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6 out of 10 top oil-producing countries are under serious corruption risk
In the wake of the recent FIFA scandal, a risk analysis company called Verisk Maplecroft has ranked 198 countries on their prevalence of bribery and corruption.That ranking also looked at the top 10...
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A Russian soldier in Ukraine was tracked down using his selfies
According to Vladimir Putin, there are no Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.The Russian government draws a distinction between what it calls volunteers from Russia — fighters with military...
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Assad is under more military strain than at any point in the four-year Syrian...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are weighing the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing military pressure, may soon narrow his focus on defense of more...
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NATO supreme commander: Russia is not acting like a 'responsible nuclear nation'
SWIETOSZOW, Poland (Reuters) - NATO's top commander said on Wednesday Russia's announcement it was adding 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal was not the kind of behavior...
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Russian dissident: Putin's confrontation with the West is 'absolutely...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's confrontation with the West is "artificial" and aimed at protecting Russia's ruling elite and distracting attention from a corrupt system, a...
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Latvia says Russia tension worst since Cuban missile crisis
Russia's nuclear "sabre-rattling" and refusal to abide by the terms of a ceasefire in Ukraine have dragged East-West relations to their lowest level since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Latvian Foreign...
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The US must guard against Putin's long reach
Vladimir Putin recently told an Italian newspaper that "only an insane person and only in a dream can imagine that Russia would suddenly attack NATO."So what is a sane person to make of the vastly...
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Russia is extending a gas pipeline to Germany that bypasses Ukraine
Russia is reportedly planning to build a gas pipeline to Germany.Gazprom announced on Thursday that it plans to build a pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year from Russia to...
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Here comes the Saudi-Russian alliance
Prince Muhammad's visit to Russia will increase speculation that Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States is changing.On June 17, Saudi deputy crown prince and defense minister Muhammad bin...
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Russian ambassador: If Sweden joins NATO, there will be 'consequences'
Russia's ambassador to Sweden has warned the country of the potential military "consequences" associated with joining NATO in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, The Local reports....
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How the US and Europe can fight back against Putin's information war
As the conflict in eastern Ukraine simmers, Western leaders and policymakers grow ever more concerned about Russia’s use of “information warfare.”Through social media, television, and billboards,...
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Russia's answer to Davos isn't going so well
Saint Petersburg (AFP) - Russian officials tried to play down fears about the country's economic crisis Thursday as tensions with the West over Ukraine cast a pall over its showcase investment...
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A new Russian spy plane flew alongside Ukraine's eastern border today
Social media are going frenzy after a Russian Air Force Tu-214R was spotted and tracked on the Internet, by means of its ADS-B transponder signals detected by Flightradar24 collecting stations, as it...
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The Soviet Union built this dismal concrete tower in downtown Havana
Described by locals as a "la espada de Rusia," meaning "the Russian sword," the Soviet-era Russian embassy resembles something of a sword stabbing Havana's Embassy Row.Completed in 1985, the structure...
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This Baltic enclave is Putin's military trump card
Russia is pouring troops and weapons — including missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads — into its western exclave of Kaliningrad at such a rate that the region is now one of Europe's most...
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NATO held a massive training exercise to warn Russia
Dozens of NATO landing craft churned through the Baltic’s grey waters. Further out at sea, huge warships – the US’s San Antonio, Britain’s Ocean and Poland’s Lublin – filled the horizon.On the beach,...
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Europe and the US are readying a new round of crippling sanctions against Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European governments have readied a new round of penalties against Russia targeting its energy and financial sectors as part of a sanctions-in-waiting strategy...
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Russia is pouring troops and weapons into its European enclave
Russia is pouring troops and weapons -- including missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads -- into its western exclave of Kaliningrad at such a rate that the region is now one of Europe's most...
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Russia is willing to consider loans for Greece
Russia is willing to consider giving financial aid to Greece, a Russian government official said Friday ahead of talks between the leaders of the two countries.Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...
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Russia and NATO are edging toward a high-risk military standoff
MOSCOW — For more than a year, antagonistic rhetoric and actions have ticked upward as the West seeks to restrain and punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine.Moscow and NATO have broken off ties and...
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