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Russia says photos don't prove its spy was linked to Skripal case
The Kremlin said on Friday a likeness between a Russian intelligence colonel and a suspect in the Skripal poisoning case does not prove they are the same person, comparing the r...
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Russia and Turkey agree to create buffer zone in Syria's Idlib
Russian and Turkish troops are to enforce a new demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region from which "radical" rebels will be required to withdraw by the middle of next month, ...
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Oil near flat as market weighs U.S.-China trade tensions, Iran sanctions
Oil prices were little changed on Monday as the market weighed deepening trade tension between the U.S. and China that is expected to dent global crude demand and potential supp...
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Alibaba takes joint venture route to Russia expansion
China's largest e-commerce firm, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has joined forces with a state fund and two technology firms in Russia, hoping that access to their client base of mor...
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Two associates of Trump adviser Stone questioned in Russia probe
An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was questioned in front of a grand jury in the special counsel's Russia probe on Friday about his ye...
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U.S. lawmakers mull sanctions on Russian oligarchs, sovereign debt
U.S. lawmakers discussing possible new sanctions on Russia for meddling in U.S. elections and other international actions said on Thursday they may consider measures targeting t...
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Turkey hopes to find solution on Syria's Idlib with Russia
Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday he hoped his country and Russia could find a solution over the northern Syrian region of Idlib, a rebel-held enclave which the Syrian g...
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Russia denounces new U.S. sanctions as illegal, mulls retaliation
Russia condemned a new round of U.S. sanctions as illegal on Thursday and said it had begun working on retaliatory measures after news of the curbs pushed the rouble to two-year...
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After criticism, Trump delays second Putin meeting to next year
U.S. President Donald Trump will postpone a second meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin until next year after the federal probe into Russian election meddling is over, ...
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