| 03/19/2018 22:35 | Russia election: Putin basks in election he could not lose ( BBC News )
So the vast majority of election billboards were not for individual candidates but simply reminders that Russians were "choosing a president". On voting day itself there was music and entertainment to help pull in the crowds. At one central Moscow polling station a man on a balalaika played Western rock ... |
| 03/19/2018 11:30 | How Russia Meddled in its Own Elections ( The Atlantic )
Before the Kremlin unleashed its notorious Internet Research Agency (IRA) troll factory on the 2016 U.S. elections, it was busy testing its arsenal of disinformation tools on Russians. Moscow's specific focus on online operations began after the 2011 protests against election fraud, which brought 100,000 ... |
| 03/18/2018 22:25 | Russian Voters Pressured as Putin Eyes New Presidential Term ( U.S. News & World Report )
Russian voters, observers and eight presidential candidates are gearing up for an election that will undoubtedly hand Vladimir Putin another six-year .... In Moscow, first-time voters will be given free tickets for pop concerts featuring some of Russia's most popular artists who have campaigned for Putin. |
| 03/18/2018 16:25 | Polls open in Russia as Putin eyes 4th presidential term ( Washington Post )
In Moscow alone, authorities are spending 50 million rubles ($870,000) on balloons and festive decorations at polling stations. In Moscow, first-time voters will be given free tickets for pop concerts featuring some of Russia's most popular artists who have campaigned for Putin. For older voters, Moscow ... |
| 03/18/2018 15:30 | Russia says 23 British diplomats must leave within a week ( Economic Times )
Russia expelled 23 British diplomats on Saturday in a retaliatory move over British accusations that the Kremlin orchestrated a nerve toxin attack on a former ... The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador, Laurie Bristow, to a meeting on Saturday morning in central Moscow at its ... |
| 03/18/2018 08:25 | Mueller Wants Trump's Business Records. What's the Russia Connection? ( New York Times )
For more than 30 years, Mr. Trump has repeatedly sought to conduct business in Russia. He traveled to Moscow in 1987 to explore building a hotel. He applied for his trademark in the country as early as 1996. And his children and associates have met with Russian developers and government officials ... |
| 03/18/2018 05:30 | Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university ( The Guardian )
Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic who orchestrated the harvesting of Facebook data, had previously unreported ties to a Russian university, including a teaching position and grants for research into the social media network, the Observer has discovered. Cambridge Analytica, the ... |
| 03/18/2018 01:40 | Russia expels 23 British diplomats, shuts down British Council ( New Straits Times Online )
MOSCOW: Russia expelled 23 British diplomats on Saturday in a retaliatory move over British accusations that the Kremlin orchestrated a nerve toxin attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in southern England. Escalating a crisis in relations, Russia said it was also shutting down the ... |
| 03/17/2018 10:25 | Montenegro Seeks to Lure More Russian Tourists ( Balkan Insight )
Guests from Russia visit Montenegro mostly during the summer months," the National Tourism Organization said in a statement. It noted that, compared to ten years ago, the number of the Russian tourist in Montenegro had doubled by 2017. While the coastal town of Budva, dubbed "Moscow on the sea" ... |
| 03/16/2018 17:25 | US accuses Russia of ongoing operation to hack energy grid ( The Patriot Ledger )
The accusations and accompanying sanctions are some of the strongest actions to date by the administration to punish Russia for hacking and other efforts to sow discord in the American democracy. Also Thursday, the U.S. joined the Britain, France and Germany in a joint statement blaming Moscow for ... |
| 03/14/2018 12:25 | Russia threatens to expel British media if UK bars Russia Today TV over spy poisoning crisis ( Reuters )
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Russia threatened on Tuesday to expel all British media after Britain warned it could strip Russian broadcaster RT of its UK operating license if the government finds Moscow was behind a chemical attack on a Russian ex-double agent in England. A British-Russian war of ... |
