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Russia Is Using Old Ukrainian Missiles Against Ukraine, General Says
The missiles, returned to Russia in the 1990s under an agreement aimed at assuring Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, have…
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World
War Next Door Brings Energy Crunch, and Paid Protests, to Moldova
The tiny country, starved of natural gas and electricity because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, is confronting street rallies…
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World
Rights Advocates Honored at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
KYIV, Ukraine — Human rights advocates in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are being honored on Saturday at the Nobel Peace…
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World
A Chatty Putin’s Underlying Message: I’m Still in Charge
In a string of appearances, it wasn’t so much what the Russian leader said, much of it false, as it…
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World
Russia and Iran are strengthening their defense partnership, the Biden administration warns.
The Biden administration said on Friday that Russia and Iran were strengthening their military ties into a “full-fledged defense partnership,”…
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Magazine
When a Prisoner Swap Is a Rorschach-Test
The scene on the tarmac with Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout didn’t just show a prisoner trade. It told the…
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World
NATO’s secretary general warns that a ‘full blown war’ with Russia is ‘a real possibility.’
NATO’s secretary general warned on Friday that Russia’s war in Ukraine could expand into a wider war with the Atlantic…
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World
Turkey Is Strengthening Its Energy Ties With Russia
As Moscow seeks new customers for oil, gas and coal, Ankara is a willing buyer as it promotes plans as…
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World
Brittney Griner Is Freed as Part of a Prisoner Swap With Russia
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, was released on Thursday after nearly…
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World
In the Deal to Free Griner, Putin Used a Familiar Lever: Pain
By seizing the basketball star, the Russian president made things so painful for the U.S. that it capitulated and turned…