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Russia just one-upped the Saudis in China
Moscow just one-upped the Saudis in China: Russia is officially Beijing's No. 1 crude supplier."China imported a record 3.92 million metric tons from its northern neighbor in May, according to data...
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Russian MiG-31 fighter jets in the Arctic will be outfitted with a special...
Russia’s MiG-31 fighter planes active in the Arctic will be outfitted with a new navigation system capable of operating independently of satellite feeds and regardless of low temperatures, a Russian...
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Russia needs to come up with a new growth model
Russia's eyeing its second recession in just seven years.This is no surprise: the 40% oil price drop slammed an economy whose energy sector makes up 20% of the GDP, and western sanctions added salt in...
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Most NATO states aren't pulling their weight
Tensions continue to rise throughout Europe, but the vast majority of NATO member states still aren't meeting the alliance's defense spending targets, with eight states actually seeing their defense...
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Former rebel leader warns that Russia could 'lose patience' and be drawn into...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A ceasefire is likely to collapse in east Ukraine and Russia could be drawn into a "big war" to cleanse the "sore on its borders", the former leader of the region's pro-Russian...
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Russia thinks its monstrous new super-tank can resist just about all of...
Russia's 3rd-generation battle tank will feature a new version of explosive reactive armor (ERA) capable of resisting widely used Western anti-tank weapons, a source at a leading Russian heavy...
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Caucasus extremists in Russia pledged allegiance to ISIS
Russian Caucasus extremists pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State forces this week in a recording posted online.ISIS has welcomed the move by the militant group, which exists in four...
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Which countries love and hate President Obama
Over the past year, the Pew Research Center has interviewed thousands of people from some 40 different countries on a myriad of topics. One of those topics is the world's views toward the United States...
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Peak oil is here
The EIA has finally updated their International Energy Statistics with data through February 2015. All data in the charts below are Crude + Condensate and is in thousand barrels per day with the last...
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NATO chief: 'We will not be dragged into an arms race' with Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of NATO said on Wednesday the alliance would not be forced into a new arms race with Russia but said what he called Moscow's aggression in Ukraine had compelled it to...
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Troops from Russia and Mongolia will march in China to mark the end of World...
Troops from Russia and Mongolia will march together with Chinese forces in a parade in Beijing in September to commemorate the end of World War Two, the government and state media said on Thursday,...
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Russia has a secret program to build an attack vehicle similar to China’s...
Moscow is developing a new, ultra-high speed strategic attack vehicle similar to China’s hypersonic weapon, according to military analysts.However, unlike high-profile strategic bomber flights and...
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Mother urges Russia not to abandon son captured in Ukraine
The mother of a Russian soldier captured in Ukraine says her son never told her he was quitting the army, raising doubt about Kremlin assertions that the soldier was no longer serving when he crossed...
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Armenians are protesting over price hikes — and Russia's not pleased
Thousands in Armenia's capital Yerevan have been protesting over a 17-22% electricity price hike coming on August 1.Things got particularly ugly over the weekend when police unleashed water cannons,...
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Crazy photos of Russia's flooded Olympic city
Flash floods brought the Black Sea resort of Sochi to a standstill on Thursday and apparently killed at least one person as it halted trains and left cars half-submerged in the city where Russia staged...
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What a Saudi-Russian partnership would mean for world energy
What happens when two nations, that together account for more than fourth quarter of global oil production, begin collaborating on future energy projects?Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi...
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Russia and China are hacking British companies and spying on their employees
It is being described as the worst cyber hack of the US government in history – a huge personnel database of government employees pilfered by foreign spies. But yesterday it emerged that the vast trove...
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Putin: Russia is going to spend $400 billion upgrading its military
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia needs a mighty military to fend off threats near its borders, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, in a stance that reflects soaring tensions with the West over the crisis in...
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A man who used to be the 'Kremlin's banker' is changing the story behind...
Back in the late 1990s, it was widely believed that a group of the former president's insiders, nicknamed "семья" (or "family"), was actually behind most of the Kremlin's policies. Members reportedly...
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Sweden is boosting its military after Russia's ominous warning
Sweden will boost military exercises with NATO amid concerns of Russia's increasingly defiant posture, Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said on Friday, according to AFP. Sweden, which is not part of...
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