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    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears in the Moscow City Court in Moscow on Tuesday.
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    Kremlin Critic Navalny Faces Court Hearing, Could See 3.5 Years In Prison

    Feb 02, 2021
    Alexei Navalny was arrested when he returned to Russia after recovering from poisoning, which he blames on Russia's president. He says the accusations against him are politically motivated.
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    Flowers, stuffed animals and photographs of victims of the renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh have piled up outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Moscow.
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    'The Wound Is Very Deep': Azerbaijanis And Armenians In Russia Long For Peace

    Nov 05, 2020
    The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis and Armenians who call Russia home.
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    Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, with President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a ceremony to establish the U.S. Space Command last summer.
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    U.S. Space Force Accuses Russia Of In-Orbit Testing Of Anti-Satellite Weapon

    Jul 23, 2020
    A Russian satellite hatched from another satellite fired a projectile last week that American military officials say is meant to take out other satellites. Moscow says it's an inspection tool.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    People enjoy warm weather Monday in downtown Moscow. The mayor has announced the gradual lifting of the coronavirus lockdown in the Russian capital.
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    Moscow Eases Coronavirus Lockdown Ahead Of Military Parade And Referendum

    Jun 08, 2020
    Russia's capital, the epicenter of the country's coronavirus pandemic, is lifting restrictions as the Kremlin prepares for a massive military parade and a referendum on term limits.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Moscow has revised its April death toll from the coronavirus to 1,561 amid criticism that Russia may have undercounted fatalities from COVID-19.
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    Moscow Doubles Last Month's Coronavirus Death Toll Amid Suspicions Of Undercounting

    May 29, 2020
    Media reports and analysts have questioned the accuracy of Russia's mortality figures for the virus. Moscow's Health Department now says 1,561 people died in April due to the coronavirus.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Moscow has been on a coronavirus lockdown with residents being told to stay at home and go out for essential purposes only.
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    Russia Tops 10,000 Coronavirus Cases With Moscow At The Epicenter

    Apr 09, 2020
    Officials said Thursday that the country had nearly 1,500 new cases in a single day with 13 new deaths from COVID-19. The news came as the Kremlin extended a national "non-working week."
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Police officers walk across an empty Red Square in Moscow on Tuesday, as the Russian capital goes into lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
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    Moscow To Launch New Surveillance App To Track Residents In Coronavirus Lockdown

    Apr 01, 2020
    Muscovites will have their movements followed through a program required on their smartphones. They will also have to carry a new QR code with their personal data.
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    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to the media as a security officer guards an entrance of the Anti-Corruption Foundation office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday. The federal court bailiffs' service that conducted the Thursday r
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    Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Targeted In Police Raid

    Dec 26, 2019
    Video of the Thursday raid shows a shower of fiery sparks as the door to Nalvany's Anti-Corruption Foundation office is forced open with power tools.
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    Media outlets are reporting one Federal Security Service officer was killed in the shoot out in central Moscow.
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    At Least 1 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire Near Security Services Headquarters In Moscow

    Dec 19, 2019
    Multiple eyewitness said the gunfire came from near the headquarters of Russia's FSB spy agency, a short distance from the Kremlin.
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    The German flag is seen outside the Embassy in Moscow, where Russia's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday the expulsion of two German diplomats.
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    Russia Expels 2 German Diplomats In Deepening Quarrel Over Murder Probe

    Dec 12, 2019
    The retaliation, "guided by the reciprocity principle," comes after Germany expelled two Russian diplomats last week. The tussle stems from a killing in Berlin that Germany has linked to the Kremlin.
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    Russian opposition candidate and lawyer Lyubov Sobol stands in front of police during a demonstration in Moscow on July 14. This summer's wave of opposition protests has pushed Sobol to the forefront of the Russian political scene.
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    'The Government Is Very Afraid': Meet Moscow's New Opposition Leader, Lyubov Sobol

    Aug 21, 2019
    Lyubov Sobol's tenacity in standing up to the authorities, combined with a savvy use of social media, has put her at the center of attention as a new protest leader.
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    Alexei Navalny, one of Russia's most prominent opposition figures, appears in a Moscow courtroom on July 24. A longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, he was recently arrested after calling for a mass protest against the exclusion of opposition cand
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    Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Hospitalized With 'Severe' Allergic Reaction

    Jul 28, 2019
    Navalny, a longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, was recently arrested after calling for a mass protest in Moscow.
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    Police officers detain a man at protests in Moscow. Hundreds have been arrested during a demonstration demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council.
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    Russian Police Arrest Hundreds Of Demonstrators At Moscow Protest

    Jul 27, 2019
    Demonstrators are demanding fair elections for the City Duma and for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot.
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    Europe
    A video still shows a Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft on fire after a hard landing Sunday at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. At least 41 people died in the Aeroflot crash.
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    Fiery Crash Landing Of Russian Passenger Plane In Moscow Leaves 41 Dead

    May 06, 2019
    Video showed the Aeroflot flight's rocky emergency landing, as the jet bounced along the runway before its rear portion was engulfed in flames. It's unclear why it turned around shortly after takeoff.
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    Paul Whelan, an American accused of espionage and arrested in Russia, listens to his lawyers while standing inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow on Jan. 22.
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    Suspected U.S. Spy 'Is Holding Up Surprisingly Well' In Russian Jail, Lawyer Says

    Feb 12, 2019
    The brother of Paul Whelan, the American arrested in Moscow in late December, says Russia has given the family no information for why he is being accused of spying.
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    Moscow's Fyodor Dostoevsky Library was renovated in 2013 and now sees some 500 visitors a day, up from just a dozen or so per day in earlier years. The library hosts language clubs, readings, lectures and concerts.
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    Once Centers Of Soviet Propaganda, Moscow's Libraries Are Having A 'Loud' Revival

    Jan 21, 2019
    "A library can be a loud place," says a city official in charge of Moscow's 400-plus public libraries, which have begun attracting visitors with coffee shops, theater rehearsals and lectures.
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    Paul Whelan is being held in Moscow's Lefortovo prison, where he faces allegations of espionage. Family members insist that he is innocent — and was in Russia only to attend a wedding.
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    Multiple Embassies Working To Help Paul Whelan, Accused Of Spying In Russia

    Jan 04, 2019
    Whelan was born in Canada and has since gained citizenship in the U.S., Britain and Ireland.
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    Russia's Federal Security Service announced Monday that it detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow last week.
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    U.S. Citizen Arrested In Moscow On Suspicion Of Spying

    Dec 31, 2018
    Russia says Paul Whelan was detained on Friday while on a spy mission. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on espionage charges.
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    Europe
    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attends a synod of three Ukrainian Orthodox churches to elect leadership of a new unified church in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine.
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    Ukraine Moves To Form A Unified Orthodox Church Independent From Russia

    Dec 16, 2018
    The move comes at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and has already drawn condemnation from Moscow.
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    World
    A woman places flowers at the Solovetsky Stone monument in front of the former KGB headquarters in central Moscow on Monday. Dozens of people gathered there to remember the victims of Soviet-era political repressions.
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    Russians Honor Victims Of Stalin's Purges Outside Moscow Security Headquarters

    Oct 29, 2018
    A lawyer attending the "Return of the Names" event said it was a rare occasion to express discontent with Russia's present government.
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    Goats and Soda
    The <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em> uses selfies in a paper describing a parasitic worm called <em>Dirofilaria repens</em>.<em> </em>The paper says a Moscow woman visited a rural area and was bitten by mosquitoes. She soon noticed a nodule movin
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    A Worm That Can Really, Really Get Under Your Skin

    Jun 21, 2018
    And once it's there, it moves around. And around. There's a new report on the worm out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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    The Two-Way
    Buses believed to be carrying expelled diplomats leave the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Thursday. The Kremlin ordered 60 American diplomats to leave Russia by Thursday, responding to a similar move by the U.S.
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    60 U.S. Diplomats Leave Russian Posts, Expelled Over Skripal Poisoning Row

    Apr 05, 2018
    The Americans include 58 employees of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and two staff members of the Consulate General in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg.
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    The Two-Way
    Russian President Vladimir Putin, seen here during a campaign meeting with supporters on Tuesday, compared the U.S. list to a dog barking at a caravan.
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    U.S. Releases 'Oligarchs List' And Opts Against New Sanctions On Russia

    Jan 30, 2018
    The tally includes Russia's elite and powerful, and part of it duplicates a Forbes list. Russia's President Vladimir Putin isn't on the list, though his cabinet is.
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    The Two-Way
    Protesters gather during a rally at Pushkin square in Moscow on Sunday.
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    Prominent Putin Critic Arrested Amid Nationwide Protests Against Upcoming Election

    Jan 28, 2018
    Russian police dragged opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a march in Moscow and carried him feet-first into a van. Earlier Russian authorities appeared to raid his headquarters,
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    Parallels
    Anastasia Romashkevich, 44, is a magazine editor who won a seat on a local district council as part of the united opposition campaign.
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    In Moscow's Local Elections, Opponents Of Putin Find A Glimmer Of Hope

    Oct 10, 2017
    The opposition, long frustrated at the national level, is encouraging novices to stand in local elections. Last month they won big in Moscow, with help from an expert with U.S. campaign experience.

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