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Russia: news

Wrong national anthem played for gold medallists

Sunday, February 19th 2017, 14:15
related countries: Austria

Russian gold medallists at the biathlon world championship in Austria had to sing their national anthem after the wrong one was played.
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'Poisoned' critic Vladimir Kara-Murza leaves Russia for treatment

Sunday, February 19th 2017, 12:59

Vladimir Kara-Murza's lawyer says the diagnosis is 'toxic influence of an unknown substance'.
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Russia accepts passports issued by east Ukraine rebels

Sunday, February 19th 2017, 0:16
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine calls the move an escalation while Russia says it is a humanitarian act.
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Russia wants 'mutual respect' with the US, says Lavrov

Saturday, February 18th 2017, 14:48
related countries: United States
related places: Lavrov, Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow wants a relationship of "mutual respect" with the US.
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Russia must be held accountable, says Mike Pence

Saturday, February 18th 2017, 11:04
related countries: Belarus, Ukraine, United States
related places: Minsk

In his first speech abroad, the US vice-president called on Russia to honour the Minsk peace accord.
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'Excessive Trumpophilia'

Friday, February 17th 2017, 13:17

Russian media euphoria about Donald Trump has turned to scepticism, Steve Rosenberg reports.
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Tillerson and Mattis in guarded approach to Russia

Thursday, February 16th 2017, 23:46
related countries: Germany, United States
related places: Bonn

Senior US officials say Washington will work with Moscow, but only in certain policy areas.
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Fifa boss 'not concerned' about hooligans

Thursday, February 16th 2017, 14:29

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says he is "not at all concerned" about the threat of hooliganism at next year's World Cup in Russia.
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The secret world of Russia football hooligans

Thursday, February 16th 2017, 3:39

In rare interviews, the Orel Butchers speak about their lives as Russian football hooligans.
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Is Russia's Arctic presence 'aggressive?'

Wednesday, February 15th 2017, 20:21

The BBC's Jonathan Beale reports from the Arctic circle, where Russia is building up its forces.
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Trump hits back at US media reports on Russia contacts

Wednesday, February 15th 2017, 17:01
related countries: United States

The US president accuses the intelligence community of leaks and interference in politics.
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Russia denies breaking treaty after alleged missile deployment

Wednesday, February 15th 2017, 11:42

Trump administration officials accuse Russia of deploying a banned cruise missile.
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Flynn contact with Russia: Republicans join calls for investigation

Wednesday, February 15th 2017, 9:29

Leading Republicans join calls for an inquiry into the ex-national security adviser's Russia ties.
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India launches record 104 satellites in single mission

Wednesday, February 15th 2017, 5:43

The mission overtakes the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014.
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Trump knew of Flynn Russia phone call issues weeks ago

Wednesday, February 15th 2017, 2:32

The president was briefed about Mr Flynn's Russia calls by the Justice Department but saw no violation.
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Michael Flynn: Trump's national security adviser resigns

Tuesday, February 14th 2017, 15:22
related countries: United States
related places: Flynn

He is said to have misled officials over a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador.
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White House 'was warned over Michael Flynn's Russia contact'

Tuesday, February 14th 2017, 3:03

The Trump administration was reportedly told 'weeks ago' its security adviser may be compromised.
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White House aide declines to back Flynn over Russia contact

Monday, February 13th 2017, 21:26

Michael Flynn is accused of discussing sanctions with Russia ahead of inauguration.
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World Press Photo 2017: Russia envoy killing picture wins award

Monday, February 13th 2017, 13:29
related countries: Turkey

An image of the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey wins the World Press Photo awards.
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Russian choir celebrates Diplomats' Day in song

Friday, February 10th 2017, 23:45

It was Diplomats' Day in Russia on Friday and the country's Diplomacy For Peace choir, made up of newly qualified diplomats, has been singing the praises of their diplomacy.
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Syria conflict: Turkey denies mistakenly telling Russia to bomb troops

Friday, February 10th 2017, 16:13
related countries: Turkey

Russia says its jets bombed co-ordinates provided by Turkey - a claim the Turkish military rejects.
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Syria war: Russian 'friendly fire' kills Turkish soldiers

Thursday, February 9th 2017, 17:46
related countries: Syria, Turkey

President Putin sends condolences over the "tragic incident" and both countries plan to investigate.
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Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader found guilty

Wednesday, February 8th 2017, 18:43

Outspoken Putin critic Alexei Navalny is now barred from running for the presidency in 2018.
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Snow church for Russia village

Wednesday, February 8th 2017, 14:32
related places: Omsk, Sosnovka

Villager Alexander Batyokhtin has built a church out of snow in Sosnovka in Siberia.
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Ukraine conflict: Rebel leader Givi dies in bomb attack

Wednesday, February 8th 2017, 11:24

A second separatist commander is killed days after another pro-Russian rebel dies in a car bombing.
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'I believe my husband was poisoned'

Wednesday, February 8th 2017, 4:54
related places: Murza

The wife of the Russian opposition activist, Vladimir Kara-Murza, says she believes her husband was poisoned.
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Siberian resort builds 'ice library of dreams'

Tuesday, February 7th 2017, 13:38

Russian tourism board etches people's dreams into huge blocks of ice by Lake Baikal.
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Going nowhere

Tuesday, February 7th 2017, 10:30
related countries: Barbados, Israel

The story of how a popular Russian-Israeli travel blogger ended up in a Belarusian jail.
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Kremlin angry over Fox News 'Putin's a killer' question

Monday, February 6th 2017, 14:58
related countries: United States

Russia says that "Putin's a killer" comments are unacceptable and the US TV station must apologise.
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Trump defends Putin over Russia killings allegations

Sunday, February 5th 2017, 9:38
related countries: United States

President Trump suggests the US is not "so innocent" when asked about political killings in Russia.
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Ukraine conflict: Rebel commander killed in bomb blast

Saturday, February 4th 2017, 23:44
related countries: Ukraine

A pro-Russian military rebel chief is killed in a car bomb attack in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine: Inside civilians' living nightmare

Saturday, February 4th 2017, 8:47
related countries: Ukraine

In eastern Ukraine, one woman cannot tell her grandson his mother is dead after another night of heavy shelling.
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US soldiers train in Nato states near Russia

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 18:25
related countries: Latvia, United States

US soldiers have been testing whether they can survive in cold weather situations in Latvia.
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Norway institutions 'targeted by Russia-linked hackers'

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 16:45
related countries: Norway

Norway's Labour Party, defence and foreign ministries were all targeted, says the security service.
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Russian critic Vladimir Kara-Murza suffers sudden organ failure

Thursday, February 2nd 2017, 16:09

Vladimir Kara-Murza is in an induced coma two years after he almost died of suspected poisoning.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wins European human rights payout

Thursday, February 2nd 2017, 12:55

Russia is ordered to compensate the opposition politician for violating his right to protest.
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Russia charges cyber-security experts with treason

Wednesday, February 1st 2017, 17:24
related countries: United States
related places: Kremlin

The Kremlin denies the arrests are related to claims of Russian hacking during the US election.
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Ukraine: Avdiivka, the front line of Europe's 'forgotten war'

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 23:16

Tom Burridge reports from the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, on the front line between government troops and Russian-backed rebels.
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Ukraine conflict: Evacuation planned in frontline town of Avdiivka

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 12:37

Ukraine makes plans to move thousands of people amid an upsurge in fighting with pro-Russian rebels.
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'Freedom to beat the family'

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 2:31

Russian MPs vote to remove domestic abuse from the criminal code arguing the law is "anti-family".
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Money laundering fine for Deutsche Bank

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 0:45
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

UK and US regulators fine Deutsche Bank $630m over a Russian money laundering plan.
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Russia domestic violence: One woman's narrow escape

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 0:16

It’s estimated 600 Russian women are killed in the home every month. Marina narrowly escaped.
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Kiribati mulls proposal to 'restore Russian monarchy'

Monday, January 30th 2017, 15:49

A businessman wants to create an "alternative Russia" in the middle of the Pacific.
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Trump: 'No guarantee' on Russia relations

Friday, January 27th 2017, 22:17

The US president will talk to Vladimir Putin on Saturday, but has not said if he will end sanctions.
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Could Trump defrost Russian relations?

Friday, January 27th 2017, 12:46

Steve Rosenberg looks at how relations between the two politicians could bring Russia in from the diplomatic cold.
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Russian tank maker publishes 'patriotic' children's book

Friday, January 27th 2017, 12:38

Defence company Uralvagonzavod says its pre-school book will encourage national pride.
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Russian MPs pass bill to soften domestic violence law

Friday, January 27th 2017, 11:52

A bill decriminalising some forms of domestic violence passes its final reading in Russia's Duma.
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How do Moscow's 15,000 rough sleepers cope in winter?

Friday, January 27th 2017, 0:34
related places: Moscow

For the 15,000 people living on Moscow's streets, Russia's winters can be especially cruel.
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UK warship escorts Russian carrier in English Channel

Wednesday, January 25th 2017, 16:59
related countries: United Kingdom

A Royal Navy frigate is escorting Russian warships sailing through the English Channel
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Domestic violence: Russia MPs back law cutting penalty

Wednesday, January 25th 2017, 15:33

MPs in Russia overwhelmingly approve plans to decriminalise some forms of domestic violence.
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Syria conflict: War of words as peace talks open in Astana

Tuesday, January 24th 2017, 5:17
related countries: Kazakhstan, Turkey
related places: Astana

The government's lead negotiator accuses his rebel counterpart of making "provocative" comments.
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Russian TV chief labels US intelligence report 'a joke'

Friday, January 20th 2017, 10:17
related countries: United States

The editor-in-chief of Russia's state broadcaster RT has defended its coverage of the US election campaign.
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Putin spokesman denies US election hack

Thursday, January 19th 2017, 20:55
related countries: United States

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman denies any Russian government involvement in hacking to influence the 2017 US election result.
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Syria conflict: Russia and Turkey 'in first joint air strikes on IS'

Wednesday, January 18th 2017, 18:24
related countries: Syria, Turkey
related places: Is

Moscow says nine of its jets and eight of Turkey's pounded so-called Islamic State targets.
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Trump's views are '100% different' to Putin's, says Alexey Navalny

Wednesday, January 18th 2017, 5:44

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says Mr Trump's attitude towards Mr Putin is "strange".
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Russia's Putin calls leaked Trump memos 'utter nonsense'

Tuesday, January 17th 2017, 16:42
related countries: United States

The Russian president said those behind the allegations were "worse than prostitutes".
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Russian region debates Nutcracker 'occult' row

Tuesday, January 17th 2017, 13:12

Officials in Siberian region are to debate a religious row over The Nutcracker ballet.
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Lithuania plans fence on Russian Kaliningrad border

Monday, January 16th 2017, 18:46
related countries: Lithuania

Lithuania will fence off its border to keep out Russian "provocateurs" or smugglers.
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Fairytale heroes

Monday, January 16th 2017, 16:45

A pictorial manual with Russian fairytale heroes aims to reduce tensions for migrants in the city.
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Russian artist Pavlensky 'to seek French asylum' amid sex claim

Monday, January 16th 2017, 16:42
related countries: France
related places: Moscow

Shock artist Petr Pavlensky leaves Moscow after being told he is being accused of a sex crime.
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CIA head John Brennan warns Trump to watch his tongue

Sunday, January 15th 2017, 20:41

The outgoing chief of the CIA says the president-elect does not fully understand the Russian threat.
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Horse powered snowboarding

Sunday, January 15th 2017, 9:18

How snowboarders are harnessing horsepower in Russia.
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Trump 'willing to work with Russia and China'

Saturday, January 14th 2017, 12:02
related countries: United States

The US president-elect says he could lift Russian sanctions and is not wedded to a One China policy.
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Honey traps

Saturday, January 14th 2017, 0:07
related countries: United States

Russia denies collecting scandalous material on the US president-elect - but what is 'kompromat'?
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Guccifer 2.0 & me

Saturday, January 14th 2017, 0:04
related countries: United States

Who is behind the persona that US spy chiefs say is at the heart of the Russian hacking allegations?
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Donald Trump blasts Clinton after probe of FBI launched

Friday, January 13th 2017, 15:43
related countries: United States

President-elect says Hillary Clinton was "guilty as hell", after a probe of the FBI over emails is launched.
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Russians mock 'Uber-like' funeral app

Friday, January 13th 2017, 14:51

App that allows people to organise funerals on the go is ridiculed in Russia
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Trump top nominees Pompeo and Mattis warn of Russia threat

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 22:43

Pentagon nominee James Mattis warns Nato is facing its biggest attack since World War Two.
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Mattis, Pompeo and Tillerson: Trump v his nominees on Russia

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 21:39

When Donald Trump's cabinet nominees talk about Russia are they are the same page as their boss?
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Trump claims intelligence chief denounced 'false' dossier

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 15:42
related countries: United States
related places: Trump, Clapper, President

Donald Trump says spy boss Clapper told him that claims Russia held compromising material were "false".
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US tanks and troops in Poland a threat, Russia says

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 13:48
related countries: Poland, United States

Thousands of troops, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, are being sent to Poland.
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Rex Tillerson: What Trump's top diplomat really believes

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 23:42

What did Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State say about Russia and climate change?
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Trump condemns spy agency 'leak' of 'fake news'

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 22:45

The president-elect tells reporters alleged compromising material on him is "fake and phoney".
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Trump pick Tillerson: 'Fair assumption' Putin behind hacks

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 22:32
related countries: United States

Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee faces hostile questions in a Senate confirmation hearing.
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Trump refuses to answer reporter's question on Russia

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 17:59

Donald Trump refuses to answer a CNN reporter's question after the network reported on Trump dossier.
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Trump Russia ties: Kremlin says it has no 'compromising' information

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 12:59

Russia says claims it has embarrassing material about the US president-elect are "pulp fiction".
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Russia region's 'no abortion day' to mark Bible story

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 12:22

Debate over Russian Orthodox Church influence as region agrees to day-long abortion ban.
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Young Russians born this decade face complete smoking ban

Tuesday, January 10th 2017, 18:31

Russia's health ministry is considering a permanent ban on selling cigarettes to people born in 2014 or later.
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Russian consul Andrey Malanin found dead in Athens

Monday, January 9th 2017, 21:08
related countries: Greece
related places: Athens

The head of consular affairs at Russia's embassy in Greece is found dead in his Athens apartment.
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Putin Pepeganda

Monday, January 9th 2017, 18:53
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

The Russian embassy in London sent a picture of Pepe the frog to British PM Theresa May.
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Trump election: Russia 'tired' of US hacking 'witch-hunt'

Monday, January 9th 2017, 12:56
related countries: United States

Russia says it is tired of "amateurish" hacking claims over the American presidential election.
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Donald Trump blasts 'fools' who oppose good Russian ties

Saturday, January 7th 2017, 16:22
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

Donald Trump vows to work with Russia to solve the "pressing problems of the world".
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US election hacking: Putin 'sought to help' Trump

Saturday, January 7th 2017, 10:13
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

US intelligence says Russia's President Putin ordered a campaign to help Donald Trump win election.
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John Kerry surprised by Theresa May criticism on Israel

Friday, January 6th 2017, 22:33
related countries: Israel

Katty Kay presses outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry on his Israel speech, the Russia hacking allegations, and other topics from his tenure.
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Russia hacking claims: Trump says no effect on election

Friday, January 6th 2017, 20:19
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

Hacking did not sway the US election, Donald Trump says, after a briefing by intelligence chiefs.
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Trump election: US 'identifies agents behind Russian hack'

Friday, January 6th 2017, 12:36
related countries: United States

The agents allegedly handed stolen Democratic emails to WikiLeaks before the US presidential election.
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Syria conflict: Russia 'withdrawing aircraft carrier group'

Friday, January 6th 2017, 10:32
related countries: Syria

Russia begins reducing its forces in Syria, starting with its aircraft carrier group, the military says.
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Russian hacking claims: Joe Biden tells Trump to 'grow up'

Friday, January 6th 2017, 8:03

Donald Trump is "mindless" for attacking the intelligence community, Vice-President Joe Biden says.
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Biden: 'Time to be an adult'

Friday, January 6th 2017, 4:09
related countries: United States

US President-elect Donald Trump has again voiced scepticism about Russia's alleged interference in the American presidential election.
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Russian hacking claims: US spy chief promises Putin motive

Friday, January 6th 2017, 1:56
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

The reason why Russia allegedly meddled in the US election will be revealed next week.
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