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People of Ukraine: Beware the Swedish Gang of Pee-Pee, Turd, and Nixon the Nose
One Russian TV host has had a vision of the awful fate that awaits Ukraine if it moves toward the European Union. It's a picture of Western decadence, and it can be glimpsed in a Swedish public television show that tries to teach children about their...
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Thu, Dec 12 2013 7:56 AM
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Why Poland's Right-Wing Thugs Keep Burning Rainbows
On Nov. 11 1918, the end of World War I, Poland regained its place on the map of Europe, after having been wiped off for 123 years. Now, on Poland's Independence Day, the capital's sky gives off a red glow and its streets are enveloped in smoke...
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Tue, Nov 11 2013 12:38 PM
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Russia Is Collecting Saliva from Muslim Women Because Terrorism
With less than a 100 days till the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia is really ramping up its security -- in decidedly creepy ways. Russian officials are taking saliva samples from orthodox Muslim women in Dagestan in an effort to gather DNA data in case...
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Thu, Oct 10 2013 10:56 AM
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Bugged Bears, Spy Irons, and the Pope: Global Spying Went Nuts Today
The Pope is being targeted by U.S. eavesdroppers. Julian Assange is sending packages with video cameras and GPS trackers. The Russians are using teddy bears to snoop on G-20 officials. Spy chips are popping up in electric irons. Oh, and the NSA, it turns...
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Wed, Oct 10 2013 11:53 AM
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Team Putin Says They Don't Mind The Latest NSA Scandal One Bit
While the rest of the world is bubbling with (subdued) rage against the United States over reports that the NSA has been spying on their leaders, Russia is quietly rubbing its hands. On Thursday, The Guardian reported that the U.S. had been listening...
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Fri, Oct 10 2013 10:13 AM
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Eastern Europe
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NSA
Hot Dogs, Red Bull, and the Latest Conspiracy Theories About Poland's Tragic Plane Crash
Three and a half years later, the debate over what caused a plane carrying top Polish officials to crash near an airport in western Russia, killing 96 people including the president and his wife, is still raging. Today, it's less a back-and-forth...
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Thu, Oct 10 2013 9:00 AM
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Is Alexey Navalny Russia's Mandela -- or the Kremlin's Opposition Candidate?
It's been a topsy-turvy several months for Alexey Navalny, the fiery Russian opposition leader who has been compared to everyone from Nelson Mandela to Vaclav Havel . First, in July, Navalny was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling nearly...
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Tue, Oct 10 2013 12:00 PM
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Russian Press, Politicians Fume Over Putin Nobel Peace Prize Snub
Sure, some have spent the past few days lamenting that Pakistani girls' education advocate Malala Yousafzai didn't receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. But several Russian news outlets and politicians have been grousing about a separate slight...
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Mon, Oct 10 2013 2:27 PM
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This Man Decides Whether Russians Consume Moldovan Wine, Lithuanian Cheese, and Ukrainian Chocolate
You may not have heard of Gennady Onishchenko, but if his own accounts are to be believed, he's the Russian government official who singlehandedly averts major public health crises posed by foreign countries' dangerously lax and unsophisticated...
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Thu, Oct 10 2013 11:00 AM
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We're 'Next' and Putin Deserves the Nobel Prize: What the Russian Press Makes of Syria
President Vladimir Putin's direct appeal to the American people in the pages of the New York Times is just one part of his government's messaging strategy on Syria. Russia's English-language media outlets are busy blasting out the Kremlin...
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Fri, Sep 09 2013 11:20 AM
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Russia
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Middle East
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Media
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International Relations
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Syria
That Awkward Time Putin Called for Military Intervention in the New York Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a direct appeal to the American public in an editorial in Thursday morning's New York Times . "The potential strike by the United States against Syria," he writes, "despite strong opposition from...
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Thu, Sep 09 2013 8:11 AM
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Meet the Mayoral Candidate Who Believes Russia Will Vanquish the Antichrist
You haven't seen crazy until you've spent some time following the Moscow mayoral race. On Friday, Mikhail Degtyarev, the Liberal Democratic Party's candidate, indulged in some apocalyptic thinking and said he believes Russia will lead the...
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Fri, Aug 08 2013 1:20 PM
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FP Passport
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Russia
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Fun Stuff
When Presidents 'Recreate,' the World Falls Apart
On Thursday, Barack Obama took a break from vacationing in Martha's Vineyard to address the ongoing crisis in Egypt, condemning the military's use of violence against pro-Morsy protesters and announcing the cancelation of joint U.S.-Egyptian military...
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Thu, Aug 08 2013 5:00 PM
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North America
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Fun Stuff
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Germany
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Iraq
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Snowden Wins Asylum, WikiLeaks Declares Victory
And just like that, Edward Snowden's Moscow airport vacation is over. On Thursday, the NSA leaker's lawyer put him in a taxi and sent him off to a secret location, ending a 39-day stay in Sheremetyevo Airport's so-called "transit zone...
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Thu, Aug 08 2013 8:12 AM
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FP Passport
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Russia
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Russian Media Blames U.S. for Snowden Affair
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Edward Snowden, continuing his confounding dance around the expectations of the international media, won't be leaving the Moscow airport after all. In a confusing series of...
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Wed, Jul 07 2013 10:21 AM
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