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Putin: Russia beefing up nuclear arsenal with at least 40 ICBMs

June 17, 2015 VOANews Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin says more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) will be added to the country’s nuclear

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Bulgaria 

Leader of Russophile group quits Bulgarian Socialist Party over Ukraine

June 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russophile group leader, former MP and long-standing publisher of Bulgarian Socialist Party mouthpiece Duma newspaper Nikolai Malinov has quit the

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Pope urges ‘sincere effort’ from Putin on Ukraine

June 11, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pope Francis has called on visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin to take steps to bring peace to war-torn eastern Ukraine.

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On the chessboard of the powerful, is Serbia a pawn?

June 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle energy, Russia, Serbia, South Stream

There are not many top politicians today who still know the names of the entire Russian ice hockey team that

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Europe 

G7 leaders affirm Russia sanctions

June 8, 2015 Al Pessin of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful countries agreed on Monday to toughen sanctions on Russia, if necessary,

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Tensions grow over Russia’s ‘secret’ EU travel blacklist

June 6, 2015June 6, 2015 VOANews Russia

The thing about secret lists is that you don’t know if you’re on one — until you find out you

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Russia’s online assault evaporates internet freedom

June 4, 2015 VOANews Russia

The recent threats by Russian authorities to block access to popular US-based websites such as Google come amid a larger

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European Parliament retaliates for Russia’s ‘stop list’ of EU politicians and officials

June 3, 2015June 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Russia

The Russian ambassador to the EU’s access to the European Parliament building has been restricted as part of measures in

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Europe 

Russian rewrite of crushing of Prague Spring angers Czech Republic and Slovakia

June 2, 2015June 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia

A Russian television film that depicts the Soviet suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring as having been in response to

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