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Russia Doesn't Have A Great Reputation With OPEC
VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful oil official, Igor Sechin, was due in Vienna on Tuesday for talks with OPEC members as the group's leader Saudi Arabia kept the market guessing about its...
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Putin Just Tightened His Control Of The East Black Sea
Russia tightened its control Monday over Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties with the lush sliver of land along the Black Sea.The...
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The Mistral Warship Fiasco Reflects France's Long History Of Terrible Arms Sales
The current difficulties surrounding France's sale of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia mark another awkward chapter in the country's history of arms sales.France currently ranks fifth...
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Russia, China, And Iran Are Mastering Unconventional Warfare — And The US...
Russia, China, Iran, and Islamists are waging unconventional warfare around the world, and the United States currently lacks a clear strategy to counter the threat, according to a recent report by the...
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That Time Angela Merkel Destroyed Putin's Machismo
Over the past 14 years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have shared an understanding. After all, Putin served as a KGB officer in Germany from 1985 to 1990. So they...
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These Are The Deeply Weird Cars That Defined Soviet Russia
Before the Chinese car industry started to develop, the Soviet Union and Russia developed some of the weirdest cars on the road.Without large sums of money to purchase cars and a lack of technology...
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JIM ROGERS: Here's Why I've Finally Started Investing In Russia... Again
Now that the Russian economy is tanking, Jim Rogers is diving in."I'm bullish on Russia," he told Bloomberg's Mark Barton on Tuesday."...Things are changing in the Kremlin, in my view. And so,...
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Here's How Russia Can Make Life Very Difficult For Ukrainians Over The Winter
As the crisis in Ukraine intensified late last year, analysts pointed to an asymmetry in the struggle between Russia and the West over Ukraine’s external orientation.The Kremlin, the argument went,...
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Russia Cuts Oil Output
Vienna (AFP) - Rosneft has trimmed its oil output partly in response to sliding crude prices, the Russian oil giant said Tuesday, as an under-pressure OPEC mulled taking similar action.Rosneft said it...
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Russia Is Building A Network of Military Bases In The Arctic
Russia is planning to set up the headquarters of its Arctic Command at a naval base used by its Northern Fleet, and the new facility will become operational on Dec. 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Trade With Russia Is Grinding To A Halt
At a technology fair in Moscow last month, European executives faced the new reality of doing business in Russia since the West imposed sanctions: the number of companies at the international showcase...
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NATO Commander: Russian Troops Are The 'Backbone' Of Anti-Government Forces...
The US general who is NATO's senior commander in Europe has said that there is a large number of Russians providing "backbone guidance and training" to separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, and...
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Russia Now Has 'A $12 Billion Reminder' Of Its Money Problems
Moscow's answer to Wall Street and London is relatively empty — and its presence reflects the larger problems in Russia's economy, according to a report by The New York Times.Not to be confused with...
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Putin: Russia Is Not A Threat To Anyone
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia would safeguard its own security and that of its allies but posed a threat to no one."We pose no threat to anyone and do not...
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These Airline Passengers In Siberia Were Happy To Get Out And Push Their Plane
If you thought flying out of LaGuardia was rough, a group of airline passengers at a Siberian airport who had to had to get out and push their plane in temperatures of minus-61-degrees Fahrenheit this...
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Putin Is Waging An 'Ambiguous' War And We've Got No Idea How To Handle It
WASHINGTON - When Russians crossed the border to fight with rebels in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, Moscow said the soldiers had not been deployed but had gone on their own vacation time. When...
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OPEC Is Caught In A Prisoner's Dilemma
In the middle of November, the CEO of Vodafone Vittorio Colao warned of a "prisoner's dilemma" in the efforts to offer bundled television and broadband services. It makes sense for a company to seek...
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Russia's Northern Fleet Is In The English Channel
A squadron of ships from Russia's Northern Fleet is currently conducting drills in the English Channel, according to Russian media.The squadron, lead by the Udaloy-class destroyer Severomorsk and...
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The Russian Rouble Is Collapsing To New Record Lows
Russia's currency is tanking after OPEC declined to cut production to support oil prices on Thursday.In early trading the rouble briefly touched a new record low of 50 roubles to the dollar, before...
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Russia's Economy Ministry: 'We Will Not Collapse!'
The Russian Economy Ministry just tweeted a bizarre quote from Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev. On its official account on Twitter the ministry posted a picture of the minister alongside...
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