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President Vladimir Putin on Friday opened the Winter Olympics Games in Sochi that are inextricably linked with his name, after a stunning ceremony where...
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US authorities announced a temporary ban Thursday on liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-ons aboard Russia-bound flights, as President Barack Obama said Moscow has...
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Ukraine’s embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, flew to Sochi late Thursday for crisis talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the opening...
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Russia goes into the Winter Olympic Games facing renewed scrutiny of its record on doping, despite years of efforts aimed at shedding its reputation...
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A Ukrainian activist who left the country after he was abducted said Thursday his Russian-speaking captors cut off part of his ear and “crucified”...
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Even as Ukraine’s main opposition leaders meet with the authorities to try to resolve their long-running standoff, one influential and unrepentant voice stands out...
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An advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Washington on Thursday of financing and arming Ukrainian militants as a senior US official arrived for...
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Six members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot on Thursday accused their previously imprisoned bandmates of undermining the group’s ideals by appearing at a...
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon Thursday called for an end to attacks and discrimination against gays on the eve of the official opening of the...
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More than 200 leading international authors including Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Jonathan Franzen on Thursday slammed Russia’s anti-gay and blasphemy laws as a...