Poland starts to exhume victims of Smolensk plane crash
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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Russia
Savchenko writes open letter to Trump, asks him to maintain anti-Russian sanctions
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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Russia says its officials were in contact with Trump campaign
Russian government officials were in contact with members of Donald Trump’s campaign prior to Tuesday’s election, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei
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Russians behind Montenegro coup attempt, says prosecutor
A prosecutor has accused Russians of planning to assassinate Montenegro’s premier. Police arrested 20 Serbian nationals during October’s elections, including
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Nato’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’
Nato had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General,
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Putin’s friends in Europe
The upsurge of populism in Europe has provided Russia with an ample supply of sympathetic political parties across the continent.
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EU leaders stop short of sanctioning Russia over Aleppo
Despite the daunting range of Russian threats, EU leaders in Brussels sent no return fire. They were unable to muster
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Bulgarian PM says will back sanctions on Russia if hostilities in Aleppo continue
Bulgaria would favour EU sanctions against Russia if hostilities in Aleppo continue, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 20
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FBI, Czech police arrest alleged Russian hacker linked to US attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with Czech police, arrested a Russian citizen in Prague on Wednesday in connection with
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