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Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War
The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions. With the war going…
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The E.U. imposes fresh sanctions on Iranians over supplying drones to Russia.
The European Union condemned Iran’s military partnership with Russia on Monday as a gross violation of international law and announced…
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Putin won’t hold a news conference that has been a December tradition.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not hold his marathon December news conference this year, breaking with an annual…
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Russia Is Using Old Ukrainian Missiles Against Ukraine, General Says
The missiles, returned to Russia in the 1990s under an agreement aimed at assuring Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, have…
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War Next Door Brings Energy Crunch, and Paid Protests, to Moldova
The tiny country, starved of natural gas and electricity because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, is confronting street rallies…
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Rights Advocates Honored at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
KYIV, Ukraine — Human rights advocates in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are being honored on Saturday at the Nobel Peace…
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A Chatty Putin’s Underlying Message: I’m Still in Charge
In a string of appearances, it wasn’t so much what the Russian leader said, much of it false, as it…
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Russia and Iran are strengthening their defense partnership, the Biden administration warns.
The Biden administration said on Friday that Russia and Iran were strengthening their military ties into a “full-fledged defense partnership,”…
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When a Prisoner Swap Is a Rorschach-Test
The scene on the tarmac with Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout didn’t just show a prisoner trade. It told the…
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NATO’s secretary general warns that a ‘full blown war’ with Russia is ‘a real possibility.’
NATO’s secretary general warned on Friday that Russia’s war in Ukraine could expand into a wider war with the Atlantic…