Russia launches construction of South Stream gas pipeline
Russian president Vladimir Putin gave the start to construction of South Stream gas pipeline on December 7, Moscow’s ambitious geopolitical
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Russia, Turkey resolve to find solution on Syria crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is working with Turkey to resolve the ongoing crisis in Syria – an
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Putin’s Turkey visit could smooth Syria relations
Russian President Vladmir Putin is scheduled to visit Turkey on December 3. The visit comes as the two countries remain
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Fighting words: Bulgaria talks tough on Russian energy projects
Vladimir Putin raised quite a few eyebrows when his last foreign visit as president of Russia in 2008 was to
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Russia Watch: Linguistic future — Ukrainians who do not speak Russian?
It’s a sunny summer evening here in Lviv, the café and cobblestones capital of Western Ukraine. But a steady stream
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Russia Watch: Putin the Permissive and Russian football hooligans
The world may indeed be flat. Several thousand Russians recently traveled to the western edge of their country – and
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Russia’s Urals oil has been over $100 a barrel for a year now. The country’s budgets are balanced. Debt is
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Clinton: Russia needs to back Syrian transition to remove Assad
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging Russia to help start a political transition in Syria, the outcome of
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