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News Articles: Russia

Debris at the site of a missile attack on a hardware superstore that killed 19 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 26.

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  • World

Ukraine's Kharkiv has withstood Russia's relentless strikes. Locals fear what's next

While some have fled Ukraine's second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, on Jan. 30, 2017.

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  • National Security

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it's a hazard after the U.S. bans its software

The Moscow-based company said in a statement that the U.S. Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a gala concert in Pyongyang, on Wednesday.

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  • Asia

Concerns mount as Russia and North Korea commit to a mutual defense pact

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed a treaty upgrading their relationship and pledging military assistance if either one is attacked, drawing criticism from NATO, South Korea and other countries.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vietnam's President To Lam pose for photos at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday.

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  • World

Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia

Russia's president signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart and offered to supply fossil fuels to Vietnam, as Moscow is seeking to offset its international isolation.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Part of a welcome for the United States-Soviet commission on Korea on their arrival in Pyongyang on July 23, 1947, was this parade of Korean communists carrying huge portraits of Josef Stalin and Kim Il Sung. The commission visited Pyongyang, 165 miles north of Seoul, for the purpose of getting views of political groups on the prospecting.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance

As Russia's leader visits North Korea, Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko offers insights into the fascinating history of twists and turns in relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sergey Radchenko
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black sits in a glass cage in courtroom in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Russian court sentences U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years, state media reports

The sentencing of Staff Sgt. Gordon Black on charges of stealing and threats of murder further complicates U.S. relations with Russia, which have grown increasingly tense over the fighting in Ukraine.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, Russian troops load an Iskander missile onto a mobile launcher during drills at an undisclosed location in Russia.

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  • World

Nuclear powers are deepening their reliance on their nukes, a watchdog group says

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says it hasn't seen nuclear weapons playing such a prominent role in international relations since the Cold War.

June 17, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcomed by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 Summit on June 13.

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  • Politics

G7 agrees to loan Ukraine $50 billion from the interest on frozen Russian assets

G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

June 13, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Russian navy recruits perform with the Russian flag in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 4 during a ceremony marking the departure of recruits to join the army. In a year filled with elections around the world, Russia has stepped up its overt and covert propaganda efforts with a goal of weakening international support for Ukraine and undermining democratic institutions.

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  • World

Russian propaganda in 2024 includes deepfakes, sham websites and social media swarms

The hallmarks of Russian-back influence are consistent: trying to erode support for Ukraine, discrediting democratic institutions and seizing on existing political divides.

June 06, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is seen here at a roundtable meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, in February 2024. Fico has been released from the hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt on May 15.

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  • Europe

Slovakia's Fico says his views on Ukraine were behind his assassination attempt

Fico pledged to be back at work in a month and said he felt "no hatred" towards his attacker, but he blamed the opposition: "It's evident that he only was a messenger of evil and political hatred."

June 06, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
OpenAI, the company behind generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, announced Thursday that it had taken down influence operations tied to Russia, China and Iran.

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  • Technology

In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel

AI tools have helped the people behind influence operations produce more content, but OpenAI says the operations it disrupted didn’t gain traction with real people or reach large audiences.

June 03, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Editions of <em>Peremoha</em> sit on a table near the archives.

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  • News

A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

Only four staffers work at the weekly Perehoma, which means "victory." Its motto: "Don't let ordinary people be erased from history."

May 22, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Beijing, China.

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  • World

Putin and Xi further their embrace to defy U.S.-led pressure

President Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin doubled down on their alliance against the West this week during the Kremlin leader's visit to Beijing.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • John Ruwitch
Brittney Griner on the court in September 2023.

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  • National

'I did not feel like a human': Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia

Griner's new memoir recounts being humiliated by guards, of the pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into cramped beds and cage, and cutting her locs because it was so cold that her hair froze.

May 06, 2024
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Ashley Brown,
  • and 1 more
An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 4, 2024.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls God an "ally" against Russia in Orthodox Easter message

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an "ally" in the war with Russia.

May 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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