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Today-History-Feb15
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Russia, China stand shoulder to shoulder resisting West’s pressure of sanctions — diplomat
"We may formulate things differently, sometimes we speak back to back, sometimes shoulder to shoulder, but we really stand against the destructive current situation in global affairs," Maria Zakharova ...
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Ukraine uses souped-up Soviet-era weapons to defend a vital river from Russia
As Ukraine's line of defense grows thin, this unit is using a modernized Soviet-era vehicle to stop Russian forces from ...
Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans
Russians who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan came home to silence and stigma. There’s a very public push to make things ...
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Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term.
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...
Polls open in Belarus presidential election with chance of change at the top slim
Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total ...
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Lukashenko: Belarus's unpredictable autocrat and Putin sidekick
Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary ...