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Russian court sentences popular cookbook author to nine years in prison over Ukraine posts
A Russian flag is seen at the top of the Moscow City Court building in Moscow on April 15, 2019, a day before the court is due to deliver verdict against 63-year-old Norwegian Frode Berg on spy charges. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukraine’s Odesa battles to restore power after fire wipes out substation
FILE Ñ A Russian military vehicle with the symbol ÔZÕ lies amidst debris in the heavily destroyed village of Oleksandrivka, Ukraine, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Any de-escalation requires a Russian willingness to negotiate and make real concessions, which has not been evident to date, Ross Douthat writes. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)
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Ukraine says Black Sea grain shipments deliberately delayed by Russian inspectors - or lack of them
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - AUGUST 18: Piles of grain are seen on board the Osprey S vessel anchored in the Marmara sea during an inspection by representatives working with the joint inspection team on August 18, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Osprey S left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk on the 16th of August carrying 11,500 tons of grain destined for Turkey. Under the terms of last month's Black Sea Grain Initiative, which paved the way for Ukraine to safely ship grain from three key ports, vessels must be inspected by a team of officials from Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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Zelensky vows to defend ‘fortress’ Bakhmut, hosts EU leaders in Kyiv
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, ahead of EU summit in Kyiv, Ukraine February 2, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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Russia hits civilian targets anew, EU officials visit Kyiv
A mechanical excavator operates on a building destroyed by a rocket strike in Kramatorsk on February 2, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - At least three people were killed on February 2, 2023 and 20 wounded when a Russian rocket struck a residential building in the centre of Kramatorsk, located in Ukraine's eastern industrial region of Donetsk. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia claims village on outskirts of Bakhmut in big push in east
A house burns after a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the city of Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
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European human rights court rules Ukraine, MH17 cases against Russia are admissible
FILE PHOTO: The courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights is seen ahead of the start of a hearing concerning Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia regarding human rights violations in Crimea, at in Strasbourg, France, September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
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NATO’s Baltic States, Russia remove ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded
A pedestrian walks past the Estonian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Russia is expelling Estonia's Ambassador to Russian Federation Margus Laidre and the country's diplomatic mission will be headed by a charge d'affaires, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre was ordered to leave the country by Feb. 7, the ministry said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Death toll from Russian missile strike on Ukraine apartment block rises to 40
Emergency personnel work at the site where an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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Ukraine disputes Russia’s claims to have taken control of Soledar
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian army, of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Soledar, Ukraine, January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
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Russian warships are heading to South Africa in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing presence
Russian roll-on/roll-off container carrier 'Lady R' docks at Simon's Town Naval Base, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
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Russia ends self-declared ceasefire, vows to press ahead in Ukraine
FILE PHOTO: Plumes of smoke rise from a Russian strike during a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, from the frontline Donbas city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
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Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Christmas in reclaimed Lavra Cathedral in Kyiv
Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv, Head of Ukraine church, leads an Orthodox Christmas service at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv on January 7, 2023. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia blames cellphone use by soldiers for deadly strike from Ukraine
Workers remove debris of a destroyed building purported to be a vocational college used as temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers, dozens of whom were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike as stated previously by Russia's Defence Ministry, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Makiivka (Makeyevka), Russian-controlled Ukraine, January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Russia reportedly ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via Yamal-Europe pipeline
FILE PHOTO: The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland May 23, 2022.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
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Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine, Kyiv voices doubts
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with leadership of military-industrial complex enterprises in Tula, Russia December 23, 2022. Sputnik/Russian Presidential Press Office/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
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At least 22 dead in fire at illegal shelter in Russia, officials say
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Russia says it may cut oil output up to 7% in response to price caps
FILE PHOTO: An oil platform operated by Lukoil company is pictured from a helicopter carrying members of a local election committee and journalists during the early voting for the parliamentary election, at the Kravtsovskoye oilfield in the Baltic Sea, Russia September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar//File Photo
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Moscow tries to close one of Russia’s oldest human rights groups
FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, congratulates the Moscow Helsinki Group Chair and human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva, during a ceremony to present the 2017 State Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Human Rights and and Charity Work in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia . Alexeyeva, who was forced into exile by Soviet authorities after founding Russia's oldest human rights organization in 1976, passed away in a Moscow hospital Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 at age 91. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones hit Kyiv as Putin arrives in Belarus
Investigators work a site of residential a building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Stari Bezradychi, in Kyiv region, Ukraine December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Moscow accuses Ottawa of leading effort to undermine soldiers, summons ambassador
Russia ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov gesture during an interview at the Russian embassy January 25, 2022 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
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Russian shelling targets heart of Ukrainian city of Kherson
A view shows a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Ukraine December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
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Putin cancels annual marathon year-end TV news conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Constitutional Court Chairman at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukraine port of Odesa not operating after Russian drone attack on energy facilities, minister says
A view shows apartment buildings without electricity during a power outage after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian drone attacks, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Odesa, Ukraine December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Russian drones smash power network in Ukraine’s Odesa
Workers repair high-voltage power lines cut by recent missile strikes near Odessa on December 7, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - A new barrage of Russian strikes on December 5, left several Ukrainian cities without power, including the eastern city of Sumy and the southern city of Mykolaiv, according to officials. In Odessa, the water services operator said "there is no water supply anywhere" and officials in the central city of Kryvyi Rig said "parts of the city are cut off from electricity, several boiler and pumping stations are disconnected." (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP) (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia summons Canadian ambassador in tit-for-tat move
The Russian flag flies at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, on March 26, 2018. The United States joined Britain's allies in Europe and around the world March 26, 2018 in expelling scores of suspected Russian spies in an unprecedented response to a nerve agent attack.At least 114 alleged agents working under diplomatic cover were ordered out by 21 governments, dwarfing similar measures in even the most notorious Cold War spying disputes, and marking a British diplomatic victory. Canada ousted four diplomats, calling the nerve agent attack "a despicable, heinous and reckless act". / AFP PHOTO / Lars HagbergLARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukraine gets more U.S. aid as Russia-Iran ties worry West
An elderly woman sits on her bed in an apartment house basement that local residents use as a bomb shelter in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. People have been living in the basement for months hiding from the Russian shelling and rocket attacks. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)
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Russian regional deputies urge Putin to issue decree ending partial military mobilization
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videocoference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Russia to sell discounted crude oil to Pakistan, minister says
FILE PHOTO: A view shows oil tanks of Transneft oil pipeline operator at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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NATO seeks to reassure Russia’s neighbours as Moscow attacks Ukraine on multiple fronts
This photograph taken on November 29, 2022, shows a destroyed building in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Once known for its vineyards and cavernous salt mines, Bakhmut has now been dubbed "the meat grinder" due to the brutal trench warfare, artillery duels and frontal assaults that have defined the brutal fight for the city for over six months. (Photo by Yevhen TITOV / AFP) (Photo by YEVHEN TITOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Zelensky warns Russia won’t stop strikes until it runs out of missiles
A view shows an apartment building damaged by a recent Russian military strike in Kherson, Ukraine November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
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Russia says it’s open to more U.S. talks but dismisses idea of Putin-Biden summit
FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. Americans' international outlook has undergone a major shift in recent years. That's according to a new poll from the Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A majority now expect that U.S. relations with allies will stay the same or improve but that U.S. dealings with traditional adversaries like Russia and North Korea will only grow more hostile. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Russia more isolated than ever at G20 as Lavrov attempts to stave off declaration criticizing the war in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 15, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS