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Why This Austrian Drag Queen Is the New Bête Noire of Putin Cronies
Selfie, Putin-Style: Tanks, Planes, and Nukes Mark Victory Day
Here's How Russia Is Strong-Arming Crimea's Tatars Into Supporting Annexation
Putin, Champion of Press Freedom, Awards 'Objective' Journalists
When Gerhard Met Vlad: A Geopolitical Love Story
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Why This Austrian Drag Queen Is the New Bête Noire of Putin Cronies
Russia's leading politicians have a stark warning for Ukraine and it involves a bearded lady who just took home top honors in Europe's annual tribute to kitschy stage acts, Eurovision. Over the weekend, Conchita Wurst, an Austrian drag queen,...
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Mon, May 05 2014 3:32 PM
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Selfie, Putin-Style: Tanks, Planes, and Nukes Mark Victory Day
Sixty-nine years have passed since the end of World War II, and on Friday Russia put on an incredible show to mark the occasion. In a deep-throated paean to military might, the country's armed forces paraded their hardware through the streets of Moscow...
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Fri, May 05 2014 3:36 PM
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Here's How Russia Is Strong-Arming Crimea's Tatars Into Supporting Annexation
Just days before the 70th anniversary of Stalin's decision to exile Crimea's Tatars, Russian authorities on the recently annexed peninsula are threatening to once more crack down on the ethnic minority. In a videotaped screaming match posted to...
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Tue, May 05 2014 5:05 PM
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Putin, Champion of Press Freedom, Awards 'Objective' Journalists
It's the journalism award that dare not speak its name. On Monday, the Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree last month honoring a group of Russian reporters for the purported "objectivity"...
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Mon, May 05 2014 12:53 PM
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When Gerhard Met Vlad: A Geopolitical Love Story
It's the most vivid metaphor yet for the divisions between the United States and Europe over how to retaliate against Russian aggression in Ukraine: a photograph of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder literally embracing Russian President Vladimir...
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Tue, Apr 04 2014 4:05 PM
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U.S. and Russia Agree: OMG We Are All So #UnitedForUkraine
This story has been updated. Late last month, Marie Harf, a deputy spokesperson at the State Department, took to the podium to announce a new social media campaign aimed at "mobilizing the international community in support of Ukraine." The...
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Fri, Apr 04 2014 10:14 AM
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FP Passport
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Europe
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Russia
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U.S. Foreign Policy
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Snowden Called in to Putin’s Telethon. Does That Really Make Him a Kremlin Pawn?
One of the pleasures in writing about Edward Snowden is his predilection for the absurd. The NSA whistleblower abandons his dancer girlfriend for a life in exile, hides in airports, studies Dostoyevsky, appears by teleconference at a technology conference...
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Thu, Apr 04 2014 11:19 AM
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FP Passport
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Intelligence
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Ukraine Makes Good on Threats to Pounce on Russian Protesters
Over the past three days, officials in Kiev have fumed as pro-Russian activists seized government buildings in several eastern Ukrainian cities. They vowed to strike back, issued ultimatums for the activists to depart the buildings, and then let those...
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Tue, Apr 04 2014 2:25 PM
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FP Passport
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Europe
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The Day the Kremlin’s Propaganda Machine Came to Washington
Under the terms of the sanctions the Obama administration imposed after Russia's annexation of Crimea, senior Russian lawmaker Sergiy Zhelezhnyak has been barred from traveling to the United States, but that didn't stop him from appearing Monday...
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Mon, Mar 03 2014 5:36 PM
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FP Passport
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Thinking About Traveling to Crimea? Think Again.
Looking for adventure and planning a trip to Russian-occupied Crimea? The State Department has some advice for you: Don't go. According to the department, Americans on the peninsula have been detained for questioning and may be subject to violence...
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Fri, Mar 03 2014 3:24 PM
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It Pays To Leave Russia
Crimeans may very well wish to be a part of the Russian Federation, but plenty of Russian citizens want out of it. The number of asylum seekers hailing from Russia quadrupled during 2013, reaching a record 39,800 individuals, according to a report released...
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Thu, Mar 03 2014 3:42 PM
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FP Passport
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North America
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Human Rights
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Middle East
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The Surprisingly Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day
International Women's Day was once a staple holiday of Eastern European communism, a day when bosses would give red flowers to their female employees. Ostensibly, it was a day to celebrate the achievements of women workers. But in practice, it was...
Published
Sat, Mar 03 2014 11:00 AM
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FP Passport
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Russia
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Politics
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Eastern Europe
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Women
RT Journalist Resigns On-Air In Protest of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
What's the point of having a government-funded propaganda network if your journalists refuse to accept the party line? That's a question Russian President Vladimir Putin is probably asking himself right about now. On Thursday, Liz Wahl, an anchor...
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Wed, Mar 03 2014 3:55 PM
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FP Passport
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Media
U.N. Envoy Run Out of Crimea by Pro-Russian Thugs
First he was abducted by unidentified gunmen. Then, he wasn't. Now, Robert Serry, the United Nations' special envoy for the Ukraine crisis, is leaving the Crimean peninsula as fast as his plane can return him to Kiev. On Wednesday, officials at...
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Wed, Mar 03 2014 11:38 AM
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FP Passport
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Diplomacy
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Military
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Who Was Right on Ukraine: Sarah Palin or FP?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In late October 2008, in the heat of the U.S. presidential campaign, Sarah Palin took to a stage in Reno, Nevada, and announced that if Barack Obama were elected president of the...
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Mon, Mar 03 2014 2:38 PM
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FP Passport
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Russia
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Politics
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U.S. Foreign Policy
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Foreign Policy magazine
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