Man Detained at Sheremeytovo Airport with Explosive; 6 Killed, 4 Wounded in North Caucasus Conflicts

LIVE UPDATES: In year-end clashes between police and militants in the North Caucasus, 6 people killed and 4 wounded. A man with an explosive was stopped at Sheremeytovo Airport.

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Man Detained at Sheremetyevo Airport with Explosive; 6 Killed, 4 Wounded in North Caucasus Conflicts

2017-01-02 15:20:16

The ruble is trading at 61.54 to the dollar and 64.79 to the euro. Brent crude is selling for $56.77 per barrel. 

The following news items were taken from Interfax, RBC, Gazeta, Ekho Moskvy, Natural Gas World, Washington Post, Novaya Gazeta, Billboard, UA Position, and Caucasian Knot.

– Russian Woman Among Victims of Terrorist Attack in Istanbul

– Russian Operation Hacked a Vermont Utility, Showing Risk to U.S. Electrical Grid Security, Officials Say; Vermont Utility Not Specifically Targeted For Hack, Official Says

– 1st Deputy Rada Speaker Suggests Expansion of Normandy Format, But US Ambassador Says US Participation Not on Agenda

– Putin Expresses Condolences for Death of Prince Dimitri Romanov; 90-Year Claimant to Russian Throne Dies in Denmark

– Russian Army Major from Russian Base in Armenia Found Dead in Hotel in Yerevan; Likely Heart Attack

– Paul McCartney in Surprise New Year’s Eve Appearance with Russian Oligarch Abramovich

– Russian Man Detained at Sheremeytovo Airport with Explosive

– Russian Authorities Bring Remains of 109 Chechens, Including Women and Children, from Rostov to Chechnya, 20 Years After Withdrawal of Federal Forces

– Congress of Intelligentsia Stages Flashmob in Protest Against Torture in Karelia; Ponomarev Urges Federal Corrections Service to Report Location of Political Prisoner Dadin

– In Last Week of 2016, 6 People Killed, 4 Wounded in Conflict in North Caucasus: 2 Policemen Killed, 1 Wounded in Attempt to Stop Car in Makhachkala; 1 Policeman, 2 Militants Killed in Dagestan in Shoot-Out December 29; Armed Attack on Police Checkpoint in Kizilyurt December 25

– Russia May Lose 4 Medals from Sochi Olympics: IOC

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– Gazprom Exceeds Production Forecast for 2016? Russia Announces New Record of Oil Extraction in 2016

What We’re Reading

Putin’s Real Long Game by Molly K. McKew [English]

U.S. Lending Support to Baltic States Fearing Russia [English]

Grizzly Steppe – Russian Malicious Cyber Activity by Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center and FBI [English]

A Sufficiently Strong Response to Russian Hacking? by Herb Lin [English]

How the Country Is Hostage to Boyaryshnik Lovers by Grigory Bovt [Russian]

A Baker’s Dozen of Neglected Russian Stories – No. 64 [English]

New Year’s Cyber Sanctions: Departing President Obama Winds Up Relations with the ‘Kremlinites’ with a Major Diplomatic Gesture and Publication of Report on Russian Hackers by Aleksandr Panov [Russian]

Interview with Aleksei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief of Ekho Moskvy on Tu-154 Crash, US Sanctions on Russian Diplomats [Russian]

— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick