| Russia |
| The Guardian |
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| Week 4 | 1 | Israel hack uncovered Russian spies' use of Kaspersky in 2015, report says | An Israeli security agency hacked into Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab in 2015, providing the crucial evidence required to ban the company from providing services to the US government, according to a report. | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/11/israel-hack-uncovered-russian-spies-use-kaspersky-lab-2015-report-us-software-federal-government |
| | 2 | Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook owes US an apology over Russia meddling | Facebook owes the American people an apology for the way it handled Russia’s interference in last year’s presidential election, its chief operating officer said on Thursday. | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/12/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-owes-us-an-apology-over-russian-meddling |
| | 3 | Flynn ally sought help from dark web in covert Clinton email investigation | Barbara Ledeen, a staffer on the committee looking into Trump’s Russia ties and a friend of Mike Flynn, tried to launch her own investigation into Clinton’s emails | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/13/michael-flynn-clinton-email-investigation-russia-dark-web |
| | 4 | UK targets Eurovision viewers to counter Russian Infowars | Saatchi agency hired to run range of projects from rebranding Ukraine to influencing Russian speaking minorities in Baltic states | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/14/britain-targets-eurovision-viewers-to-counter-russia-infowars |
| | 5 | Victims of Chechnya's gay purge calls on Russia to investigate. | Maxim Lapunov alleges that he was held captive for 12 days and beaten by security forces who demanded names of gay men | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/victim-chechnya-anti-gay-purge-urges-russia-investigate-maxim-lapunov |
| Week 5 | 6 | The west should defend its values against Putin's Russia | The outgoing EU ambassador to Russia identifies a dangerous and deep clash between Moscow and the west, epitomised by the Ukraine crisis | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/30/west-must-defend-its-values-against-putins-russia |
| | 7 | Kremlin critic Alexi Navalny jailed for third time this year | Court sentences Russian opposition leader to prison again hence preventing him to lead a rally on Putin's birthday | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/02/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-returns-to-jail |
| | 8 | Dozens of Syrians killed in Russian airstrike | Human rights monitor alleges that children were among the Syrians killed by the Russian airstrike as they were crossing the Euphrates River | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/04/dozens-of-syrian-civilians-killed-in-russian-airstrike |
| | 9 | Saudi King's visit to Russia heralds shift in global power structure | King Salman agreed new areas of cooperation with Vladimir Putin of first official trip by Saudi Monarch in Moscow. | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/saudi-russia-visit-putin-oil-middle-east |
| | 10 | North korea plans to test missile it thinks it can reach US, West Coasy, Russian officilal say | lawmaker who visited North Korea says that Pyongyang | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/06/north-korea-missile-test-us-west-coast |
| Week 6 | 11 | Trump-Russia investigation may target Reddit posts says senator's aide | Senator Mark Warren has considered examining Reddit as research reports that it was home to coordinated information campaigns | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/27/trump-russia-investigation-reddit |
| | 12 | Russia and the US will cooperate to buid moon's first space station | Part of a lon term project to send humans to Mars, the Nasa led program will see the United States and Russia working to create a crewed spaceport in lunar orbit | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/27/russia-and-us-will-cooperate-to-build-moon-first-space-station |
| | 13 | Roger Stone: Trump's adviser denies Russia collusion during 2016 election | Roger Stone denies that Russia had anything to do with President Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 elections | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/26/roger-stone-donald-trump-russia-investigation-house-committee |
| | 14 | Mark Zuckerberg: I regret ridiculing fears over Facebooks effect on the elections | The Facebook founder who dismissed allegations that his company played a part in misinforming voters in the 2016 American elections changes his opinions as the firm provides ad content to congress | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/27/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-2016-election-fake-news |
| | 15 | Crimean Tatar leader convicted of separetism will not seek clemency | Ilmi Umerov was sentenced to jail for comments regarding Russia's annexation says he will not plead for mercy despite his illness | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/29/crimean-tatar-leader-ilmi-umerov-convicted-not-seek-clemency-russia |
| Week 7 | 16 | Russia conciders ban on Armando Lannucci's film The Death of Stalin | The Russian culture minister adviser suggests tha comedy is a planned provocation by the west to destabilise Russia. Therefore, Russia is considering the ban of the film Death of Stalin as the right move | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/20/russia-considers-ban-armando-iannucci-film-death-of-stalin |
| | 17 | Russia Helicopter accidentaly fires rocket at onlookers | Three people were injured after rocket passing rotocraft explodes near a group of men during the Zapad War Games in Luzhsky | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/19/russian-helicopter-accidentally-fires-rocket-onlookers-zapad-war-games |
| | 18 | Vladimir Putin Watches display of Russian fire powernear the EU border | Russian president attended the training of the Zapad military as they practised their drills into the counter attack stage | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/18/russia-zapad-military-drill-enters-final-phase |
| | 19 | Syria: Russia denies airstrike that wounded six US-backed fighters | The Russian military denied allegations that it was responsible for the airstrike in Eastern Syria that left six US- backed soldiers wounded | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/17/syria-russian-airstrike-wounds-six-us-backed-fighters |
| | 20 | Envoy welcomes Russian idea for EU troops in Eastern Ukraine | Kurt Volker suggested thatRussia's current backing for the possible deployment of UN peace keepers in eastern Ukraine gives the nogitiators more ideas with which to seek to seek a resolution to the separist conflict. | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/16/russian-backing-for-un-troops-in-eastern-ukraine-gives-us-more-options-says-envoy |
| Week 8 | 21 | Liberal anti-Putin coalition causes upset in Moscow council elections | United Democrats emerged victorious on the central seats in Russia's capital, including the one where Putin cast his vote | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/liberal-coalition-deals-blow-to-putin-in-moscow-council-elections |
| | 22 | Muller tells White House of six aides he wishes to quiz over the Russia inquiry- report | Special councounse Robrt Muller has notified the White House that his team will try to seek interviews with six former as well as current aides of President Trump regarding allegations of Russia meddling with the 2016 elections | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/09/robert-mueller-white-house-aides-russia-investigation |
| | 23 | Russian women win partial victory in Aeroflot gender discrimination case | Court in Moscow awards two flight attendants lost wages after findingthat the national carriers rule concerning employees physical dimensions are faulty | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/07/russian-women-win-partial-victory-in-aeroflot-gender-discrimination-case |
| | 24 | Seoul pleads with Vladmir Putin to help tame Nort Korea | South Korean president tells Putin that the situation at the region is becoming wanting and that he should help in taming North Korea | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/06/asia-pacific-shares-fall-sharply-as-north-korea-threatens-more-gift-packages |
| | 25 | NATO accuses Russia of blocking observation of massive war games | NATO is accussing Russia for blocking its members from attendind the Zapad military exercise when approximately 100,000 Russian soldiers are expected to mobilise at the EU borders | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/06/nato-russia-belarus-zapad |