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Putin critic murdered in Moscow

Alexa Gagosz March 4, 2015

Boris Nemtsov, a Russian scientist, statesman, and liberal politician who was one of President Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics was killed last week in front of his girlfriend, the Ukrainian model Anna...

Russia’s economy takes a blow

Alexa Gagosz December 17, 2014

Back in April, Forbes Magazine reported that the U.S. Treasury Department announced further sanctions on seven Russian officials and 17 Russian companies. One of those companies was Rosneft, Russia’s...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at NATO summit.
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Ukraine under pressure

Alexa Gagosz September 24, 2014

By Alexa Gagosz The conflict with Russia and Ukraine never had a true beginning, nor has it had a true ending. Ukraine never fully declared itself under attack, so it can never say that the country...

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, speaks on the phone with his former Ukrainian counterpart, Igor Tenyukh. 
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Tensions heighten in international row over Ukraine

March 27, 2014

By: Pierre Bono Over the past five months, Ukrainians have suffered a tremendous amount of domestic strife and now international pressure from Russia, which recently annexed Crimea after a quick occupation....

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Pussy Riot makes a statement in Sochi

David Frederick February 19, 2014

Amid the chaos and pun-ridden buffoonery that has plagued the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, another footnote has been added to that legacy. The politically charged and just as equally rambunctious Pussy Riot...

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Hey America, stop laughing at Russia

Ally Thibault February 19, 2014

With the Olympics being held in Sochi over the last couple of weeks, Americans have taken to social media to relentlessly make fun of and complain about the other superpower -- Russia. Well, not really...

The Problem with Russia

Alex Pearlman November 14, 2009

News Commentary by: Alex Pearlman Even though Russian Prime Minister Putin made headlines earlier this year for riding bare-chested through the Siberian wilderness, looking foxy as ever, the muscles...

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