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    Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019.
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    Armenia's Prime Minister Calls On Supporters To Rally Against A Possible Coup

    Feb 25, 2021
    Nikol Pashinyan warned of a military takeover after the army issued a statement demanding he step down following last year's disastrous conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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    World
    Young people dance shining their cellphone flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square in Moscow on Sunday.
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    Alexei Navalny Supporters Gather For Valentine's Day Vigils

    Feb 14, 2021
    After weeks of protests and crackdowns, allies of the opposition figure Alexei Navalny urged Russians to hold up their phones outside for spans of 15 minutes.
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    Goats and Soda
    This week NPR Moscow correspondent Lucian Kim got vaccinated with Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine that Russian President Vladimir Putin is promoting as the best in the world. Above: Kim smiles (behind his mask) after his shot.
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    Putin Hasn't Been Vaccinated With Sputnik V Yet But Our Correspondent Got The Shot

    Feb 13, 2021
    The president hasn't yet signed up but 2.2 million Russians have been vaccinated, countries are signing up for doses — and our Moscow reporter rolled up his sleeve.
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    National Security
    President Biden speaks at the State Department on Feb. 4 as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on. "We've elevated the status of cyber issues within our government," said Biden, whose administration is investigating a major cyber breach blamed on Russia.
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    Biden Pledges Tough Response To Cyberthreats. Experts Say It Won't Be Easy

    Feb 12, 2021
    President Biden has a long to-do list when it comes to cybersecurity. He has to deal with a major cyber breach still under investigation, and there's a running debate over online conspiracy campaigns.
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    Opinion: Alexei Navalny Fights For Freedom Of Expression In Putin's Russia

    Feb 06, 2021
    NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the sentencing this week of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Putin critic was poisoned last year, recovered in Germany, then arrested for violating parole.
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    The Polish Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia, is pictured in 2015. Russia said on Friday it had expelled diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden over their alleged participation in a pro-Navalny demonstration.
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    Russia Expels Diplomats From 3 Countries, Saying They Attended Pro-Navalny Protests

    Feb 05, 2021
    Russia's Foreign Ministry says it is expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany, alleging they participated in illegal Jan. 23 protests.
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    Politics
    Then-President-elect Joe Biden introduces members of his foreign policy and national security teams on Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
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    In 1st Foreign Policy Address, Biden Looks To Move Beyond Trump's 'America First'

    Feb 04, 2021
    President Biden's remarks Thursday come as Russia has detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the Myanmar military staged a coup.
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    Demonstrators in Moscow clash with police Sunday during a protest against the jailing of Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people took to the streets across Russia to demand the opposition leader's release.
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    Defying Putin, Russians Return To The Streets To Demand Alexei Navalny's Release

    Jan 31, 2021
    For the second weekend in a row, people across Russia cried out for the release of the jailed Kremlin critic and opposition leader. And again they were met by a massive show of force.
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    Goats and Soda
    The Sinovac vaccine is produced at this newly built factory in China. Sinovac is one of 11 Chinese companies carrying out clinical trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines.
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    China And Russia Want To Be Vaccine Leaders. How's That Going?

    Jan 28, 2021
    The two countries are vying for a role in ending the pandemic by offering their vaccines to countries that can't afford or obtain other vaccines. But vaccine experts have a few concerns.
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    People clash with police Saturday during a protest in St. Petersburg, Russia, against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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    Protests Swell Across Russia Calling For The Release Of Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny

    Jan 23, 2021
    Russian authorities warned of mass arrests as demonstrators marched in open defiance of the Kremlin and called on President Vladimir Putin to free the jailed opposition leader.
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    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon his arrival in Moscow. He had spent nearly the last five months recovering in Germany after being poisoned in August.
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    Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

    Jan 17, 2021
    Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.
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    Goats and Soda
    Paola Osman, a second year resident at the Hospital San Martin in La Plata, Argentina, just got vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.
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    Argentina Takes A Shot With Russia's Sputnik Vaccine

    Jan 15, 2021
    The nation has been hard hit by the pandemic. The president vowed to start a vaccination campaign by the end of 2020. That did happen — but not exactly as they'd hoped.
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    National Security
    Fireworks explode over the Kremlin and Red Square during New Year's celebrations on Jan. 1 in Moscow. The U.S. government says a widespread computer incursion into U.S. government and private computer networks was likely carried out by Russia.
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    U.S. Security Agencies: Massive Computer Hack Is 'Likely Russian'

    Jan 05, 2021
    In its most detailed comment so far, the U.S. government says the breach of government and private company computer networks "will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate."
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    Europe
    George Blake, a former British spy and double agent in service of the Soviet Union, in Moscow in 2006.
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    British Double Agent George Blake Honored At His Moscow Funeral As A Russian Hero

    Dec 30, 2020
    The Cold War-era turncoat became a believer in communism after he was captured in North Korea and went on to spy for the Soviet Union. He died Saturday in Moscow at the age of 98.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    A woman undergoes antibody testing before an injection of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine known as Sputnik V at an outpatient clinic in Grozny earlier this week.
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    Putin Promotes Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine, But Most Russians Are Skeptical

    Dec 24, 2020
    The Russian leader has touted Sputnik V, as the vaccine is known, but more than half of Russians say they don't want to take it.
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    National Security
    The far-reaching SolarWinds hack has hit not only federal agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, but computer systems for local U.S. governments as well.
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    U.S. Cyber Agency: SolarWinds Attack Hitting Local Governments

    Dec 23, 2020
    The malware-infused SolarWinds software update, blamed on Russian state actors, appears to have infected computers more broadly than previously acknowledged.
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    Europe
    The lower chamber of Russia's parliament approved a number of bills on Wednesday that restrict online content.
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    Russian Lawmakers Pass Bills That Could Block Social Media Sites — And Stifle Dissent

    Dec 23, 2020
    One law would allow for the blocking of foreign websites that it says "discriminate" against Russian media, while another would allow people convicted of slander to be jailed for up to two years.
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    World
    Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny reportedy duped Russian agent Konstantin Kudryavtsev to reveal details about his own poisoning in August.
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    Navalny Reportedly Dupes Agent Into Revealing Details Of Poisoning

    Dec 21, 2020
    The Russian opposition leader posed as a national security agent during a 45-minute phone call to extract information from a spy who was reportedly involved in Navalny's August poisoning.
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    National Security
    Kevin Mandia, CEO of the cybersecurity firm FireEye, testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2017. Mandia's company was the first to sound the alarm about the massive hack of government agencies and private companies on Dec. 8.
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    How A Cybersecurity Firm Uncovered The Massive Computer Hack

    Dec 21, 2020
    FireEye was the first to sound the alarm bell on Dec. 8 after it noticed an anomaly. "Right now there's absolutely an escalation in cyberspace," says Kevin Mandia, the company's CEO.
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    World
    Russian President Vladimir Putin, here at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow in 2017, has seen U.S. relations reach their lowest point since the Cold War. By waiting over a month to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, Putin tried to show stren
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    Putin And Biden Signal Chilly Relations To Come

    Dec 21, 2020
    As the president-elect vows to get tough on Moscow, analysts say Russia's leader wants to show he'll take the fight to Washington — and his congratulations delay was just the latest sign.
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    National Security
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, seen here during a conference earlier this month in Atlanta, told the <em>Mark Levin Show</em> that Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a massive hack that breached multiple government agencies.
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    Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump

    Dec 19, 2020
    A day after the secretary of state became the highest-ranking administration official to blame Russia for a vast hack of multiple U.S. agencies, the president suggested someone else may be to blame.
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    World
    Following the closure of the U.S. Consulates in Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow will be the only American diplomatic outpost in Russia.
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    U.S. State Department Closing Two Consulates In Russia

    Dec 18, 2020
    The announcement follows the revelation of a massive cyberattack against numerous government agencies as well as a number of private companies. Russian intelligence is widely believed responsible.
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    Sports
    The Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision means Russian athletes will not compete under their nation's name and flag in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, scheduled for 2021, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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    Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics

    Dec 17, 2020
    The CEO of the U.S. anti-doping agency called the decision a "weak, watered-down outcome." Russian teams are banned, but its athletes may compete — albeit without the country's flag and anthem.
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    World
    Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual year-end news conference went remote this year, as he addressed reporters from the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow via a video link Thursday.
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    Vladimir Putin Shrugs Off Alexei Navalny's Poisoning: 'Who Needs Him?'

    Dec 17, 2020
    During his year-end news conference, the Russian president glibly brushed aside international suspicions that Kremlin agents were behind the attempted assassination of the leading opposition figure.
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    A joint investigation by Bellingcat and other media outlets found evidence that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was trailed by Russian spy agents for years before he was poisoned in August.
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    Russian Agents Trailed Opposition Leader Navalny Before Poisoning, Report Finds

    Dec 16, 2020
    An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.

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