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Khodorkovsky leaves Germany for Switzerland to take sons to school

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2014December 31, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 2014December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrived in Switzerland on Sunday, having spent two weeks in Germany since his release from a Russian prison, but...

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Putin triumphs in 2013 yet tough challenges loom

YoopyaDecember 31, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 31, 2013December 31, 20230

MOSCOW (AP) — Displaying the killer instincts of a chess grandmaster, Vladimir Putin rang out 2013 with an exceptional list of accomplishments. The Russian president...

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Icebound Antarctic ship awaits helicopter rescue

YoopyaDecember 31, 2013June 27, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 31, 2013June 27, 20230

SYDNEY (AP) — Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by...

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Second blast in Russia’s Volgograd kills 10 on trolleybus

YoopyaDecember 30, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 30, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing at least 10 people in the second deadly attack in the...

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Russia says Arafat died of natural causes

YoopyaDecember 27, 2013December 10, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 27, 2013December 10, 20230

(Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, not radiation poisoning, but the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow said an...

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2 Pussy Riot members reunited after leaving prison

YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 20240

KRASNOYARSK, Russia (AP) — Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were reunited on Tuesday after spending nearly two years in prison for...

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Pussy Riot member Alyokhina released from jail in Russia

YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 10, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 10, 20230

(Reuters) – Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walked free from jail on Monday under an amnesty allowing her early release...

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Protesters fell Lenin statue, tell Ukraine’s president ‘you’re next’

YoopyaDecember 9, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 9, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Anti-government protesters toppled a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine’s capital and attacked it with hammers on Sunday in a...

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Ukraine’s Yanukovich heads for talks in Russia with Putin – news agency

YoopyaDecember 6, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 6, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is stopping off in Russia to have talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on his way back home from an official...

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Phone with e-ink second screen launched

YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 20240

A smartphone with two screens – one of which uses e-ink technology and is always on – has been launched. The Russian company Yota said...