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President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...
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Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them
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The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep: Russia’s Road to Terror and Dictatorship under ...
In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, “it was surprising it ...
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The Fall Of The Russian Empire
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Russian Oil Ships Hunt for New Flags to Hide From Sanctions
A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network. The Barbados ship registry said that ...
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Russian Oil Ships Hunt for New Flags to Hide From Sanctions
(Bloomberg) -- A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network. The Barbados ship registry ...
Foreign Affairs19 天
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But in reality, all is not well as Russia enters the new year. In using hard power, Putin has lost soft power. By trying to rebuild the Russian empire, he is losing Russian influence over its former ...
Yahoo News Canada19 天
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See inside a Russian military club, where schoolchildren take shooting lessons under a pro ...
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34th Alaska Legislature gavels in smoothly — now the hard part begins
Alyse Galvin (I-Anchorage) before the House gavels in on the opening day of the 34th Alaska State Legislature on Tuesday at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire) Both majority ...
The New York Times20 天
Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat
The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship ... and perhaps map their locations for future operations. “They went to a lot of time ...