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The Interpreter

@Interpreter_Mag

Russian-to-English translation journal, with original analysis and commentary on Russia's foreign & domestic policy.

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Russia Update: May 17, 2017

Publication: Russia Update

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@Interpreter_Mag

Russian-to-English translation journal, with original analysis and commentary on Russia's foreign & domestic policy.

Interpreter_Mag

Former FBI Chief Mueller Appointed Special Counsel in Trump-Russia Probe; Gay Russians Denied US Visas

Photo: Yelena Kulikova, fined for taking part in demonstration March 26.

The ruble is trading at 57.12 to the dollar and 63.72 to the euro. Brent crude is selling for $52.20 per barrel.

The following news items were taken from Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Daily Beast, Caucasian Knot, Izvestia, Novaya Gazeta, RBC, RosBalt and Grani.

- DOJ Appoints Former Head of FBI Robert Mueller As Special Counsel To Investigate Trump Campaign’s Russia Ties

- Gay Russians Are Trying To Flee Kidnapping And Torture. The US Has Denied Them Visas.

- Top Trump Ally Met With Putin’s Deputy in Moscow

- 5 Residents of Ingushetia Accused of Involvement with Islamist Militants; Arms Caches Discovered

- Environmental Watch Wins Court Case to Repeal Fines for Failure to Label Materials as from 'Foreign Agents'

- Court Fines Yelena Kulikova, Coordinator of Navalny's Campaign in Rostov-on-Don, 15,000 Rubles ($262) for Taking Part in March 26 Rally

- Russian Defense Ministry Blocked WannaCry in Due Time

- Russian Orthodox Church Calls on State Duma to Ban Abortions and Permit Physical Punishment of Children

- Medvedev Calls on International Legal Community, Central Bank to Regulate Block Chains

- Finance Ministry to Purchase $10 Billion to Fill Reserve Fund

- Courts More Frequently Sending Business People Indicted for Economic Offenses to House Arrest, not Pre-Trial Detention

- Suspects Plead Guilty in Case of Theft of $3.9 in Construction Funds for Putin's Residence

- Aleksei Laushkin, Head of Rosgvardiya [Russian National Guard] for Moscow Region Fired as Suspect in Zakharchenko Bribery Case

- Level of Hydrogen Sulfide in South of Moscow 8 Times Higher Than Norm

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What We're Reading

- Trump May Have Shifted U.S. Intelligence Policy on Russia. Or Maybe Not by Neil MacFarquhar [English]

- The Terrible Cost of Trump's Disclosures by Eliot Cohen [English]

- Former Kremlin Official Commissioned Anti-Demonstration; Video by Former Leningrad Soloist; Leningrad's Sergei Shnurov Reacts; Voks Removes Video

- Public Sharply Divided Over Ukraine's Ban On Russian Social Networks

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- How Arkady Rotenberg Avoided Sanctions: Part II -- Latvia [English]

- Sergei Tiunov, Fellow Officer of 'Khmury' [Sergei Dubinsky], Suspect in MH17 Downing, Appeals to Him to Cooperate with Investigation

- 'I'm Prepared to Listen to Him for Days': Prosecutor in Yanukovych case on Surkov's visits to Mezhigorye; Putin's phone calls before the shooting on Maidan; and the evacuation of the fugitive president to Russia.

-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick

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