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December 10, 2019 at 5:16 am

Ukraine, Russia hope for progress after peace talks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday both hailed the outcome of peace talks in Paris even though they failed to solve the...

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Elysee Palace, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 in Paris. The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France meet to try to seek a settlement for the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed 13,000 people. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh) XDB125 XDB125

December 9, 2019 at 2:18 am

Russia, Ukraine to revive peace process amid little progress VIEW

PARIS (AP) — The presidents of Ukraine and Russia agreed Monday to revive the peace process on the bloody separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine and...

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December 7, 2019 at 3:11 am

Protests erupt as Russia seeks closer ties with Belarus VIEW

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The leaders of Russia and Belarus spent more than five hours Saturday in sensitive talks on deepening ties between the two...

December 6, 2019 at 2:15 am

New Ukrainian leader heads to high-stakes meeting with Putin VIEW

MOSCOW (AP) — For new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a summit meeting with Russia, France and Germany marks a decisive moment in his push to...

December 6, 2019 at 12:39 am

Russian student given suspended sentence for protest calls

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Friday handed a suspended sentence to a student vlogger on charges — widely seen as politically motivated —...

December 5, 2019 at 11:50 pm

New Ukrainian leader heads to high-stakes meeting with Putin VIEW

MOSCOW (AP) — For new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a summit meeting with Russia, France and Germany marks a decisive moment in his push to...

December 5, 2019 at 8:30 am

Putin offers US an immediate extension to key nuclear pact

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Thursday to immediately extend the only remaining nuclear arms reduction pact with the United States, but a...

December 5, 2019 at 6:38 am

Russia suspends project with Iran due to uranium enrichment

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian state company suspended a research project with Iran because of its decision to resume enriching uranium, a move a senior...

November 26, 2019 at 2:32 am

IOC angered by Russian gov’t in denial over doping scandal

MOSCOW (AP) — Condemning Russian state authorities on Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee says their latest cheating attempt in a years-long doping scandal is an...

November 22, 2019 at 3:06 am

Putin awards widows of experts who died in rocket explosion

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has handed state awards to the widows of nuclear engineers who died in an explosion at the navy’s...