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Europe went after a 'pipe dream' to counter Russia — and it's working
Europe has taken another swing at Russian gas dominance.The European Union has been buttering up Turkmenistan, which has the fourth-largest known gas reserves, and Azerbaijan over the past year with...
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France: Russian hackers posed as ISIS to hack a French TV broadcaster
Last April, the French television broadcaster TV5 Monde was hacked. The attack took its TV channels off the air as well as posted rogue content on its website and social feeds.The perpetrators,...
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Don't be fooled: Putin's strategy has weakened Russia
Is Russia really weak?In response to our recent article at Foreign Affairstitled Paper Tiger Putin, Sergey Aleksashenkoargued on this blog that everyone should stop calling Russia weak.His response...
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Video: 2 Russian jets buzz overhead of NATO mission in the Baltic Sea
During a scene that would not be out of place in a Cold War blockbuster, Russian jets flew over a large NATO maritime exercise consisting of dozens of ships and aircraft that were operating in...
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Signs are everywhere that Putin is headed into a long and tense standoff with...
A statement appeared this week on the website of Lithuania's armed forces claiming that NATO's Sabre Strike exercises in the Baltics and Poland were preparations for an annexation of Kaliningrad. It,...
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Russia's oil traders might help Iran sell its oil
Russia has no contract with Iran to import its oil, but may help resell it on the world market, according to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.“Russia is a producing country, we are not going to...
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Russia's new Armata tank is one step closer to fully robotic vehicles
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — Russia's new tank, the Armata, is expected to form the backbone of the nation's armed forces for years to come. Its designers say the new machine may evolve into a fully...
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Russian-backed separatists are sowing chaos in a crucial Ukrainian steel city
KIEV (Reuters) - Two of Ukraine's largest steel plants are in a critical situation and may have to cut production, owner Metinvest said on Friday, after fighting in the separatist east severed gas...
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How oil flows in and out of every major region around the world
Every major economy around the world is fueled by oil. But most of them don't produce the oil they use.In its new "Statistical Review of World Energy" report, BP included a map tracking oil trade flows...
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'The most expensive divorce in history' just got a lot cheaper
What was thought to be the world’s most expensive divorce just got a lot cheaper after a Geneva court knocked it down from four billion Swiss francs ($4.3 billion) to 564 million Swiss francs ($604...
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Russia $400 billion new-age military buildup is looking more and more misguided
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — It has a remote-controlled turret, it bristles with state-of-the-art defense systems and its computerized controls make driving it feel "like playing a video game." Russia's...
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One crucial Russian transformation has gone largely unnoticed
Last year, thanks to its aggression in Ukraine, Russia changed in many important ways.But one crucial transformation has gone largely unnoticed: Long-term thinking has completely disappeared, and the...
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Russia's aging air force has seen 3 crashes and 2 fleets grounded this week
The Russian air force has seen three crashes in the past week to include two fighter jets and one strategic bomber as the Russians have increased flying operations to counter the NATO coalition.Many...
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The pro-Russia separatist regions just named Crimea as part of Ukraine
The pro-Russia separatist regions of Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) just named Crimea as a part of Ukraine in the draft amendments to the Constitution of...
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PHOTO: Fidel Castro, wearing 2 Rolexes, lighting a cigar while visiting the...
Two months after the Kennedy administration barred Americans from any transactions with Cuba, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev hosted Fidel Castro on April 27, 1963, in Castro's first visit to the...
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The US is considering a move to deter Russia not seen since the Cold War
The Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 troops in several Baltic and Eastern European countries to deter any possible...
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This infographic gives some interesting details about the four NATO exercises...
NATO and regional Allies are involved in a series of training events in eastern Europe that go under the name of Allied Shield.Allied Shield is a series of exercises that includes:Exercise NOBLE JUMP,...
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RussiaJoin the conversation about this story »NOW WATCH: Take a tour of the $367 million jet that will soon be called Air Force One
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Hillary Clinton just made two statements to boost her foreign policy...
Presidential contender Hillary Clinton is trying to pad her foreign policy credentials by touting her tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. In her official campaign-launch speech on Saturday...
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