Tag: Russia

Russia. Russian Police Detain Journalists Who Back Media Freedom (VoA)

Russian police on Saturday detained several journalists who protested authorities' decision to label a top independent TV channel as a "foreign agent." The journalists held...

Russian Police Detain Journalists Protesting Media Crackdown (RFE RL)

Russian police have detained several journalists who were protesting in Moscow on August 21 against a decision by authorities to label a top independent...

Ukraine Bans Website Accused Of ‘Pro-Russian Propaganda’ (RFE RL)

An influential opposition news website has been banned in Ukraine in connection with sanctions against its editor, who faces sanctions in Kyiv for publishing...

Thirty Years After Independence From Moscow, Ukraine Struggles To Throw Off Oligarch Yoke (RFE RL)

Todd Prince When Ukraine’s Constitutional Court dismantled much of the nation’s anti-corruption legislation in October 2020, dealing a blow to Kyiv’s reform agenda and its...

Ukraine Sanctions Dozens Of Individuals For ‘Pro-Russian’ Propaganda (RFE/RL)

Ukraine will impose sanctions on a number of pro-Kremlin figures in Ukrainian politics, business, and media for spreading “pro-Russian” propaganda, the country’s National Security...

Merkel Makes Farewell Trip To Meet Putin Amid ‘Deep Disagreements’ (RFE/RL)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a long list of contentious topics to discuss during Merkel's last official visit to...

Another Navalny Associate Handed Parole-Like Sentence Over Alleged Virus Restriction Violations (RFE/RL)

A Moscow court has sentenced another associate of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny to one year of so-called "restricted freedom," a parole-like sentence, for allegedly...

On Poisoning Anniversary, Merkel Urges Putin To Release Navalny, Britain Sanctions More Russians (RFE/RL)

On the anniversary of Aleksei Navalny’s poisoning, Britain and the United States imposed targeted sanctions on Russian intelligence operatives as German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

Moscow Student Gets Prison Term For Clash With Police At Navalny Rally (RFE/RL)

A student at Moscow State University from Chechnya has been sentenced to five years in prison on a criminal charge of attacking police officers...

Norway and Russia sharpen transparency pact on warship, aircraft moves (Defense News)

Norway has finalized an updated security agreement with Russia that adds strengthened protocols for avoiding high-risk encounters between aircraft and naval vessels in the...

Hydrogen: Savior or Boondoggle for Russia? (GMF)

Aliaksei Patonia The Russian government’s just-released strategy document for the development of hydrogen as an energy source could be viewed as a turning point in...

Belarus/Russia – Lukashenka Says No to Russian Military Base and Deeper Integration With Russia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor In his marathon question-and-answer session on August 9, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka again ruled out the integration of Belarus with Russia at the...

Russia – Russia Warns Ukraine and Other Neighbors to Draw Lessons From Fall of Kabul (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel E. Felgenhauer The sudden collapse of the Afghan National Army and security forces, the fall of Kabul without a fight, President Ashraf Ghani fleeing...

Afghanistan/Russia/USA – Russia and America’s overlapping legacies in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Pavel K. Baev Afghanistan was the place where al-Qaida terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, produced an instant and drastic impact,...

Afghanistan/China/USA/Russia – China, US, Russia share consensus in Afghanistan, but Washington ‘should correct its mistake to exchange cooperation’ (Global Times)

Yang Sheng and Liu Xin The US has discussed the situation in Afghanistan with China, Russia, Pakistan and its European allies on Tuesday to seek cooperation following...

Russia/Georgia – Russian Interference in Georgian Politics: The Activation of Ultra-Right Forces (The Jamestown Foundation)

Beka Chedia On August 2, Irma Inasvhili, one of the founders of the Georgian pro-Russian political party Alliance of Patriots, posted her faction’s open letter...