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Auschwitz survivor has her revenge, 70 years on from liberation

YoopyaJan 28, 2015July 9, 20230

A faded photograph of children standing behind barbed wire, taken the day of Auschwitz’s liberation, jogs Eva Slonim’s memory. It’s a moment the Holocaust

Putin blames Ukraine’s criminal orders for new fighting

YoopyaJan 24, 2015July 3, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed criminal orders by Ukrainian leaders on Friday for a surge in fighting in east Ukraine, and Russian-backed separatists

Putin foe Alexei Navalny found guilty of fraud

YoopyaJan 2, 2015July 6, 20230

MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found guilty of fraud and given

Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds

YoopyaDec 26, 2014July 6, 20230

(Reuters) – Slumping oil prices have put Russia’s economy on course for a sharp recession next year, its finance minister said on Friday, as authorities

Russian ruble suffers steepest drop in 16 years

YoopyaDec 16, 2014July 14, 20230

(Reuters) – The ruble plunged more than 10 percent for the second day on Tuesday and recorded its worst fall since the Russian financial crisis

Vladimir Putin’s religious, ethnic rhetoric gets a little scary in Russian state-of-the-union address

YoopyaDec 8, 2014July 6, 20230

Vladimir Putin lives in a scary world, where enemies plot tirelessly to undermine, trick, and destroy Russia. Containment wasn’t just a Cold War policy but

Putin says foes hope to dismember Russia; rouble falls

YoopyaDec 5, 2014July 12, 20230

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin accused Russia’s enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for becoming

Putin greets new U.S. envoy with demand not to interfere

YoopyaNov 20, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin greeted the new U.S. ambassador to Russia on Wednesday with a demand for Washington to treat Moscow as an equal

Ukraine, Russia try again to forge gas deal at Brussels talks

YoopyaOct 29, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia begin new gas crisis talks on Wednesday, but wrangling over Ukraine’s upfront cash payments threatens to push a deal out

Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks

YoopyaOct 17, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a row over gas supplies, but European leaders said Moscow had to do much