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September 19, 2018 at 9:45 am

Russia to study Israeli data related to downed plane

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Israel's offer to share detailed information on the Israeli airstrike in Syria that triggered fire by...

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September 17, 2018 at 10:17 pm

Russian military plane mistakenly shot down by Syria as it responds to Israeli airstrike VIEW

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, killing all 15 people aboard, in what...

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September 14, 2018 at 4:58 am

Russian church rebuffs Orthodoxy’s leader after Ukraine move

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday announced a rebuff to the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community, saying it would not participate...

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September 14, 2018 at 3:48 am

Kremlin: Britain could ask to interrogate poisoning suspects

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is ready to consider a request by British investigators to come and interrogate the two men accused of poisoning a former...

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September 13, 2018 at 12:14 am

Putin attends Russia-China war games VIEW

TSUGOL FIRING RANGE, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended Russia's biggest-ever war games, which involved some 300,000 troops as well as a...

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In this photo taken from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, tanks roll during the military exercises in the Chita region, Eastern Siberia, during the Vostok 2018 exercises in Russia. Russia’s military chief of staff says that the military exercises expected to be the biggest in three decades, will involve nearly 300,000 troops. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool photo via AP) XAZ127 XAZ127

September 11, 2018 at 8:30 am

Russia launches biggest ever war games involving China

For Russia, the increasingly robust alliance with China is particularly important amid the growing tensions with the U.S. and its allies and a looming threat...

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August 22, 2018 at 7:48 am

Putin says latest US sanctions senseless VIEW

MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. economic sanctions against Russia are senseless, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, voicing hope that Washington will eventually agree to a constructive...

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August 21, 2018 at 7:27 am

Russia says Taliban plan to attend Afghan talks in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia said Tuesday that the Taliban have accepted an invitation for talks next month, in what promises to be one of the...

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August 20, 2018 at 4:49 am

Russia: West is obstructing aid to Syria, return of refugees

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia lashed out at Western countries on Monday, accusing them of blocking U.N. aid for Syria's reconstruction and trying to prevent the...

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August 12, 2018 at 9:07 pm

Newest US sanctions against Russia hit an economic nerve

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia typically brushes off new U.S. sanctions. Not this time. The Trump administration announcement of export restrictions in response to accusations Moscow...

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