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February 01, 2017
Former ExxonMobil Chief Tillerson Sworn In As U.S. Secretary Of State

U.S. President Donald Trump swore in his new secretary of state, former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, saying it is "time to bring a clear-eyed focus to foreign affairs."

February 01, 2017
Russia Establishes Security Zone On Belarusian Border

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has established a security zone with border controls along the country's border with neighboring Belarus.
February 01, 2017
Congressional Democrats Call For Probe Of Flynn's Ties To RT

A group of senior Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Defense Department to investigate whether President Donald Trump's national security adviser violated the constitution by accepting money from Russia's state-funded RT television network.
February 01, 2017
U.S. Puts Iran 'On Notice' Over Missile Test

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has been "formally put on notice" for firing a medium-range ballistic missile.
February 01, 2017
Putin Arrives In Budapest Amid Concerns Over EU Unity

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Hungary for his second visit in two years, a development that has many in the European Union looking on with concern.
February 01, 2017
Ukraine Says Russia Fired On Military Transport Plane Over Black Sea

Ukrainian military authorities say that an unarmed military transport plane was hit by antiaircraft fire from a Russian naval vessel over a disputed area of the Black Sea.
February 01, 2017
Russian Bill Decriminalizing Some Domestic Violence Sent To Putin

The upper chamber of Russia's parliament has passed a bill that would decriminalize some forms of domestic violence.
February 01, 2017
Russian Activist Who Praised Orlando Massacre Fined, Avoids Prison

A Russian court has convicted a youth activist of terrorism-related offenses for a social-media post praising the mass killing at a gay nightclub in Florida last year, but declined to sentence him to prison.
February 01, 2017
Ukrainian Journalist Ordered Out Of Belarus Due To Russia Ban

Authorities in Belarus have detained Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Sizov and ordered him to leave the country due to the fact that he was barred from entering Russia.
February 01, 2017
Russian Vacations Abroad Down Sharply Since 2014: Kommersant

Fewer Russians are taking vacations abroad than in 2014, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reports.
February 01, 2017
EU Warns Romania Against Backtracking On Antigraft Reforms

The European Union's executive arm has warned Romania against backtracking on the fight against corruption.
February 01, 2017
Russian Lawyer Says FSB Officers, Kaspersky Manager Charged With Treason

А Russian lawyer has confirmed the arrests of two Federal Security Service (FSB) officers and a manager at a Russian cybersecurity company on treason charges, and that they are suspected of passing classified information to U.S. intelligence.
February 01, 2017
Kosovo, Serbia Leaders To Hold Talks As Tensions Persist

The presidents and prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo are due to meet on February 1 for a new round of talks aimed at improving their relations, which are still strained nearly two decades after a deadly conflict.
February 01, 2017
Kyrgyz Probe Looks At Cargo On Crashed Plane

What was on board the Turkish cargo plane which crashed into a Kyrgyz village on January 16, killing 39 people? RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service correspondent Samat Jumakadyrov found remnants of cigarette lighters, burnt iPhones, and other electronics at the site of the wreckage in the village of Dacha SU.
February 01, 2017
Navalny Ordered To Remain In Kirov Until Trial Complete

Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny says his retrial in a politically charged case is being rushed to a conclusion and that he expects the court will convict him in order to bar him from running for president in 2018, when Vladimir Putin may seek a fourth Kremlin term.
February 01, 2017
Trump Nominates Gorsuch To U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. President Donald Trump nominated conservative judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on January 31. Gorsuch is a 49-year-old appeals court judge from Denver, Colorado. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he would put conservatives back in the majority of America's top court. (AFP)
February 01, 2017
Four Alleged Extremists Killed In Azerbaijan

Security forces in Azerbaijan have killed four alleged extremists the government suspects were plotting terror attacks, the Caspian Sea country’s State Security Service says.
February 01, 2017
Romania Rolls Back Some Anticorruption Reforms, Sparking Protests

Romania's new leftist government has decriminalized some graft and abuse-of-power cases in the ex-communist state's biggest retreat on anticorruption reforms since joining the European Union a decade ago.
February 01, 2017
Afghan Government Control Shrank, Troop Deaths Soared Last Year: Report

Afghan forces have continued to lose ground to insurgents throughout the country since taking over security responsibilities from NATO at the end of 2014, a report by a U.S. watchdog said on February 1.
February 01, 2017
Hundreds Of U.S. Diplomats Protest Immigration Curbs

The U.S. State Department confirmed that some 900 State Department officials around the world are protesting President Donald Trump's order temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
February 01, 2017
Iran Confirms Ballistic-Missile Test That U.S. Calls ‘Unacceptable’

The United States has warned Iran that its January 29 test of a medium-range ballistic missile was "absolutely unacceptable" and said it violated Tehran's nuclear accord with world powers.
February 01, 2017
Ukraine Contact Group Urges Immediate Cease-Fire Amid Surging Violence

The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), which is attempting to regulate the conflict in eastern Ukraine, has urged both sides to adhere scrupulously to the agreed cease-fire and to withdraw heavy weaponry away from the contact line as previously agreed.

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Wednesday 1 February 2017

Former ExxonMobil Chief Tillerson Sworn In As U.S. Secretary Of State

Russia Establishes Security Zone On Belarusian Border

Congressional Democrats Call For Probe Of Flynn's Ties To RT

U.S. Puts Iran 'On Notice' Over Missile Test

Putin Arrives In Budapest Amid Concerns Over EU Unity

Ukraine Says Russia Fired On Military Transport Plane Over Black Sea

Russian Bill Decriminalizing Some Domestic Violence Sent To Putin

Russian Activist Who Praised Orlando Massacre Fined, Avoids Prison

Ukrainian Journalist Ordered Out Of Belarus Due To Russia Ban

Russian Vacations Abroad Down Sharply Since 2014: Kommersant

EU Warns Romania Against Backtracking On Antigraft Reforms

Russian Lawyer Says FSB Officers, Kaspersky Manager Charged With Treason

Kosovo, Serbia Leaders To Hold Talks As Tensions Persist

Kyrgyz Probe Looks At Cargo On Crashed Plane

Navalny Ordered To Remain In Kirov Until Trial Complete

Trump Nominates Gorsuch To U.S. Supreme Court

Four Alleged Extremists Killed In Azerbaijan

Romania Rolls Back Some Anticorruption Reforms, Sparking Protests

Afghan Government Control Shrank, Troop Deaths Soared Last Year: Report

Hundreds Of U.S. Diplomats Protest Immigration Curbs

Iran Confirms Ballistic-Missile Test That U.S. Calls ‘Unacceptable’

Ukraine Contact Group Urges Immediate Cease-Fire Amid Surging Violence

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