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EXPLAINER: How a G-7 ban on Russian gold would work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia appears to have defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik...
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EXPLAINER: Why Russia-Lithuania tensions are rising
New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through...
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Gennady Burbulis, top Yeltsin aide and official, dies at 76
MOSCOW (AP) — Gennady Burbulis, a top aide to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who helped prepare and sign the 1991...
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Albania offers ex-Soviet built naval base to NATO
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has offered NATO a naval base in an effort to highlight the small country’s value...
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McDonald’s era in Russia coming to a close, restaurants sold
McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants in Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of...
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Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald’s withdraws
Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming...
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Live updates | Brink confirmed as US ambassador to Ukraine.
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Bridget Brink late Wednesday as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, filling the post as officials plan...
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Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s 1st president, dies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served...
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Putin marks Victory Day with little to show for 11-week war
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — With no major new battlefield success to boast of, Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s...
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No end in sight for Ukraine war as Putin hails Victory Day
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday Monday to again justify his war in...
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