Analysts: Putin’s National Guard meant to put down public unrest
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announced plans Tuesday to form a National Guard with the stated goal of fighting terrorism and
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Russian court finds Savchenko guilty of murder
It ended as it had begun and continued throughout: in farce and confusion. A court in the small Russian border
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Russian court prepares to find Savchenko guilty of murder
A judge in a Russian court in Donetsk, Rostov Oblast, started summing up the case against Nadiya Savchenko on March
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Russia says Polish comments on Smolensk air crash groundless
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov Monday described as “groundless” and “unobjective” comments by Poland’s defence minister Antoni Macierewicz suggesting
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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria, as new U.N.-mediated peace talks on Syria
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Ex-Kremlin aide found dead in DC hotel ‘departed US 40 days after his own death’
The mysterious death of former Kremlin aide Mikhail Lesin has gotten even weirder as details have emerged showing that Lesin
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister calls for Russia to immediately release Ukrainian pilot Savchenko
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, in his capacity as head of the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe,
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Savchenko flips off Russian court as it delays her verdict
Nadiya Savchenko showed that she will be defiant to the end when during a March 9 court hearing she gave
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Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics set for stillbirth
The first meeting of Bulgaria’s parliamentary special committee to examine allegations of interference by Turkey and Russia in the country’s
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