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A Russian cyber-security company is impressing the skeptics
There is more than one reason to harbour doubts about Eugene Kaspersky and the computer-security company that bears his name. He graduated from an institute close to the KGB and later worked for the...
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Ukraine says pro-Russian rebels are still attacking government positions
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline in the east as pro-Russian separatists had not stopped attacking government positions...
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Senior Western diplomat: All options are open to Putin in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to the new world order.What the...
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Moscow's flagship $12 billion financial district is a half-empty disaster
Moscow's financial district is a little like the Russian government's international stature: on the surface gleaming and new and perhaps even a little intimidating. But scratch just below the surface...
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The EU may finally be breaking free of Russia's energy grip
Gazprom’s dominance over European energy supplies may be beginning to slip.The collapse of oil prices has punished Gazprom’s revenues, but in a new development that is further damaging to the Russian...
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A surprising country has the best-performing global stock market in 2015 so far
It's something that sounds pretty odd to most people who follow financial and international news: Russia's stock market is the best performing in the world so far this year.It's up by 28%, dwarfing the...
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Moldova looks dysfunctional, and Russia is loving it
CHISINAU -- The political system in Moldova looks increasingly dysfunctional. And the big winner from that might end up being Russia.More than two months after legislative elections in Moldova gave a...
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Military expert: Russian snap military drills could turn into assaults on...
The Baltic states are becoming increasingly unnerved by the growing number of Russian military drills close to their borders, Damien Sharkov of Newsweek reports,Since the start of the Ukrainian crisis,...
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Why a small Russian-backed breakaway republic matters for the rest of Europe
Mention Transnistria and most people will look at you sideways.Officially, Transnistria is still part of Moldova. To a half-million Russian speakers in the east bank of the Dniester River, it is an...
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Edward Snowden says these two things prove he's not a Russian spy
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden addressed speculation he has worked with Russian intelligence agencies during a lengthy Reddit question-and-answer session on Monday. Snowden, who has...
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The eastern Ukraine ceasefire is crumbling
Kiev (AFP) - Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine's port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said, fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed...
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Some people are still sheltering in an eastern Ukraine town destroyed by rebels
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) - A rat was racing in the corner of the cellar below the ruins of a bombed-out five story apartment building. In the darkness, an old woman was making soup and baking...
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Ukraine rebels say they are withdrawing weapons
Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they had begun pulling heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but Ukraine said the rebels were using the cover of the truce to...
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Lithuania is so concerned about a Russian invasion of the Baltics that it's...
Lithuania announced on Tuesday it would return to limited military conscription later this year as concern mounts over Russia's aggressive regional posture. Moscow has repeatedly launched military...
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Merkel has a strange view of how the Cold War was won
German Chancellor Angela Merkel often appears to be the steadiest and most clear-eyed European leader, especially when it comes to reining in the fiscal profligacy of EU members.So the argument she...
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For those who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, Vladimir Putin is not a mystery
There are many theories put forward as to the goals, intentions, and motivations of Vladimir Putin. Yet he remains a mystery to most.The response of Western governments to his machinations in Ukraine...
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Britain will deploy a small number of military personnel to Ukraine
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday Britain would deploy military personnel to Ukraine in the next month to help train the Ukrainian army, warning that Moscow would move to destabilize other...
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Kerry: Russia is lying about its troops in Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Russia was lying when it said there are no Russian troops or equipment in Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting government troops.Fighting...
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Ukrainian forces refuse to withdraw weapons even though rebels are pulling back
ILOVAYSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed separatists moved some heavy weapons well back from the front line Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels' claim that a...
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Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Europe by Friday
Ukrainian state-owned gas company Naftogaz is facing another tense standoff with Russia over gas payments that threatens supplies to the rest of Europe.On Tuesday, Alexey Miller, CEO of Russia's own...
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