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US INTELLIGENCE: No 'Direct' Russian Involvement In Downing Of MH17
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. intelligence officials say they have no evidence of direct Russian government involvement in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.They say the passenger jet...
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Here's Where Russia Trains Separatists Before Sending Them Into Ukraine
Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, tweeted satellite imagery showing a Russian training facility for separatists near the Ukraine border.The U.S. State Department asserts that over the...
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Britain Is Still Exporting Arms To Russia
Britain is still exporting arms and military equipment to Russia, according to a parliamentary report released Wednesday just hours after Prime Minister David Cameron rapped France for selling weapons...
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Here's A Clear Sign That Russian Propaganda Works
Vladimir Putin is riding high at home despite gradually becoming a pariah abroad.Pew reports that Russian president's popularity at home is now at its highest level in years, buoyed by the annexation...
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Here's How Dependent Russia's Economy Is On Oil And Gas
Oil is the lifeblood of the Russian economy. The EIA has a chart out this morning showing how dependent Russia's economy is on oil and gas. The data come in the context of new sanctions imposed by the...
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Putin's Next Move In His Conquest Of Crimea: Legalizing Gambling
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows gambling zones to be established in the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March.A report on the Kremlin's...
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9 Things We Just Learned About Vladimir Putin's Life
A new article in Newsweek provides quite a bit of insight into Russian President Vladimir Putin's daily routine and private life.The writer, Ben Judah, spent three years interviewing those close to...
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The Dutch Could Punish Putin All By Themselves
The seafaring Netherlands prides itself on being a trading nation, reluctant to let politics get in the way of a good deal.But since the downing, allegedly by Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine,...
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Russia Is Using Crimea To Expand And Modernize Its Black Sea Fleet
Russia announced Wednesday that it had begun expanding and modernizing its Black Sea fleet based in Crimea with new ships and submarines, just months after annexing the peninsula from Ukraine."Today we...
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Internet Freedom In Russia Is Officially Dead
Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized a new law that forces Internet companies conducting business in the country's borders to store Russian citizens’ data there, further tightening the...
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A Russian Billionaire Plans To Open A $500 Million Theme Park In Moscow
A Russian billionaire plans to open a $512 million theme park in Moscow, according to the Moscow Times. The billionaire, Konstantin Malofeyev, founder of the Marshall Capital investment group, hopes...
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The MH17 Disaster Illustrates The Delicate Power Politics Waged Between...
Since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held Ukraine, there has been much finger-pointing between Russia, pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government. While the UK and US...
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Ukrainian Rebel Leader Says Pro-Russian Fighters Had BUK Missile
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia...
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4 Reasons Why Russian Isn't As Hard To Learn As You Think
If there’s one country that’s been on the news more than any other lately, it’s Russia.Russia evokes powerful emotions from all of us. It’s nearly impossible to feel indifferent towards it; you either...
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Russia's Smartest People Are Leaving In Droves
Most of Vladimir Paley's clients want him to dig up their family history with one goal in mind: making a case to obtain foreign citizenship and leave Russia.Six months ago the soft-spoken genealogist...
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Why Putin Is Not Panicking
Not since the collapse of the Soviet Union have so many American pundits and journalists offered such varied interpretations of so few signs coming out of the Kremlin. Everybody wants to know: What...
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Soviet Space Propaganda Was Atheistic — But Putin's Cosmonauts Fear God
Roughly 50 years ago, the Russian cosmonaut Yury Gagarin—the first human launched into space—reportedly returned to Earth with a simple, Soviet-style message: “I looked and looked and looked, but I...
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Here Are The Arms Russia Has Given To Rebels In Ukraine To 'Create A Proper...
The pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine are outfitted with military hardware that has almost certainly been provided by Russia, Sam Jones reports for the Financial Times.Some amount of weaponry that...
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Here Are All Of The Aircraft Shot Down By Putin-Backed Rebels In Eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, supplied with an increasing amount of advanced weaponry by Russia, have downed more than ten aircraft over the past three months. Since May 2, pro-Russian...
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US: Russia Is Firing Artillery From Russia On Ukraine Troops
The United States said on Thursday that Russia was firing artillery across the border into Ukraine to target Ukrainian military positions in the conflict against pro-Russian separatists."We have new...
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