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Don’t underestimate Ukraine!

January 29, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

In the late 1940s, the mortality rate for Soviet troops fighting Ukrainian insurgents in Western Ukraine was higher than the mortality

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Europe 

EU urges rights, democracy in Ukraine in summit with Russia

January 28, 2014February 10, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The European Union welcomed a rollback of repressive laws in Ukraine, part of the rapid concessions made by the Ukrainian

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Europe 

Putin: ‘No justification’ for Volgograd bombings

January 1, 2014January 1, 2014 VOANews Russia

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visited Volgograd on Wednesday after the city was the struck by two suicide bombings Sunday and

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Europe 

Russia’s Putin vows to fight terrorists until destroyed

December 31, 2013December 31, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight terrorists until their “total destruction,” following the two suicide bombings in the

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Europe 

Death toll rises in Russia blasts

December 31, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russian officials announced that three more people have died as a result of the two suicide bombings which struck the

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World 

Second fatal blast hits Russian city

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday’s explosion on a bus in the southern city of

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World 

Armenia ratifies Russian gas deal despite protests

December 24, 2013 VOANews energy, Russia

The Armenian parliament has ratified a controversial natural gas agreement with Russia, despite widespread protests by the opposition. Ruling party

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Perspectives 

Behind Putin’s surprise release of Khodorkovsky: Sochi and self-confidence?

December 22, 2013February 6, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

Two weeks ago, Russian prosecutors told reporters they were preparing a third case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil tycoon

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Europe 

A month later, EuroMaidan beat goes on

December 22, 2013 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A month ago, on November 21, people took to the streets in protest against the government’s decision to abandon a

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