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Author: James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

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Vote energises Ukraine’s opposition

October 31, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

In his Soviet youth, Viktor Yanukovych was a street fighter. Now, he is 62 years old and Ukraine’s president. Vitaly

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Russia Watch: Is Russia’s Putin a secret fan of Mitt Romney?

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The conventional wisdom is that the Kremlin would like to see Barack Obama back in the White House next year.

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Russia Watch: After 20 years of US aid, Russia goes solo on controlling loose nukes

October 19, 2012October 18, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The day that Russia’s government decided last week to end its participation in the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, a

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Russia Watch: Charm alert: Georgia welcomes Russian tourists

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Nervousness was in the air the other afternoon when my S7 Airbus, packed with Russian tourists, touched down at Tbilisi’s

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Georgia’s political factions now must govern together

October 10, 2012October 10, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Georgia’s future prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, met President Mikheil Saakashvili at Tbilisi’s modern steel-and-glass presidential palace on Tuesday. Afterwards the

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Russia Watch: Is Ivanishvili a Trojan Horse for Russia’s return to Georgia?

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

In the run-up to Georgia’s parliamentary vote, supporters of President Mikheil Saakashvili derided their opponent, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, as “a

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Georgian political rivals both claim victory

October 2, 2012October 2, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Leaders of both opposing forces in Georgia claimed victory shortly after polls closed, setting the stage for a tense political

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Russia Watch: Making the Kremlin queasy

September 26, 2012September 25, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Making the Kremlin Queasy: Massive American Aid Has Helped Russians Three Times in the Last Century As American officials struggle

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Moscow asks Washington to end USAID programmes in Russia

September 19, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin has enacted a series of restrictive laws since returning to office in May.  He and the

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