Tensions grow over Russia’s ‘secret’ EU travel blacklist
The thing about secret lists is that you don’t know if you’re on one — until you find out you
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Russia’s online assault evaporates internet freedom
The recent threats by Russian authorities to block access to popular US-based websites such as Google come amid a larger
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European Parliament retaliates for Russia’s ‘stop list’ of EU politicians and officials
The Russian ambassador to the EU’s access to the European Parliament building has been restricted as part of measures in
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Russian rewrite of crushing of Prague Spring angers Czech Republic and Slovakia
A Russian television film that depicts the Soviet suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring as having been in response to
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Steinmeier: Russian travel ban damaging to Ukraine peace efforts
Germany’s foreign minister said Saturday that a Russian travel ban on 89 top European Union officials could damage peace efforts
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Former Bulgarian ambassador in Moscow among 89 EU citizens on ‘stop list’ barred from Russia
A former ambassador of Bulgaria in Moscow, Ilian Vassilev, is among citizens of European Union countries who have been barred
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The undesirables
This week, both houses of the Russian parliament approved legislation regarding “undesirable organisations”. According to the new norm, a prosecutor
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Investigators will question Russia on World Cup bid
Swiss authorities lobbed a grenade at Russia’s already tainted award to host the 2018 World Cup when it started criminal
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Russia begins major air force exercise
Hundreds of Russian warplanes and thousands of troops began a major military exercise Tuesday, coinciding with Arctic maneuvers by NATO
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