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Will Ukraine go west, or stay east?

November 15, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

President Putin’s advisor on economic integration warns Ukraine a move to the European Union would be “economic suicide.” A close

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Europe 

Russia demands Polish apology over embassy attack

November 13, 2013November 13, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

The Russian foreign ministry has demanded apologies and compensation from Poland for the incident which took place in front of

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Perspectives 

Putincare: Russia’s alternative to Obamacare

October 31, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

With Obamacare dividing America, I thought it my patriotic duty to do a firsthand, between the hospital sheets, investigation of

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Perspectives 

Moldova caught in East-West tug of war

October 24, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Moldova, Russia

For centuries, Moldovans have been proud of their wines. Outside Chateau Vartely, flags snapping in the breeze reflect the variety

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Europe 

Strasbourg tribunal fails to give ruling over 1940 Katyn massacre

October 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg said on October 22 2013 that it has no competence to judge

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World 

Sentence suspended for Russian opposition leader

October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 VOANews Russia

A Russian appeals court has suspended the five-year prison sentence of anti-corruption blogger and opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The ruling

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Kremlin to US government workers: We welcome your secrets

October 14, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

In the Cold War days, Soviet spies in the United States faced tough tasks – identifying high value targets, and

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Moscow police detain migrants following ethnic unrest

October 14, 2013 VOANews Russia

Police in Moscow detained 1,200 migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus in a raid Monday on a produce warehouse,

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Perspectives 

Ukraine’s future path may hinge on one bitter political rivalry

October 11, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

To hear Russian President Vladimir Putin say it, Russia and its biggest neighbor, Ukraine, are “one people.” “We have common

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