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Inside the Justice Department's efforts to combat election threats from foreign actors
Attorney General Merrick Garland detailed Russian attempts to influence public opinion ahead of the 2024 election.
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Mongolia was meant to arrest Russia's President Putin last night. It didn't, and now it's in trouble
Mongolia, as a member of the International Criminal Court, should have arrested the Russian president as soon as he landed on Mongolian soil Monday evening.
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Analysis: Why did Putin agree to US-Russia prisoner swap?
Analyst Sue O’Connell unpacks the political ramifications of the historic prisoner swap that freed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich held in Russia, as well as the current state of the Trump campaign now that he’s likely running against Kamala Harris.
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Putin hails election victory after harshest crackdown on opposition since Soviet era
President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term, as Russia’s election commission said he received an overwhelming number of votes.
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Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened
President Vladimir Putin says that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty, or independence.
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Russian lawmakers set presidential vote for March, clearing a path for Putin's 5th term
Russian lawmakers have set the date of the 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin closer to a fifth term in office.
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Putin marks anniversary of annexation of Ukrainian regions as drones attack overnight
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed a year ago “made their choice — to be with their Fatherland.”
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North Korean state media says Kim Jong Un discussed arms cooperation with Russian defense minister
North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un held discussions with Russia’s defense minister on strengthening “strategic and tactical coordination” between the countries’ militaries, as Kim continued a visit to Russia’s Far East that has raised concerns about an arms alliance that would fuel Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
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South Korea expresses ‘concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin
South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia's ‘sacred fight' after viewing launchpads with Putin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed support for Russia’s “sacred fight” during a summit with President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia before an expected meeting with Putin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia ahead of an expected meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia, setting the stage for a meeting with Putin
Russia and North Korea say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia, where he is expected to hold a highly anticipated meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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Russia seeks trade with North Korea for ammunition supplies as Ukraine war drags on
After a year and a half of fighting in Ukraine, Russia needs to replenish its supplies of ammunition for what could be a long war of attrition.
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Russian missile attack kills policeman, wounds 73 people in Zelenskyy's hometown in central Ukraine
A Russian missile attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown has killed one policeman and wounded at least 73 people, including nine policemen. It was among multiple Russian attacks across the country on Friday. Officials say 10 buildings were damaged in the attack on Kryvyi Rih. Ukraine’s minister of Internal Affairs says three people pulled out of the rubble are...
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Russian hacker with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in US jail for $100M stock market scheme
A federal judge in Boston has sentenced a wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million insider trading scheme that relied on stolen company earnings information hacked through U.S. computer networks.
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Russian missile turns Ukrainian market into fiery, blackened ruin strewn with bodies
The Russian missile that struck in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin where weeping civilians looked for loved ones among the mangled, burned bodies scattered across the ground. The blast Wednesday in the town of Kostiantynivka killed 17 people and wounded at least 32 in one Russia’s deadliest strikes in months. Images taken by Associated...
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Turkey's president meets Russia's Putin and aims to revive the wartime Ukraine grain export deal
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to revive an agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain and other commodities from three Black Sea ports despite the war with Russia.
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Ukraine President says defense minister will be replaced this week
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker.
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Prigozhin plane debris points to sabotage
The severed wing from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private jet was apparently found miles away from the crash site Friday — evidence, according to aviation experts, to support a growing consensus that the Russian mercenary leader was killed after his plane was sabotaged and tumbled out of the sky in pieces.
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Nerve agents, poison and window falls: A list of Putin's critics that have been attacked or killed
Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and journalists have been killed in a variety of ways.