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US UN Ambassador: Russian intervention ‘act of aggression’

March 4, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned Russia, saying there is nothing to justify its military presence

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Europe 

Russia: Ousted Ukrainian president requested military help

March 4, 2014 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Ukraine’s deposed president asked Moscow to send its troops to re-establish law and order in his

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World 

What’s next for Sochi’s $50 billion in facilities?

February 24, 2014February 24, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

This is Russia’s semi-tropical southern corner, where you can ski in the morning and swim in the afternoon – in

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Will Putin try to split Ukraine?

February 22, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has fled the presidential palace and the nation’s capital, taking refuge in his hometown of Donetsk.

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World 

Russia: Silencing critics at Sochi

February 18, 2014May 10, 2024 Cecily Hilleary of VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

The arrests of several activists near Sochi have renewed attention on the ways in which dissent is suppressed in Russia. 

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World 

Pussy Riot members released in Sochi

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

Two members of the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot have been released after being detained by police in Sochi,

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World 

Pussy Riot members detained in Sochi

February 18, 2014February 20, 2014 VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

Reports from the Russian town of Sochi, which is hosting the Olympic winter games, say two members of the political

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World 

Olympics takes aim at Russia’s smoking, drinking problem

February 13, 2014February 14, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

Organizers at the Winter Olympics in Sochi hope the Games will inspire healthy living in Russia – a country that

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Perspectives 

The Olympics of Control — 2014 or 1984?

February 8, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

Sochi may be sunny and the skies bright blue, but I feel as if the Olympics are in 1984. I

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