Russia
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World
On Russian Nuclear Threat, Putin Lets Others Rattle the Saber
While Russian hard-liners voice provocative proposals about using nuclear weapons, Mr. Putin presents himself as a moderating force — while…
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World
Russia Bids to Rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council
Russia is seeking election to the United Nations’ top human rights body in a vote next week that will offer…
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World
Russian Nobel Recipient and Other Laureates Ask for $100 Million in Aid
The Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitri A. Muratov said on Thursday that 47 other Nobel laureates have signed a…
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World
Putin suggests a new narrative for Prigozhin’s deadly plane crash: cocaine and grenades.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia claimed on Thursday that the warlord Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and his associates may have…
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Finance
Diesel Prices Could Keep Inflation High
The cost of the fuel has been rising in recent weeks and could spike this winter because of supply problems,…
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World
Russian Journalist Sentenced in Absentia for Antiwar Protest
A former Russian state television journalist who staged an on-air protest after the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
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News
The U.S. Has a New Set of Tools for Bullying the World
The greatest collateral damage from last year’s Russian invasion of Ukraine has been to various Western European members of NATO,…
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World
Hi ‘Barbie’! Russian Theaters Find Ways to Screen Blockbusters Amid Sanctions
As people in much of the world flocked to see Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster film “Barbie” this summer, viewers in Russia…
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News
How Four Leaders Are Turning the World Upside Down
Ever since learning that in 1947, Walter Lippmann popularized the term “Cold War” to define the emerging conflict between the…
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World
Putin’s Next Target: U.S. Support for Ukraine, Officials Say
Russian spy agencies and new technologies could be used to push conspiracy theories, U.S. officials say.