Putin orders troop pullback from Ukrainian border
Russia says it will withdraw 17 600 troops from its border with Ukraine in the Rostov region, where they had
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Russia’s Putin addresses CIS summit overshadowed by Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin — embroiled in an a bitter standoff with Western governments over Ukraine — said his country
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Bulgaria, Russia embroiled in new diplomatic spat
For the second time in the space of one week, officials in Sofia and Moscow exchanged harsh words, after Russia’s
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Russian deputy PM Rogozin’s comments on warplanes ‘completely unacceptable’
Comments by the deputy prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin, on the Bulgarian government’s intentions to replace outdated Russian military
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NATO chief: Rapid reaction force in Eastern Europe does not violate deal with Russia
NATO’s new chief, Jens Stoltenberg, says plans for a new rapid reaction force in Eastern Europe do not break a
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Lukoil closes refinery in Romania after facility placed under distraint
A Russian subsidiary in Romania has decided to close down a refinery it operates in Ploiesti after prosecutors levied a
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Poland’s gas deliveries from East still short of order
Poland had natural gas deliveries from Russia realized at a stable level in the week ending on October 2, but
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Khodorkovsky vows to give voice to ‘European-oriented’ Russians
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been many things: a Communist Party youth group leader who became one of post-Soviet Russia’s first billionaires,
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Slovakia faces gas supplies halved
A fifty per cent drop in Russian natural gas deliveries on October 1 put the Slovakian government on alert with Prime
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