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Obama hit by Snowden setbacks with China, Russia

YoopyaJun 25, 2013August 11, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s globe-trotting evasion of U.S. authorities has dealt a startling setback to efforts

Putin’s divorce breaks taboo in Russian politics

YoopyaJun 7, 2013August 11, 20240

MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin’s divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years has broken a taboo for Russian officials, who almost never speak publicly

Russia faults U.S. over ‘odious’ Syria rights resolution

YoopyaMay 29, 2013June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denounced as “odious” a U.S.-backed draft resolution condemning the Syrian government before a debate at the U.N. Human

Disputes over arms for Syria cloud U.S.-Russian peace drive

YoopyaMay 29, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – Disputes between Russia and the West over arming warring sides in Syria on Tuesday dimmed prospects for peace talks that were also clouded by disarray among President

Russian oligarchs foot much of the bill for 2014 Olympics in Sochi as price of doing business

YoopyaMay 20, 2013August 18, 20240

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin’s slope, Gazprom’s gondola lift and Sberbank’s ski jump. The nicknames used by

Israel asks Russia not to sell Syria advanced S-300 air shield: officials

YoopyaMay 9, 2013September 8, 20240

(Reuters) – Israel has asked Russia not to sell Syria an advanced air defense system which would help President Bashar al-Assad fend off foreign military intervention as he battles a more

Kerry in Moscow to bridge gap with Russia on Syria

YoopyaMay 7, 2013September 2, 20240

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to try to bridge the divide with Washington over the Syria conflict. He is to have

Blaze kills 38 at psychiatric hospital near Moscow

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

A blaze has engulfed a wing of a psychiatric hospital in a village near Moscow, killing 38 people, with just three survivors, officials say. Fire

Russia bars 18 Americans in response to Magnitsky List

YoopyaApr 13, 20130

(Reuters) – Moscow said on Saturday that Washington had dealt a severe blow to relations by barring 18 Russians from the United States over alleged

Vladimir Putin Dog Photo: Russian President Poses With Dogs In Snow In Latest Bizarre Press Picture

YoopyaApr 11, 2013June 30, 20240

Don’t worry, Russia. Everything’s fine! Giant meteors may be streaking through the sky, NGOs may be facing a government crackdown and intolerance towards the LGBT community may be on the