladimir Putin ...

• Reuters: Estonia wants, expects more NATO troops on its territory

  April 22, 2014, 7:26 p.m.

   Estonia expects to see more NATO troops on its territory in reaction to what it ...

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Putin calls for improved Russian military infrastructure in Arctic

  April 22, 2014, 6:15 p.m.

   President Vladimir Putin has called for improving Russia's military infrastructure in the Arctic. Putin ...

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Founder, CEO of VKontake leaves Russia

  April 22, 2014, 5:17 p.m.

   The founder and CEO of top Russian social-networking site VKontakte says he has left Russia ...

• Reuters: Libel conviction adds to pressure on Putin foe Navalny

  April 22, 2014, 4:28 p.m.

   Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of libel on April 22 in a ruling ...

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Moscow court finds Navalny guilty of slander

  April 22, 2014, 3:41 p.m.

   Moscow's Babushkinsky District Court has found opposition figure and anticorruption campaigner Aleksei Navalny guilty ...

• Reuters: Medvedev says certain can minimize sanctions impact

  April 22, 2014, 2:23 p.m.

   Russia, under threat of further sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, said on April 22 it ...

• The New Zealand Herald: Zhirinovsky aims shocking rant at pregnant reporter

  April 21, 2014, 7:45 p.m.

  A pregnant journalist is recovering in hospital today after a pro-Kremlin political leader in Russia ...

• Reuters: Meteor lights up night sky in northern Russia

  April 21, 2014, 5:42 p.m.

   Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the ...

• Daily Mail: Russia's Zhirinovsky launches foul tirade at a press conference (VIDEO)

  April 21, 2014, 4:50 p.m.

  A pregnant journalist was recovering in hospital last night after a pro-Kremlin political leader in ...

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