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Ex KGB officer: Putin's been lying about what his rank really was within the KGB
Vladimir Putin is merely posing as a lieutenant colonel.The Russian president also oversaw war crimes in Chechnya and helped frame a prosecutor-general to derail a probe into massive Kremlin...
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Former Putin allies are questioning his thinking
MOSCOW (AP) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks 15 years since he was first elected, his former long-term allies are questioning his political course and warning of the economic consequences of...
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Here's how Western sanctions have affected Russia one year out
MOSCOW (AP) — Kansas-born farmer Justus Walker is prospering in Russia — one year after U.S. and European Union sanctions against his adopted country over its aggression in Ukraine.Walker, sporting a...
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The man accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov says he was kidnapped and held for...
One of the men accused of gunning down Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov in Moscow is alleging that he was kidnapped and held for two days without charge.Speaking in court, Zaur Dadaev said...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping sounds a lot like Putin in his New Yorker profile
China, for decades a place where a near-equal collective controlled the country through a party hundreds of millions strong, now belongs to one man — Xi Jinping, the man who became president in...
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37 incredible drone photos from across the globe that would be totally...
Drones are everywhere from the battlefield to the backyards of America. For such a simple concept, the possibilities for how we can use drones is vast and still being explored.One of the most...
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A Russian 'Doctor of Military Sciences' says Moscow should just nuke...
Earlier this week, the Russian president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems outlined two geophysically weak US regions to attack in order to combat NATO's aggression toward Russia.In his article,...
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Here's why high-profile political assassinations are almost never solved or...
Sixteen years ago, Vladimir Barsukov was untouchable.He lorded over a massive criminal and commercial empire. He had top politicians in his pocket. He had top politicians whacked. And he was widely...
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The 'favorite daughter' of Venezuela's late leader Hugo Chavez just made her...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With more than a million Twitter followers and no diplomatic experience, the favorite daughter of Venezuela's late leader Hugo Chavez made her debut Wednesday as her country's...
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A Russian freezer trawler has sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk, killing dozens
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian freezer trawler with an international crew of 132 sank Thursday morning in the Sea of Okhotsk off of the Kamchatka Peninsula and at least 43 crew members were killed, rescue...
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Ukraine signed a new three-month deal to buy Russian gas
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine has signed a new agreement to buy Russian gas over the next three months at $248 per thousand cubic meters, after paying $329 in the first quarter of this year under the just...
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Europe's 'last dictator' just said Putin is more evil than he is
Belarus' president, often referred to as Europe's last dictator, has just taken a swipe at ally Vladimir Putin in an interview with Bloomberg.Here's the snippet:The pro-Russian insurgency in Ukraine...
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A Russian internet troll had to write 135 comments making fun of Obama for...
An internet troll paid by the Kremlin to spread Russian propaganda was required to write online comments ridiculing President Obama for chewing gum during one of his state visits to India, Radio Free...
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Venezuela plans to buy more Russian and Chinese arms
Venezuela has announced plans to increase its total amount of arms imports from Russia and China in the coming years, Russian network Sputnik reports. Venezuela is already the largest weapons importer...
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Obama's new sanctions for cybercriminals is important — but it won't stop the...
President Obama's executive order to sanction overseas cyber criminals likely won't deter sophisticated state-sponsored hackers in Russia and China, according to geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer."I...
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Expert: Corruption could cause Ukraine's government to collapse
Only a year after the Maidan protests swept a pro-Western government into power, Kiev's new regime is in danger of collapsing among endemic corruption, a leading security analyst said.Mark Galeotti,...
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Russia is training Ukraine rebels while there's a lull in the war
As a tenuous ceasefire continues to hold in strife-torn eastern Ukraine, Russian forces in the country are moving from direct participation in military action, to training rebel fighters in the use of...
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Russian soldiers have given up pretending they are not fighting in Ukraine
For the past year, the Kremlin has strenuously denied that its troops are supporting pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine — but fighters on the ground are apparently no longer bothering to keep up the...
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The world in terms of Russian and US arms exports
As crises balloon around the world, Russia and the US increasingly find themselves at odds. Tensions between the two countries have reached levels not seen since the Cold War and experts have warned...
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Ukraine's 'frozen conflict' has gone on for one year
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - On April 6, 2014, pro-Russian activists stormed the offices of the Donetsk regional administration and the Lugansk office of the secret service in eastern Ukraine, sparking a...
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