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Russia defaults on foreign debt for first time since 1918, White House says
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago,…
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Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia
The Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route is one of the only ways ships can sail through the Arctic. Melting sea ice…
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Brittney Griner’s wife says U.S. embassy failed to patch through call from the detained WNBA star
WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on…
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Russia Widens Attack On Food With Bombing Of Train Bound For José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
A dozen pallets of meat, two pallets of fresh vegetables, three pallets of fruit. There was fish, pasta, buckwheat and…
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Russia extends Brittney Griner’s detention again as teammates push for release
Russia extended WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention until at least July 2, state news agency Tass reported Tuesday. Griner has…
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Skirting Russian Black Sea Blockade To Feed The World’s Hungriest Is Mission Of Yemen’s Biggest Company
Yemen’s civil war has killed hundreds of thousands and left many of the survivors without enough to eat. Now, Russia’s…
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Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv as Putin warns West against arming Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia took aim at Western military supplies for Ukraine with airstrikes in Kyiv on Sunday that it…
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Yachts, planes, firms and elites linked to Putin targeted for sanctions
The U.S. announced new sanctions Thursday on Russian oligarchs and elites, including some of the richest men in Europe and…
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Robert Gates says NATO expansion
Days after Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO — essentially ending decades of neutrality on the world stage…
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Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian POWs from Mariupol
KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian military said Thursday that more Ukrainian fighters who were making a last stand in Mariupol…
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