Truckers on strike in Russia. Photo by Izolda Drobina.
The ruble is trading at 56.73 to the dollar and 60.51 to the euro. Brent crude is selling for $55.54 per barrel.
The following news items are from AP, Gazeta, RBC, Moscow Times, Meduza and Yahoo.
- Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a Press Availability
- 'Russia May Help Help Assad Realize the End of His Regime': Tillerson
- Moscow Ready to Resume Memorandum on Prevention of Incidents
Translation: Lavrov: we have suspicions that the USA is protecting Al Nusra for the overthrow of Assad.
- Putin: Nearly Half of 20,000 Foreign Fighters in Syria Hail From CIS
- Sechin and Kadyrov Threaten Financial Times with Libel Suit
- Peskov Comments on Report of Possible Sale of RBK; 'We'd Like It To Continue Its Development'
- Jailed Former Kirov Region Governor Nikita Belyk Diagnosed with Brain Disorder
What We're Reading
- KremlinGate and the Limits of Classified Evidence by John Schindler [English]
- What Media Get Wrong About Identity of St. Petersburg's Bomber by Homradske [English]
- Why Europe is Falling Apart by Michael J. Totten: Review of The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age by Jamie Kirchick [English]
- The Wrong Time for Tillerson to Freeze Out Russia’s Independent Groups by Rachel Denber [English]
- Is Russia Testing Trump? by By Michael J. Morell and Evelyn Farkas [English]
- Truckers Now on Strike in Almost Every Federal Subject of Russia
-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick
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