Russia concerns driving neighbours to NATO
As Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is sworn in to office Thursday, a growing chorus of voices in eastern Europe is
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Poland awards top rights prize to daughter of Boris Nemtsov
Poland has awarded the journalist daughter of slain Russian democracy advocate and opposition leader Boris Nemtsov a $1.1 million human
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Trotsky house for sale in Istanbul
The former Istanbul house of Marxist revolutionary, theorist, Soviet politician, Red Army founder and hero of the 1917 October Revolution,
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Russia’s economic woes cause 60 per cent slump in Bulgarian wine sales
Bulgarian wine sales have fallen by 60 per cent because of the political and economic situation in Russia, a leading
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Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 crash
Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible
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Russia’s propaganda machine revs up ahead of UN’s MH17 vote
Russia’s state media machine appears to have gone into conspiracy theory overdrive. A well-coordinated campaign appeared to be underway ahead
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Bulgarian PM Borissov raises issue of compensation for countries affected by Russian counter-sanctions
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has said that he will raise with other EU leaders the question of compensation for
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Russia blocks UN resolution recognising Srebrenica massacre as genocide
Russia has vetoed a draft U.N. resolution condemning the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war as an act
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EU extends sanctions against Russia for six months
European Union foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to extend economic sanctions against Russia for an additional six months in response
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