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Russian court orders all Greenpeace activists to stay in jail

September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 VOANews Russia

A Russian court in Murmansk has ordered the last eight Greenpeace protesters who tried to scale an Arctic oil drilling

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Europe 

Russia orders two-month detention of Greenpeace activists

September 27, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Russia

A Russian court has ruled that most of the 30 people arrested on a Greenpeace ship during a protest in

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Russia Watch: Russia’s Potemkin Arctic Conference?

September 26, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

There were two hours to go Wednesday afternoon at the international conference “The Arctic – Territory of Dialogue” when the

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Greenpeace activists block Gazprom station in Bulgaria

September 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Greenpeace activists blocked a petrol station owned by Russian company Gazprom near the town of Blagoevgrad, in southwestern Bulgaria, on

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Europe 

Putin signals lighter charges for Greenpeace Arctic protests

September 26, 2013September 26, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Facing international outcry over the jailing of 30 Greenpeace activists in the Russian Arctic, President Vladimir Putin sent a signal

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US, Russia fail to agree on Syria resolution

September 25, 2013 VOANews Russia

The top diplomats from the United States and Russia held talks Tuesday on a draft U.N. resolution concerning Syria’s chemical

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Europe 

Pussy Riot member put in isolation after threat of hunger strike

September 24, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Russia

Russian authorities say they have moved a jailed member of the anti-Kremlin all-female punk band Pussy Riot to an isolation

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Russia Watch: Russia’s future in Central Asia – mall cop in a Chinese shopping center?

September 24, 2013September 24, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief energy, Russia

Looking back 10 years from now, the most important news of Sept. 2013 may not be Moscow and Washington jousting

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: With Syria, can Russia’s president move from Vlad the Impaler to Putin the Peacemaker?

September 18, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Syria

Vladimir Putin seems to enjoy being demonized by the West. In recent months, he has earned his share: bullying gay

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