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Support For Ukraine's Pro-War Parties Keeps Plunging
Polling of Ukrainian voters since the ceasefire in the civil war was negotiated on September 5 reveals that large, growing majorities of Ukrainians throughout the country are in favour of keeping to...
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Russia Is Desperate To Save Its $27 Billion Gas Mega-Project From Failing Due...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dozens of Russian energy ventures are in jeopardy due to Western sanctions on technology and funding. Looming over them all, a giant project the Kremlin is bent on saving no matter...
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Putin Is Considering Unplugging The Internet In Russia During Protests Or War
Russia is considering measures to protect its cyberspace from the "unpredictable" West, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Friday after a newspaper said Moscow was contemplating unplugging...
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A Russian Firm Is Acquiring Iconic American Brewer Pabst
The Russian firm Oasis Beverages has entered into an agreement to buy the iconic American brewer Pabst Brewing Company, in partnership with TSG Consumer Partners, an American private-equity firm.PBC...
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These Are The Secret Sites Where The Soviet Union Exploded Atomic Bombs And...
The Cold War and nuclear arms race may never have erupted into a full-blown nuclear war, but it still resulted in destruction and irreparable damage to the environment. Nuclear testing, primarily at...
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Estonian President: Europe's Security Architecture 'Has Collapsed'
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves expressed concern that Russian aggression in Ukraine has led to the collapse of Europe's security system n a presentation at the Open Society Forum in Tallinn on...
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Russia Insists That Malaysia Airline Crash Can Only Be Investigated With...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Friday criticized an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine, saying it can be transparent only with more U.N....
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Europe Could Survive A Cut-Off Of Russian Gas, But Only A Short One
Napoleon and Hitler both succumbed to the bitter Russian winter in their efforts at territorial expansion in Europe. Now, Vladimir Putin seems to be exporting a bit of Russian chill as part of his...
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6 Russian Fighter Jets Were Intercepted Near Alaska
Six Russian MiG 35 fighter jets entered a US "air defense identification zone" Friday and were intercepted by American and Canadian warplanes near Alaska, two US defense officials said.Although Russian...
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Russia And Iran Are Talking About Joining The Fight Against ISIS
Two countries that have very strained relationships with the United States are considering joining the fight against the Islamic State group.Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Security Council...
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Putin May Be Targeting Critics Abroad
The trip was like any other for Nicolai Kobliakov, a Paris-based businessman and human rights activist. Or so it seemed. Several months ago, the 44-year-old traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, where he was...
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One Of The Biggest Private Equity Firms In The World Is Giving Up On Russia
U.S. private equity group Blackstone Group LP is "giving up on Russia", highlighting how even well-connected Western investors are turning away from the country, the Financial Times reported.Blackstone...
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Death, Chaos, And Destruction Aren't As Bad For Companies As You'd Think
Islamic State may be a geopolitical threat, but it has not yet posed much of a danger to business. A day's drive from the fighting, in Kurdish-run Iraq, three Western oil firms, Genel Energy, DNO and...
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These Photos Show How Eastern Ukraine Is Stuck In Its Soviet Past
If you told Ukrainian photographer Valeriya Myronenko six months ago that Donbass, the region in eastern Ukraine where she grew up, would erupt in a war, she wouldn’t believe you. Now, with conflict...
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Russia And South Africa Sign A Huge Nuclear Energy Deal
Russia and South Africa have signed a multibillion-dollar deal on nuclear-power cooperation that paves the way for the building of reactors based on Russian technology.The agreement was signed on the...
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Russia Will Add 80 New Warships To Black Sea Fleet
NOVOROSSIYSK Russia (Reuters) - Russia will increase its Black Sea fleet by 2020 with more than 80 new warships and will complete a second naval base for the fleet near the city of Novorossiysk by...
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EU TO RUSSIA: Let's Not Use Natural Gas As A Political Tool
Kiev (AFP) - The European Union warned energy giant Russia on Tuesday not to use gas supplies as a weapon in its standoff with Ukraine over the fate of its neighbour's separatist east.EU Energy...
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Putin Could Trigger A Cascade Of Defaults On Ukraine's Eurobonds
A selloff on Ukraine's dollar debt is focusing attention on a controversial $3 billion bond held by Russia, raising investor concerns that President Vladimir Putin could use the issue to trigger a...
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The Russian Navy Is Aiming To Be Much Larger Than The US Navy
Russia's plan to add 80 new warships to its Black Sea fleet will put the country's navy even further ahead of the US Navy in terms of sheers numbers.Both countries had been on nearly equal footing with...
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Rosneft May Back Out Of Deal To Buy Morgan Stanley's Oil Unit
LONDON (Reuters) - Rosneft <ROSN.MM>, Russia's biggest crude oil producer, may back out of a deal to buy Morgan Stanley's oil trading unit because Western sanctions make it virtually impossible...
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