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Europe: Russian lawmakers revoke right to send troops into Ukraine

YoopyaJun 25, 2014June 22, 20230

(Reuters) – The Russian parliament’s upper chamber voted on Wednesday to revoke the right that it had granted President Vladimir Putin in March to order

Europe: Germany’s Merkel to meet Putin at France event

YoopyaJun 3, 2014July 29, 20230

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of this week’s commemoration of the

Europe: Deadly fighting continues in Ukraine as Putin celebrates Victory Day in Crimea

YoopyaMay 9, 2014September 26, 20230

MOSCOW – Three people were killed in a gunfight and rebels set a police station on fire in eastern Ukraine Friday, as Russian President Vladimir

World: U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia

YoopyaApr 28, 2014July 21, 20230

President Obama announced Monday that the United States is levying a new round of sanctions against Russia in response to that country’s actions in Ukraine,

World: Kerry meets with Lavrov on Ukraine, urges troop pullback

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks on Sunday about ways to defuse the crisis over

Europe: Putin’s apologist? Germany’s Schroeder says they’re just friends

YoopyaMar 28, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has come under fire in Germany for defending his close friend Vladimir Putin and warning of the perils

Europe: Russia to set up own payment system

YoopyaMar 27, 2014September 26, 20230

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will set up its own payment system to rival Visa and MasterCard after the

Europe: West, Russia signal line drawn in Ukraine crisis

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Russia and the West drew a tentative line under the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday after U.S. President Barack Obama and his allies agreed

World: Russia dominates, but Obama trip broadens outreach

YoopyaMar 24, 2014September 30, 20230

AMSTERDAM (AP) — President Barack Obama begins a week of international travel with Russia’s Crimean incursion at the top of his agenda, even as he

Europe: Russia blocks internet sites of Putin critics

YoopyaMar 14, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Russia blocked access to the internet sites of prominent Kremlin foes Alexei Navalny and Garry Kasparov on Thursday under a new law critics