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Day: February 28, 2015

Europe 

Moscow prepares for march commemorating Russian opposition leader

February 28, 2015 VOANews Russia

Authorities are preparing for tens of thousands to march in central Moscow Sunday in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov,

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Bulgaria, European, US leaders condemn murder of Russian opposition politician Nemtsov

February 28, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria sharply condemns the murder of prominent Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, Foreign Minister Daniel

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Russian opposition leader murdered in Moscow

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 VOANews Russia

Major Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov was shot dead Friday night in central Moscow. The

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Romanian defence ministry denies conscription amid conflict in Ukraine

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Ukraine

Romanian defence ministry Mircea Dusa said on February 27 that there was no conscription underway in the country amid the military

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Ruxit is real: Russia’s exit from Europe

February 28, 2015 Josef Janning of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia

Leaving aside a few brief moments in the Russian policy discourse of the 1990s, post-Soviet Russia has always thought of

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Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow

February 28, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia

Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician opposed to the country’s leader Vladimir Putin, was killed on February 27 in Moscow. An unidentified

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Swarovski moves its plant to Serbia

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Austrian producer of luxury cut lead glass Swarovski is to move its plants from China and Czech Republic to Austria and

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