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Russia's Gas Transit through Ukraine: End of an Era?
The dissolution of the Soviet Union greatly affected this decades-old gas business. Russian gas now had to transit an ...
The Russian TV star who became the voice of the Kremlin
Dmitry Kiselyov rose through the aftershocks of the Cold War and emerged as Vladimir Putin’s propagandist-in-chief ...
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USA, Israel and Germany
A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...
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Baltic States Break Free From Soviet-Era Energy Grid
The Baltic states are disconnecting from the Russian power grid and joining the Continental European grid, marking a historic ...
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Baltics to cut Soviet-era ties to Russian power grid
Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged ...
Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...
Russia to relaunch Soviet-era Eurovision Song Contest rival in Moscow under Putin’s orders
The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision ...
What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for ...
Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled
The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...