Europe

What's Included In The Latest U.S. Sanctions Against Russia

4:48pm April 06, 2018

The Department of Treasury announced sanctions against top Russian officials and businesses Friday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Ambassador Daniel Fried of the Atlantic Council about the move.

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The main entrance to the Salisbury District Hospital in southern England, seen early last month after Sergei and Yulia Skripal were admitted after their poisoning. On Friday, hospital officials noted that both father and daughter have been improving.

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Sergei Skripal Is 'Improving Rapidly,' But His Cat And Guinea Pigs Are Dead

3:25pm April 06, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Even as the Russian ex-spy and his daughter Yulia recover from poisoning, the international dispute it caused has developed a peculiar new front: the Skripals' pets.

Khadire Tahiraj (left) runs the Center for Promotion of Women's Rights in the Drenas municipality in central Kosovo. The center cares for scores of wartime rape survivors, including Sana (right). Sana is not her real name; she chose it for herself because

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In Kosovo, War Rape Survivors Can Now Receive Reparations. But Shame Endures For Many

2:12pm April 06, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

Thousands of women who were raped in the war that resulted in Kosovo's split from Serbia are eligible for a monthly government stipend of $280. Many are reluctant to claim it. Only 250 have signed up.

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Kirill Shamalov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's son-in-law, is included in new U.S. sanctions. He's seen here in 2016.

U.S. Hits Russian Oligarchs And Officials With Sanctions Over Election Interference

1:02pm April 06, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The Trump administration is laying sanctions on 38 Russian oligarchs, government officials and business entities, citing "the Kremlin's malign agenda."

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Hungary's Anti-Migrant Prime Minister Leads Polls Before Elections

6:12am April 06, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Hungary's right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban could be heading to a third term after elections on Sunday, unless the fractured opposition can unite against him.

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Victim Of Nerve Agent Attack In U.K. Says She's Recovering Quickly

6:15pm April 05, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

The diplomatic confrontation between the U.K. and Russia over the use of nerve gas in Britain last month is shifting to the U.N. Meanwhile one of the victims, Yulia Skripal, has released a statement saying she's recovering quickly and thanking those who came to her aid.

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Buses believed to be carrying expelled diplomats leave the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Thursday. The Kremlin ordered 60 American diplomats to leave Russia by Thursday, responding to a similar move by the U.S.

60 U.S. Diplomats Leave Russian Posts, Expelled Over Skripal Poisoning Row

2:17pm April 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The Americans include 58 employees of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and two staff members of the Consulate General in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg.

Facebook says it took down more than 200 pages and accounts that were linked to a Russian "troll farm," the Internet Research Agency. Here, ads associated with some of the pages are reproduced.

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Kremlin Calls Facebook's Removal Of Russian Pages And Ads Censorship

11:16am April 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Facebook is targeting the Russia-based Internet Research Agency — the "troll factory" that is under indictment for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stands outside a pub as she views the area where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill in March.

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Russia's Attempt To Join Probe Into Ex-Spy's Poisoning Fails

7:01pm April 04, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

British officials and an international chemical weapons control group accuse Russia of employing a diversionary tactic to evade accountability.

Estonian President Says She Is More Confident About Trump Administration's Foreign Policy

4:34pm April 04, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

Estonia's president left Washington, D.C., feeling more reassured about U.S. policy toward Russia. Kersti Kaljulaid says President Trump asked tough questions in his meeting with the Baltic leaders, but also talked about how he expelled 60 Russians in the wake of a nerve agent attack in the U.K.

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