Putin Extends Ban on Russian Grain Exports
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 03. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced Thursday that Russia’s ban on grain exports would be extended well into next year because of continued uncertainty over production.
Russia: Putin Defends Crackdowns
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 01. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Mr. Putin told the Kommersant newspaper that the opposition had to abide by the law and receive permission to march.
A Russian Spy Resurfaces in Provocative Photos
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 28. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
Anna Chapman, who garnered more attention for her looks than her skullduggery in the espionage scandal earlier this summer, was photographed in a hotel overlooking the Kremlin.
Memo From Tallinn: Resentment Over Soviet-Era Policies Drives Estonian Citizenship Law
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 16. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
A hundred thousand people in Estonia, most of them ethnic Russians born and raised in Estonia, are not legal Estonians, as if they are refugees in their own homeland.
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Chairwoman Steps Down From Human Rights Council
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 31. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
Ella Pamfilova apparently resigned after growing disenchanted with the political situation in Russia.
Rybkhoz Journal: From Fires to Fish, Heat Wave Batters Russia
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 30. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
A record heat wave in the country is felt in such ways as smoky peat fires around Moscow and dying trout at a fish farm.
Videos Rouse Russian Anger Toward Police
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 29. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
An insider account of the culture of corruption in the nation’s police forces has been viewed more than two million times.
Russian Court, in Case Against Newspaper Editor, Hands Opposition a Rare Victory
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Global news on 28. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
A court threw out the case against Pyotr Lipatov, who has been charged with fomenting extremism by publishing articles that created “negative stereotypes and negative images of members of the security forces.”
Sanctions Vote Strains Russia-Iran Relations
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 27. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
Tensions between Russia and Iran appeared to grow on Monday over Russian support for sanctions approved last month by the United Nations Security Council.
World Briefing | EUROPE: Russia: Post-Swap Change of Heart
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 23. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
A Russian released from a lengthy prison term by Moscow as part of a spy exchange with the United States said Thursday that he wanted to return to Russia.
Russian Suicide Bomb Ring Foiled, Government Says
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 13. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
Russian security services said Monday that the terrorist cell in a Muslim region of the country was preparing female suicide bombers to attack major Russian cities.
Time to Wake Up, Sleeper Spy
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Global news on 11. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
Spies returning from America to Russia these days will find coming out of the cold a lot easier than did their Cold War predecessors. But they may still miss Montclair.
Russian Mayor Irks Security Agency, and Suffers
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Europe news on 07. Jul, 2010 | Comments Off
A mayor who filed a lawsuit over a resort owned by Russia’s security service was jailed and prosecuted.
Ethnic Uzbeks Find Calm but Fear for Those Still Behind
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Global news on 22. Jun, 2010 | Comments Off
Most of the refugees who fled Kyrgyzstan are women and children, officials said, because men remained to defend their neighborhoods.
Barriers Removed in Kyrgyzstan Despite Uzbek Protests
Posted by By CLIFFORD J. LEVY in All news, Global news on 21. Jun, 2010 | Comments Off
Uzbeks had pleaded with the government to keep the jury-rigged roadblocks in Osh but officials refused, saying that all parts of this city had to be open to everyone.