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Russian ambassador to Turkey killed in shooting

December 19, 2016March 9, 2017 VOANews Russia, Turkey

The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot and killed in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

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Russian ambassador to Turkey seriously wounded in gun attack

December 19, 2016March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Russia, Turkey

Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov has been shot at an art gallery in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Local news reports indicate

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EU extends sanctions on Russia

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Russia

European Union leaders meeting Thursday in Brussels agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, EU officials said.

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Black Sea border guard, coast guard chiefs sign co-operation memo

December 1, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

The heads of border guard and coast guard services of Black Sea countries have signed a memorandum of co-operation and

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Bulgaria’s outgoing foreign minister criticises president-elect over statements on Crimea

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Statements by Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev during his election campaign that it should be accepted that the Russian flag is

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European Parliament urges action against Russian ‘hostile propaganda’

November 24, 2016 Deutsche Welle Russia

The European Parliament on Wednesday warned of “hostile” Russian propaganda and support for anti-EU forces and urged Brussels to take

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Can governance Trump guns? European security after the US elections

November 23, 2016 Mark Galeotti of the European Council on Foreign Relations Nato, Russia

European security co-operation has never really been off the EU’s agenda, but controversy, political divisions and expense have for many

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Poland starts to exhume victims of Smolensk plane crash

November 15, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

The bodies of Poland’s former president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, who died in a 2010 plane crash in

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Savchenko writes open letter to Trump, asks him to maintain anti-Russian sanctions

November 11, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian lawmaker and former military pilot Nadia Savchenko has written an open letter to U.S President-elect Donald Trump asking that

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