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Russia to Google, Twitter, and Facebook: Follow the rules or be blocked
MOSCOW/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Russia's media watchdog has written to Google, Twitter and Facebook warning them against violating Russian Internet laws and a spokesman said on Thursday they risk being...
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Sen. John McCain: Cisco's behavior in Russia 'deserves further investigation'...
A report published by Buzzfeed that implied Cisco was skirting economic sanctions against Russia when selling its technical equipment there has gotten the attention of Sen. John McCain.McCain (R-AZ)...
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Putin is spending $10 million to celebrate 1,000-year-old Prince Vladimir
Russia is planning to spend billions of rubles on a slavic Prince and a national holiday honoring the 1,000-year anniversary of his death. Why? It might have a lot to do with President Vladimir Putin’s...
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Russia’s new tanks are a wake-up call for the US
During its annual May 9 Victory Day Parade commemorating the end of World War II, the Russian military brings out the most striking examples of their ground force vehicles. This year, they publicly...
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A tiny European country is making Russia extremely nervous
The political turmoil in a tiny Balkan republic is making Russia extremely nervous — especially because the state is an integral part of Moscow's latest gas-pipeline deal.Last weekend the Republic of...
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Kremlin warns citizens: The US is 'hunting' Russians all over the world
Russia's foreign ministry has warned its citizens traveling abroad of the risks posed by US law enforcement bodies and special services, which it said were hunting for Russians around the world.In a...
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Norwegian gas just knocked Russia down a peg in Europe
Norway just officially overtook Russia as Western Europe's top gas supplier — which suggests that the EU's attempt to move away from Moscow gas is working, according Reuters.During the first quarter of...
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John Kerry keeps playing right into Putin's hand
It has been a week since Secretary of State John F. Kerry emerged from eight hours of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister to say that the two sides had agreed to...
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SUPERPOWER: Ian Bremmer explains America's choices in the 'period of...
Washington hasn't had a defined foreign policy strategy for the last quarter-century, but now it's time for America to take a look at the options and make a choice, argues Eurasia Group president Ian...
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Russian economist: The Kremlin's 'military spending binge' is completely...
Russia's military spending is getting out of control.The Kremlin has been in the middle of an intense military build up over the last few months against the backdrop of a deteriorating economy.Even...
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The most embarrassing Russian military failures of all time
There are some projects that the Kremlin would love us to forget.The Russian military has long been a bogeyman for the West, with Cold War memories lingering even after the fall of the Soviet...
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Putin is risking a clash with the IMF over Russia's $3 billion loan to Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin is warning that he could call in Russia's $3 billion loan to Ukraine at any time, a move that would spark a stand-off with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Under the terms...
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A tiny region in Moldova holds the key to understanding eastern Ukraine's future
COMRAT, MOLDOVA — There are few issues more contentious in Ukraine than the possibility of "federalizing" its rebellious eastern provinces into autonomous republics.The government in Kiev sees changing...
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The Russian government is taking on Android and the iPhone with its own...
The global smartphone race is largely a two-horse race between two American companies, Apple and Google — and the Russian government isn't happy.The Russian minister of communications has announced...
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Putin's dream of reuniting the Russian empire is falling apart
Russian President Vladimir Putin's dream of uniting the self-declared separatist republics in eastern Ukraine under the banner of Novorossiya, or New Russia, was put on hold indefinitely last week as...
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Russia plans to use prison labor for the 2018 World Cup
Russian authorities want to use prison labor to drive down the costs of holding the 2018 World Cup.The Russian prison service is backing a bid by Alexander Khinshtein, a lawmaker from the ruling United...
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Putin just signed a blank check for repression
Russia has just taken another step toward pernicious use of the law to buttress the authoritarian whims of its leader.Both houses of parliament recently passed legislation that would allow the...
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REPORTS: Russia abandons its Mistral warship deal with France
Russia has given up on its €1.2 billion deal for two Mistral-class helicopter carriers with France, according to a report on Sputnik, the Russian news service.Now France has two giant warships on its...
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Putin: Some Western nations 'are beginning to see the light'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has encouraged businesses to expand domestically before Western nations lift economic sanctions, allowing once again the sale of many foreign goods in Russia.Russia's...
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Putin is going to extreme lengths to hide Russian soldiers who are dying...
Russia is using crematoriums on wheels to burn the bodies of its soldiers who die fighting alongside pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine, Bloomberg's Josh Rogin reports.“The Russians are trying...
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