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Putin accuses Turkey of ‘stabbing’ Russia ‘in the back’ after fighter downed

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of “stabbing” Russia “in the back” and supporting terrorism after Turkish F-16s shot down

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Europe 

Ukrainian journalist concerned about direction of country’s media

November 10, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Maxim Eristavi is an openly gay Ukrainian journalist who worked for Russian state media, and has been covering Ukraine for

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors question PM Borissov over ‘permission’ for Russian flights

October 19, 2015October 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgaria’s Supreme Cassation Prosecution questioned Prime Minister Boiko Borissov in connection with a complaint filed by the Protest Network about

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Bulgaria 

Russia queries Bulgaria’s customs probe of Lukoil

October 18, 2015October 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

The Russian foreign ministry has sent a note to Bulgaria querying the customs inspection of Lukoil Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko

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Europe World 

Turkey shoots down unidentified aircraft near Syria

October 16, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkey says it has shot down an aircraft of unknown nationality that had intruded into its airspace near the Syrian

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Europe 

Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report

October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s

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Europe 

Poll: Ukrainians unhappy about corruption, incomplete reforms

October 14, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainians are unhappy with their current government. In a recent poll conducted in Ukraine, only 7 percent of the respondents

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Europe 

Dutch report on MH17 crash refutes Russian version

October 13, 2015October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk 9M38M1 anti-aircraft missile on July 17

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Europe 

Rocket attack hits Russian embassy in Syria

October 13, 2015 Carla Babb of VOANews Russia

Insurgents fired rockets at Russia’s Embassy in Damascus Tuesday in what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called an act or

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