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Russian envoy says the US asked him to defect and condemn Putin's actions
Jun 09, 2022 01:30In a startling disclosure, Russia’s ambassador to Washington says the US authorities had persuaded him to denounce his motherland and condemn the Kremlin's military operation in Ukraine.
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NATO says doesn't guarantee non-deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland, Sweden
Jun 08, 2022 04:03The US-led NATO alliance says it does not guarantee Russia that it will not deploy nuclear weapons on the territories of its two prospective new members, Finland and Sweden.
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Street fighting rages as Russia pushes to capture Severodonetsk in Donbas
Jun 07, 2022 07:42Fierce street fighting rages in Ukraine’s strategic city of Severodonetsk, as Russia is pushing to completely bring the eastern Donbas region under its control.
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Russian envoy's address to West: You have a long record of crimes
Jun 03, 2022 04:32Russian envoy to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, says Western countries are using the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a political tool to cover up Washington's misdemeanors in Syria.
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Energy war between EU and Russia intensifies
Jun 01, 2022 04:05Meeting in Brussels, EU leaders have agreed to place an embargo on 75% of Russian oil imports, increasing to 90% by the end of the year.
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NATO weapons used to kill civilians in Ukraine
May 31, 2022 23:57An air raid siren over the separatist held Donetsk. The Ukrainian army shells this city every day. School 22, an old building; it survived World War II. But not this conflict.
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Turkey: Finland, Sweden must amend laws if needed to meet NATO demands
May 31, 2022 12:24The Turkish foreign minister says Finland and Sweden must amend their laws if needed to meet Turkey's demands and win Ankara's backing for their NATO membership bid, doubling down on a threat to veto the expansion of the US-led military alliance so long as the two Nordic states failed to stop supporting terrorist groups.
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Erdogan says Turkey will not allow ‘terrorism-supporting’ states join NATO
May 30, 2022 02:03Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will not allow “terrorism-supporting” countries enter NATO, days after Sweden and Finland submitted official bids to join the US-led military alliance.
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Putin: Foreign companies leaving Russia blessing for home-grown businesses
May 26, 2022 14:53Russian President Vladimir Putin has depicted foreign companies’ withdrawal from the country as a blessing and an opportunity for home-grown businesses.
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Turkey threatens to block Nordic NATO bids over ‘security concerns’
May 26, 2022 06:29Turkey has threatened to obstruct the process of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO military alliance if the two Nordic states fail to address Ankara’s “security concerns” related to the pair’s support for Kurdish militants outlawed in Turkey.