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GOLDEN SHOWER GATE LATEST: RUSSIA HAS AUDIO, VIDEO OF DONALD TRUMP'S ALLEGED SEX ACTS?
It's very, very difficult, of course, to talk to U.S. intelligence people... READ MORE›
TRUMP SAYS 'I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA.' THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday at a news conference that he had no business relations with Russia, except that I guess I sell condos to Russians... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ADDRESSES ISTANBUL ATTACK IN NEW YEAR'S DAY SPEECH
Pope Francis, pictured during mass in Vatican City on Jan. 1, 2017, acknowledged the recent deadly attacks in Turkey... READ MORE›
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DANA ROHRABACHER PLANS RUSSIA TRIP TO 'WORK WITH THE DUMA'
Rohrabacher, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, was coy when asked whether his group would meet with Putin... READ MORE›
CHELSEA FANS FOUND GUILTY OVER RACIST INCIDENT ON PARIS TRAIN
Video showed Souleymane Sylla being pushed off the train by Chelsea supporters, who were singing We're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it... READ MORE›
MILITIA TRAINING CLUBS FIND EAGER AUDIENCE AMONG RUSSIAN NATIONALISTS
He also blames the West. The goal of the West is to weaken us by making Russians kill one another, Gariev said... READ MORE›
A RIGHT-WING MILITIA TRAINS RUSSIANS TO FIGHT THE NEXT WAR -- WITH OR WITHOUT PUTIN
He also blames the West. The goal of the West is to weaken us by making Russians kill one another, Gariev said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SAYS HE WON'T DEPORT U.S. DIPLOMATS AS HE LOOKS TO CULTIVATE RELATIONS WITH TRUMP
It is regrettable that the Obama administration, which started out by restoring our ties, is ending its term in an anti-Russia agony... READ MORE›
PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WON'T EXPEL U.S. DIPLOMATS
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, but said Moscow won't retaliate by expelling American diplomats... READ MORE›
RUSSIA WON'T EXPEL U.S. DIPLOMATS IN ELECTION HACKING SPAT, PUTIN SAYS
35 Russian diplomats were ordered to leave the U.S. in 72 hours and two facilities closed... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DOES LITTLE AS HIV CASES PASS 1 MILLION
At the same time, the Russian Orthodox Church and some politicians promote conservative values as the best way to combat HIV... READ MORE›
MOST RUSSIANS WANT GOVT TO RAISE MINIMUM ALCOHOL-PURCHASE AGE
Seventeen percent of Russians said they were opposed to the potential restriction... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN MILITARY PLANE CRASHES INTO BLACK SEA, KILLING 92 PASSENGERS AND CREW
Russian officials said they cannot rule out terrorism in the crash of a military plane en route to Syria, killing all 92 people on board... READ MORE›
POPE URGES END TO SYRIA FIGHTING IN CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
At his Christmas eve Mass on Saturday, Francis said the feast had been taken hostage by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows... READ MORE›
PUTIN DECLARES DAY OF MOURNING FOR RUSSIA PLANE CRASH VICTIMS
All 92 people on board the Soviet-era Tupolev plane died early on Sunday morning when it crashed into the Black Sea, shortly after taking off from Sochi... READ MORE›
'NO SURVIVORS' AFTER RUSSIAN PLANE WITH 92 ON BOARD CRASHES
No survivors have been spotted after a military plane carrying 92 people, including a well-known military band, crashed near Sochi, Russia's defence ministry has said... READ MORE›
FAMED RUSSIAN MILITARY CHOIR AMONG MANY FEARED DEAD IN BLACK SEA PLANE CRASH
Founded in the Soviet era, the Alexandrov Ensemble, which had performed in Syria earlier this year, is the official band of the Russian armed forces... READ MORE›
NO SURVIVORS FOUND AFTER RUSSIAN MILITARY PLANE WITH 92 ON BOARD CRASHES EN ROUTE TO SYRIA
Russian state television showed her accepting an honor from Putin for her work... READ MORE›
POPE'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OFFERS HOPE IN WORLD HIT BY TERRORISM, WAR
Francis, marking the fourth Christmas season since his election in 2013, also urged Palestinians and Israelis, facing renewed tension after a U.N... READ MORE›
POPE SAYS CHRISTMAS 'HOSTAGE' TO MATERIALISM, GOD IN SHADOWS
God is there, the Pope said at St. Peter's Basilica... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: CHRISTMAS 'HOSTAGE TO MATERIALISM'
During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children... READ MORE›
INTENT ON UNSETTLING E.U., RUSSIA TAPS FOOT SOLDIERS FROM THE FRINGE
The Russian Embassy in Budapest did not respond to a request for comment... READ MORE›
A RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WAS MURDERED. THE APOLOGY CAME IN THE SHAPE OF A HUGE DIAMOND.
In the 1920s, two Bolshevik ambassadors were slain by embittered White Russian exiles in Switzerland and Poland... READ MORE›
HOW REX TILLERSON CHANGED HIS TUNE ON RUSSIA AND CAME TO COURT ITS RULERS
Mr. Tillerson's tenacity won a certain grudging respect from the Russians, Mr. Milov said... READ MORE›
HOW ASSASSINATION ADDS TO HISTORY OF RUSSIA-TURKEY TENSION
AP SEE ALSO A former Turkish cop assassinated Russia's ambassador to Turkey on..... READ MORE›
ROHRABACHER SEES HIS OUT-OF-MAINSTREAM RUSSIA VIEWS TAKING HOLD UNDER TRUMP
The amendment did not pass, but critics still accused Rohrabacher of helping the Russians by muddying the waters... READ MORE›
'VICTORY FOR TRUMP, AMERICA AND GOD'
While involved with Britain First, Dowson made deft use of social media and websites to promote its work and convey the impression of a mass following... READ MORE›
HOW A PUTIN FAN OVERSEAS PUSHED PRO-TRUMP PROPAGANDA TO AMERICANS
Mr. Dowson has long been optimistic about the effectiveness of social media... READ MORE›
FB'S NEW 'MINISTRY OF TRUTH'? CONTROVERSIAL 3RD PARTY OUTLETS AMONG THOSE TO FILTER OUT 'FAKE NEWS'
It should be noted that even just 1 percent of Facebook users in the US amounts to nearly 2 million people... READ MORE›
WHY DOES DONALD TRUMP LIKE RUSSIANS? MAYBE BECAUSE THEY LOVE HIS CONDOS
Donald Trump claimed a stunning victory after a long and contentious 2016 campaign... READ MORE›
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PUTIN ADMIRED BY DONALD TRUMP EMPHASIZES STRENGTH AS VIRTUE
Ms. Gevorkyan granted the Russian president one indisputable asset, one that appalls Moscow intellectuals but enthralls admirers like Mr. Trump People elected him... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ALLOWS PRIESTS TO ABSOLVE 'GRAVE SIN' OF ABORTION
Post to Facebook Pope Francis allows priests to absolve 'grave sin' of abortion The pope also opposed the death penalty... READ MORE›
GROUSE SHOOTING ESTATES SHORED UP BY MILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES
England's vast grouse shooting estates receive millions of pounds in public subsidies according to an investigation by Friends of the Earth... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AIRLINER CRASHES IN CENTRAL SINAI EGYPT SAYS
CAIRO -- A Russian passenger airplane carrying 224 people crashed early Saturday in the central Sinai Peninsula, according to officials in Cairo and Moscow... READ MORE›
POPE SAYS CHRISTIANS SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAY PEOPLE
Repeating the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church about respecting and not discriminating against gays, Pope Francis said that one could condemn certain behavior... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH IN EGYPT KILLS ALL 224 PEOPLE ABOARD
Unfortunately, all passengers of flight 7K9268 Sharm el-Sheikh-Petersburg were killed, The Russian embassy in Cairo said, in Russian, on Twitter... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS IN MOSCOW AT NEMTSOV MARCH
Mirror.co.uk boris nemtsov political rival of vladimir putin warned russia leader would kill him 4 hrs ago... READ MORE›
FROM 'RESET' TO 'PAUSE': THE REAL STORY BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON'S FEUD WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN
In 2012, Putin abruptly halted Russia's participation in the Nunn-Lugar program... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN WARPLANES KEEP BUZZING THE BALTICS. HERE'S HOW NATO SCRAMBLES.
But if a Russian plane violates NATO airspace -- which has happened five times in Estonia this year -- the situation could quickly escalate... READ MORE›
16 TIMES OBAMA SAID THERE WOULD BE NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA
WASHINGTON -- Since 2013, President Obama has repeatedly vowed that there would be no boots on the ground in Syria... READ MORE›
PUTIN SAID TO BE PERFECTLY HEALTHY IS ALSO NOWHERE TO BE SEEN
Putin meeting with the president of Russia's Supreme Court, but since the video was not live, questions lingered... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER
Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›
TURKEY SENDS 1,000 SPECIAL FORCES ON SECRETIVE MISSION TO SECURE 'SECURITY ZONE' ACROSS BORDER
Operation Euphrates Shield has been marked for Ankara by increasing acrimony with Washington and warming of relations with Moscow... READ MORE›
AS GLOBAL AXIS OF POWER SHIFTS, A COLD WIND BLOWS THROUGH THE BALTIC STATES
After 25 years of independence, Lithuania worries that Nato splits and US isolationism might open the door to Russian aggression... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MOURNS AS OFFICIALS SEEK CAUSE OF JET CRASH IN EGYPT
In Egypt, search crews had transferred 163 bodies from the site to Cairo hospitals and morgues by Sunday... READ MORE›
PATCH ADAMS ON TRUMP, PUTIN AND WHY HE LOVES RUSSIA
Adams said he tried to reach Russian President Vladimir Putin before this trip but has not heard back from the Kremlin... READ MORE›
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 BANNED FROM CANADIAN AND U.S. FLIGHTS
Taking a flight? No Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones allowed on Canadian, U.S. carriers... READ MORE›
VATICAN ANIMAL PROJECTIONS LIGHT UP ST PETER'S BASILICA
Pope Francis has been a strong supporter of environmental causes and has previously criticised economies which rely on fossil-fuel, saying that they destroy the planet... READ MORE›
BOMB IS POSSIBILITY IN LOSS OF RUSSIAN JET OVER EGYPT OBAMA SAYS
Two subsidiaries of the German airline Lufthansa, the Dusseldorf-based Eurowings and Edelweiss Air, which operates out of Zurich, suspended their Sharm el Sheikh flights on Thursday... READ MORE›
DAVID BROOKS SAMPLES THE 120000 VACATION
I was sitting in my room at the Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet, on the phone with a friend... READ MORE›
ANGER, PROTESTS AS RUSSIA DESTROYS TONS OF BANNED FOOD
Local media in Smolensk in western Russia near the border with Belarus reported people gathering peaches that had remained whole and using them to make moonshine... READ MORE›
POPE CONDEMNS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Related Stories Pope Francis has denounced the brutal persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, in his traditional Christmas Day address... READ MORE›
CRIMEA IS BOOMING. AND IT LOVES VLADIMIR PUTIN
From the Russian city of Perm, on the outer edges of the Ural Mountain range, to the peninsula of Crimea, it's about 1,800 miles... READ MORE›
NO SURVIVORS AS RUSSIAN AIRLINER COMES DOWN WITH 224 PEOPLE ON BOARD
A commercial plane with 17 children and 207 adults on board travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg crashes in northern Sinai... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS IN PUTINS SYRIA INTERVENTION FEAR OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT HAND
That belief is widely shared in Russia, and is one reason for Mr. Putin's genuine popularity at home... READ MORE›
'MADE IN RUSSIA' COULD BE COMING TO A STORE NEAR YOU
For example, South Korea's Samsung has begun exporting Russian-made washing machines to 20 European countries... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS CONFIRMATION OF ATTACK ON RUSSIAN JET MAY STRENGTHEN PUTINS RESOLVE IN SYRIA
Syria, now beleaguered, has been Russia's only Arab ally for decades, but Mr. Putin has also been courting President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt... READ MORE›
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES EXCLUDED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE LAW SAY CAMPAIGNERS
MOSCOW -- In many ways, the movie Leviathan is Russia's greatest cinematic accomplishment in years, maybe decades... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND'S AGE OF BANKING SECRECY COMING TO AN END
Switzerland has been the focus of debate on black money allegedly stashed by foreign residents behind its strong banking secrecy walls... READ MORE›
AVIATION OFFICIAL: RUSSIAN JET DISINTEGRATED IN MID-AIR
The communications were captured by Israeli intelligence focused on the Sinai, and passed along to the United States and Britain, the sources said... READ MORE›
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'IS PUTIN A WAR CRIMINAL?' REX TILLERSON GRILLED IN SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINATION HEARING
The President's-elect's nominee was grilled over his long business relationship with Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, and what future relationship Washington might have with Moscow... READ MORE›
I BELIEVED IN TRUMP, YOU LOST, GET OVER IT
Russian President Vladimir Putin to Democratic Party I believed in Trump, you lost, get over it... READ MORE›
PUTIN, TRUMP DISAGREE ON RELIGION'S ROLE IN TERROR?
I would like to confirm that in Russia, the Islamic world will always find a reliable ally, prepared to cooperate in resolving pressing problems, Putin said... READ MORE›
KREMLIN DENIES REPORT THAT PUTIN WAS INVOLVED IN DNC HACKS
The Kremlin has denied a report that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed how hacked data from Democrats was used during the U.S. presidential election... READ MORE›
PUTIN SAYS TRUMP'S BUSINESS RECORD SHOWS HE IS A 'SMART MAN'
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said Donald Trump's business success is evidence the US president-elect is a smart man ... READ MORE›
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS 'WE ARE READY TO COOPERATE' WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
A Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that Moscow has been in contact with Trump's transition team about Syria... READ MORE›
AFTER TRUMP'S VICTORY, PUTIN WANTS BETTER RELATIONS
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a photo as he attends festivities opening the Day of the City in Red Square in Moscow Sept. 10, 2016... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP ACCUSES HILLARY CLINTON OF 'PLAYING CHICKEN' WITH RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL
Speaking about Russian President Vladimir Putin during the third Presidential debate, Mr Trump said He has no respect for her... READ MORE›
CZECH POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED RUSSIAN HACKER
Police gave few details about the man's arrest. They said he was detained at a hotel in Prague and subsequently collapsed and was hospitalized for unspecified health reasons... READ MORE›
'U.S. IS WATCHING YOU,' PUTIN WARNS KREMLIN JOURNALISTS
MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin has told journalists in the Russian press corps that they are possibly being watched by American intelligence agencies... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DEFENDS PUTIN AGAIN, SAYS NO PROOF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT EVER KILLED ANYONE
Donald Trump on Wednesday seemed to temper his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he's not sure what kind of relationship they would have... READ MORE›
TRUMP SAYS RUSSIA BROKE SYRIA DEAL, DOES NOT RESPECT U.S. LEADERS
Russia broke the deal, and now they're shooting, they're bombing, something like that, Trump told a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona... READ MORE›