Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Week In Russia: Dog Diplomacy, Kremlin Imagery, And A Curious Choice To Counter Corruption - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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January 19, 2019
The Week In Russia: Dog Diplomacy, Kremlin Imagery, And A Curious Choice To Counter Corruption - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Klimkin: European rules toward Nord Stream 2 may make trilateral gas talks effective - Kyiv Post
Impeachment seems much more likely after Thursday's bombshell report - NBC News
The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
BIRN Urges Russian Leader To Release Journalists - Balkan Insight

The Week In Russia: Dog Diplomacy, Kremlin Imagery, And A Curious Choice To Counter Corruption - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Editor's Note: To receive Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia each week via e-mail, subscribe by clicking here. A Kremlin-connected tycoon is handed a contract to help fight corruption, while Vladimir Putin is handed a dog in Serbia and his spokesman portrays the president as a superhuman "workaholic" whose tireless labor keeps Russia running like a blast furnace.
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Klimkin: European rules toward Nord Stream 2 may make trilateral gas talks effective - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Ukraine's Energy Challenge Klimkin: European rules toward Nord Stream 2 may make trilateral gas talks effective
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Impeachment seems much more likely after Thursday's bombshell report - NBC News

NBC News
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBEJan. 18, 2019, 1:57 PM GMT By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
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The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Photo: Andriy Dubchak / RadioSvoboda.Org (RFE/RL) Share   The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed We know that rferl.org isn't the only website you read, and it's possible that you may have missed some of our most interesting journalism from the past week.
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BIRN Urges Russian Leader To Release Journalists - Balkan Insight

Balkan Insight
Photo: BIRN BIRN journalists in Serbia on Thursday displayed banners asking Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had arrived in Belgrade, to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and to respect human rights.
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Friday, January 18, 2019

OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election - Kyiv Post

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January 18, 2019
OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election - Kyiv Post
112.ua: Russia moves nuclear-capable missile launcher to border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post
German minister: Kerch Strait is now open for shipping - Reuters
Lukashenko responds to complaints about Belarusian fuel for Ukrainian tanks - Belarus News (BelTA)
Swiss court overturns arrest of Russia’s Gazprom assets which Ukraine claims were seized - RT

OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
2019 Presidential Election OSCE invited Russia to monitor Ukrainian presidential election
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112.ua: Russia moves nuclear-capable missile launcher to border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia’s defense ministry went for another act of intimidation, placing a medium-range missile launcher not far from the state border with Ukraine. Read more here.
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German minister: Kerch Strait is now open for shipping - Reuters

Reuters
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (R) attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia January 18, 2019. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation/Handout via REUTERS
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Lukashenko responds to complaints about Belarusian fuel for Ukrainian tanks - Belarus News (BelTA)

Belarus News (BelTA)
Lukashenko responds to complaints about Belarusian fuel for Ukrainian tanks MINSK, 18 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has given a response to complaints about Belarusian diesel fuel being used for military purposes in Ukraine.
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Swiss court overturns arrest of Russia’s Gazprom assets which Ukraine claims were seized - RT

RT
Switzerland's high court has overruled an injunction blocking payments from the operators of the Nord Stream gas pipeline at the request of Ukrainian state gas firm Naftogaz, according to Russian energy giant Gazprom.
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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Ukrainian prosecution confirms searches of home, office of Russian journalist’s lawyer - TASS

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January 17, 2019
Ukrainian prosecution confirms searches of home, office of Russian journalist’s lawyer - TASS
UNIAN: Poltorak claims Russia continues creeping offensive not only in Azov, but also in Black Sea - Kyiv Post
Facebook removes 364 pages linked to employees of Russian news agency - Sky News
Mueller’s Quiet Cooperator Rick Gates Has Key Role in Trump Probe - Bloomberg
Facebook removes more pages, accounts with Russia links - Nasdaq

Ukrainian prosecution confirms searches of home, office of Russian journalist’s lawyer - TASS

TASS
KIEV, January 17. /TASS/. Friday’s searches of the home and office of Andrei Domansky, the lawyer of the RIA Novosti Ukraine news outlet’s chief editor Kirill Vyshinsky, were linked to the 2013 case concerning wrongful alienation of property, Spokesperson for the Ukrainian prosecutor general Larisa Sargan wrote on Twitter.
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UNIAN: Poltorak claims Russia continues creeping offensive not only in Azov, but also in Black Sea - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Poltorak claims Russia continues creeping offensive not only in Azov, but also in Black Sea  Kyiv PostUkrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said the Russian Federation continues its creeping offensive not only in the Azov Sea, but also in the Black Sea.
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Facebook removes 364 pages linked to employees of Russian news agency - Sky News

Sky News
Facebook removes 364 pages linked to employees of Russian news agency  Sky NewsFacebook has removed 364 pages and accounts linked to employees of Russian news agency Sputnik from its platform.
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Mueller’s Quiet Cooperator Rick Gates Has Key Role in Trump Probe - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Mueller’s Quiet Cooperator Rick Gates Has Key Role in Trump Probe  BloombergBehind the headline-grabbing developments in Robert Mueller's Russia probe, one potentially pivotal witness has been quietly cooperating for almost a year on ...
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Facebook removes more pages, accounts with Russia links - Nasdaq

Nasdaq
Reuters By Ishita Palli Jan 17 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed hundreds of Russia-initiated pages, accounts and groups that it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – Omelyan - UNIAN

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January 16, 2019
Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – Omelyan - UNIAN
UNIAN: Russia will seek return of chief of RIA Novosti's Kyiv office through international channels - Kyiv Post
Poroshenko, President of Austrian National Council Sobotka discuss release of Ukrainian hostages, POWs from Russia - Interfax Ukraine
Russian tank crews fear Ukraine's new Javelin missiles, says Poroshenko - Kyiv Post
New court filing indicates prosecutors have extensive details on Manafort actions not yet made public - The Washington Post

Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – Omelyan - UNIAN

UNIAN
Passenger traffic from Ukraine to Russia falls by 15% in 2018 – OmelyanUkraine is developing railway services with the European Union member states. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says passenger traffic from Ukraine to the Russian Federation fell by 15% in 2018.Read alsoTermination of railway communication with Russia "inevitable" – Ukraine minister
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UNIAN: Russia will seek return of chief of RIA Novosti's Kyiv office through international channels - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: Russia will seek return of chief of RIA Novosti’s Kyiv office through international channels
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Poroshenko, President of Austrian National Council Sobotka discuss release of Ukrainian hostages, POWs from Russia - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
11:33 16.01.2019 Poroshenko, President of Austrian National Council Sobotka discuss release of Ukrainian hostages, POWs from Russia
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Russian tank crews fear Ukraine's new Javelin missiles, says Poroshenko - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russian tank commanders are allegedly refusing to deploy their armored vehicles against Ukrainian forces in the country’s eastern Donbas region for fear of Ukraine’s new Javelin anti-tank missiles, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Jan.
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New court filing indicates prosecutors have extensive details on Manafort actions not yet made public - The Washington Post

The Washington Post
Prosecutors working for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III have intensively scrutinized Paul Manafort’s activities after President Trump’s election — including after Manafort was criminally charged — and indicated they have extensive details not yet made public about Manafort’s interactions with former Russian aide Konstantin Kilimnik and others, a Tuesday court filing showed.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Russia-led forces violate truce twice since midnight in JFO area - Kyiv Post

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January 15, 2019
Russia-led forces violate truce twice since midnight in JFO area - Kyiv Post
Russia-Ukraine-EU Commission gas meeting to take place Jan. 21 - Kyiv Post
Novak Says Planning to Join Russia-Ukraine-EU Talks on Gas Transit Jan 21 - UrduPoint News
Halya Coynash: Russia tries to impose secrecy on its illegal seizure of 24 Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post
Germany scorns 'unusual' US threat on Russia pipeline - EUobserver

Russia-led forces violate truce twice since midnight in JFO area - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Russia-led forces violate truce twice since midnight in JFO area
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Russia-Ukraine-EU Commission gas meeting to take place Jan. 21 - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia-Ukraine-EU Commission gas meeting to take place Jan. 21 Published Jan. 15 at 11:03 am Gas pipes are photographed at the gas compressor station in Velke Kapusany, Slovakia, on Sept.
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Novak Says Planning to Join Russia-Ukraine-EU Talks on Gas Transit Jan 21 - UrduPoint News

UrduPoint News
Novak Says Planning To Join Russia-Ukraine-EU Talks On Gas Transit Jan 21 Umer Jamshaid 4 hours ago Tue 15th January 2019 | 01:54 PM Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday he was going to participate in the trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission on gas transit on January 21
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Halya Coynash: Russia tries to impose secrecy on its illegal seizure of 24 Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Russia tries to impose secrecy on its illegal seizure of 24 Ukrainian sailors
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Germany scorns 'unusual' US threat on Russia pipeline - EUobserver

EUobserver
Germany has reacted with cool disdain after America's "unusual" ambassador to Berlin threatened sanctions against its new Russian gas pipeline. There was "no new situation" to speak of, German chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday (14 January).
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Monday, January 14, 2019

Halya Coynash: Russia increases torture conditions for Ukrainian political prisoners - Kyiv Post

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January 14, 2019
Halya Coynash: Russia increases torture conditions for Ukrainian political prisoners - Kyiv Post
Russian Media Studies Project's absorption of belarus: the view from kiev - Middle East Media Research Institute
US threatens sanctions over Russia-Germany gas pipeline - The News International
Fire hits Ukraine's ethylene, polyethylene producing facilities - S&P Global Platts
Some 833 local civilians stepped on land mines in Donbas since Russia brought war to Ukraine – Ambassador to Austria - Interfax Ukraine

Halya Coynash: Russia increases torture conditions for Ukrainian political prisoners - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Russia increases torture conditions for Ukrainian political prisoners
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Russian Media Studies Project's absorption of belarus: the view from kiev - Middle East Media Research Institute

Middle East Media Research Institute
The Ukrainian news agency UNIAN published an editorial, titled "Will Russia Be Able To Swallow Belarus", by Ukrainian expert Oleksandr Khara, Director of the Department of International Multinational Relations of the "Maidan of Foreign Affairs" Foundation.
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US threatens sanctions over Russia-Germany gas pipeline - The News International

The News International
US threatens sanctions over Russia-Germany gas pipeline FRANKFURT AM MAIN: The US ambassador to Germany has warned of sanctions against firms linked to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, the American embassy in Berlin confirmed on Sunday.
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Fire hits Ukraine's ethylene, polyethylene producing facilities - S&P Global Platts

S&P Global Platts
Kiev — Ethylene and polyethylene producing facilities at Ukraine's largest petrochemical company KarpatNaftoKhim were put in an emergency mode on Sunday as firefighters worked all night to extinguish a fire, the company reported.
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Some 833 local civilians stepped on land mines in Donbas since Russia brought war to Ukraine – Ambassador to Austria - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
10:27 14.01.2019 Some 833 local civilians stepped on land mines in Donbas since Russia brought war to Ukraine – Ambassador to Austria
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