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Russia says many in Kiev want the Ukraine peace deal to fail
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is concerned that many people in Kiev and outside Ukraine want a peace deal in the east of the country to fail, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.Lavrov also...
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The FBI is offering a record-breaking $3 million reward for information on a...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department and FBI on Tuesday announced a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Russian national Evgeniy Bogachev, the highest...
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Russia says it will use the International Space Station until 2024
Moscow (AFP) - Russia will continue using the International Space Station along with NASA until 2024, its space agency said, after Moscow had threatened to stop financing it in 2020.Roscosmos has...
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Top Russian official: Western sanctions threaten our oil industry
The chairman of the Russian Security Council says Western sanctions are threatening the country's oil and gas industry.The United States, the European Union and other countries last year imposed...
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Russia just signed a military agreement with an EU state
Russia and Cyprus have signed a military agreement that will allow Russian ships to call into ports in the EU member state, according to Tass news agency. Independent Russian news service Interfax also...
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Putin is building the same cult of personality that Nikita Khrushchev warned...
Nikita Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” of 25 February 1956 marked the full commencement of “de-Stalinization” in which Josef Stalin’s “Cult of the Individual” would be denounced and dismantled.But it did...
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Russia is demanding full repayment of a tiny, Soviet-era loan it gave to Nepal
Russia has signed an agreement with the government of Nepal for the repayment of a $1.16 million Soviet-era loan.It is not clear why Russia is bothering to collect such a small, old debt. But given...
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Russian court refuses to release high-profile Ukrainian prisoner taken across...
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has refused to release a Ukrainian prisoner whose fate has attracted global attention.Moscow's City Court turned down an appeal by Nadezhda Savchenko's lawyers, ruling...
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Russia considered a plan to split Ukraine before the president’s overthrow
Strategy document suggests Moscow was already pondered plan to annex Crimea and assimilate pro-Russian regionsThe Kremlin received advice to break up Ukraine and absorb its pro-Russian regions even...
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Russia just signed a deal with an EU member state that gives its military...
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades signed an agreement on Wednesday to give Russian military ships access to Cypriot ports."We signed a...
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Russia can't defeat NATO — but Putin might still try
Can Russia defeat NATO? The answer is “no.” Vladimir Putin’s armies cannot prevail in a direct contest with the NATO alliance.This, however, is the wrong question.The West’s more pressing concern...
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This British blogger continues to raise awkward questions over Russia's role...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - It was not an unusual evening for war blogger Eliot Higgins.As he was rocking his infant son to sleep in his bedroom in the English city of Leicester, Higgins, who has written...
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Kerry: Putin's policies 'violate all the international norms'
Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of destabilizing Ukraine through "land grabs," warning Moscow and the rebels had failed to meet the terms of...
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Russian fighter jets to stage exercises over Barents Sea
Russia fighter jets will take part in exercises on thwarting a potential missile attack off the coasts of Russia and NATO member state Norway, in the Barents Sea, RIA news agency said on Thursday....
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A Russian online retailer is selling Ukrainian separatist bikinis
Voenpro is a Russian online retailer of military memorabilia and other gadgets.To "celebrate" the struggle of the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, it has launched a dedicated fashion line called "World...
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Russia is not bluffing with the Turkish stream project
During his visit to Ankara in December 2014, Vladimir Putin announced that South Stream—a large pipeline that would have carried Europe-bound Russian gas under the Black Sea and across Southeastern...
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The EU is working on a way to make Russian oil obsolete
Interconnectivity? Check. Lessens dependence on Russia? Check. Fosters renewables growth while addressing climate goals? Check.Norway’s upcoming NordLink accomplishes all of the above, but is it...
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There are more bizarre craters opening up in Siberia, and scientists still...
Remember those mysterious craters that appeared in northern Russia last July? As it turns out, satellite imagery has revealed there are four large craters and likely dozens of additional smaller...
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Russian defense minister explains why the Kremlin is militarizing the Arctic
Since Russia's new military doctrine was signed into effect on December 26, the Arctic has been one of three geopolitical arenas deemed by Moscow as vital to national security.Because of the new...
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Only the US and Estonia are meeting NATO's defense budget goals
Fourteen NATO countries have so far announced their defense budgets for 2015. Of those fourteen, only the US and Estonia have passed the 2% of GDP threshold that every NATO nation pledged to have as...
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