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Russia Is Going On A Gold Reserve Buying Spree To Counteract Sanctions
Russia has increased its gold holdings in recent months as its economy feels the heat from the unresolved crisis in eastern Ukraine.Amid declining relations with the European Union and the United...
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Polish Foreign Minister: Putin Proposed That Russia And Poland Split Up...
The proposal was revealed by a former Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski. Mr Sikorski stated that Putin described the Ukraine as an “artificial country”. Current Ukrainian territory also...
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EU Approval Of A $40 Billion Gas Pipeline Would Send A Ominous Signal To Ukraine
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Approval of Russia's South Stream pipeline would send a message to Ukraine that the European Union is not ready to support its ambitions to lean toward the West and does not see...
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NATO Intercepts Russian Jets Over Baltic Sea
NATO scrambled fighter jets twice in two days to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, it said Tuesday amid reports that Russian military activity in the region is increasing.Lt....
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Putin's Propaganda Network Created Its Own Movie For MH-17 Conspiracy Theories
Russia Today, the English-language news outlet of the Russian government, is debuting a documentary Wednesday that purports to tell the "untold story" of how the Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 may...
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Russia Will Be Plunged Into A Recession If Oil Prices Fall Further
Russia will struggle to avoid falling into a recession if oil prices are allowed to drop to $80 a barrel — and could face calamity if prices fall below that level.Brent crude oil prices have fallen...
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Ukraine Owes Russia $5 Billion For Gas, And Moscow Wants Kiev To Pay Up
Ukraine should be able to find ways of paying for Russian gas supplies within a week, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday, suggesting a standoff would end once Moscow received...
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Sweden Ready To Use 'Armed Force, If Necessary' To Bring Suspicious Vessel To...
Sweden has said it could use force against a suspected Russian submarine that is believed to have violated its borders on the Baltic Sea less than 30 miles (50 km) from Stockholm.The supreme commander...
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Sweden Is Having A Very Hard Time Finding That Suspicious Vessel
It's been five days since a suspected Russian submarine was first spotted in Stockholm's archipelago, a violation of Sweden's sovereignty ostensibly confirmed through subsequent sightings and a...
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Here's What We Know About The Two Suspected Spies Arrested In Poland Last Week
The other day I explained what we knew so far about the major espionage scandal that emerged last week with the arrests of a Polish army officer and a dual-national attorney in Warsaw who are suspected...
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Here Is The Major Ukrainian City Destroyed During A Supposed Ceasefire
A ceasefire has technically been in place in eastern Ukraine since negotiations began in Minsk between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on September 5. But this attempted cessation in hostilities...
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Sweden Is Learning Just How Insanely Difficult It Is To Capture An Enemy...
The Swedish military is currently hunting what it has described as a mysterious foreign vessel that is violating the country's territorial waters. Swedish authorities aren't sure what they're looking...
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Russian Prosecutors Detain 4 Suspects Over Total CEO Plane Crash Death
Russian prosecutors have detained four more Moscow airport workers over a plane crash that killed the CEO of the French oil company Total Christophe de Margerie, the country's Investigative Committee...
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Here Are All Of The Problems Holding Back Ukraine's Revolution
In the afternoon of February 20, after the morning’s dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev’s October palace.Higher up the hill stood the seats of Ukrainian government,...
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Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Says It Needs $48 Billion Amid Western Sanctions
Reeling from the impact of Western sanctions, Russia's top oil producer Rosneft has asked for more than 2 trillion roubles ($48.5bn) from the country's National Wealth Find, Finance Minister Anton...
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These Charred Tanks Point To Continued Russian Meddling In Ukraine
HORBATENKO Ukraine (Reuters) - The burnt-out remains of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in fields near this small village bear witness to the ferocity of a battle that turned the tide of the...
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REPORT: A Russian Military Plane Violated Estonian Air Space
Estonia summoned Russia’s ambassador Wednesday over an airspace violation by Russian military aircraft, the Associated Press reported.The Baltic country “demands an explanation” after a Russian...
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THE EUROPEAN CHESSBOARD: Here's A Map Of The Confrontation Between Russia And...
The war in eastern Ukraine is in a state of cease-fire, but if the past seven months are any indication, this halt in hostilities won't spell the end of the most severe geopolitical crisis between...
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A Newly Declassified CIA Paper Details A Tense Subplot In The Cold War Arms...
It's one of the great paradoxes of nuclear power politics.Strategic missile defense was meant to make inter-continental nuclear warfare obsolete, creating a protective shield that negates an enemy's...
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The Russian Ruble Is Getting Crushed
The Russian ruble has fallen further against the dollar and the euro hitting record new lows against the currencies.Russia's currency has been put under pressure by a combination of falling oil prices...
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