Dmitry Rogozin, vice premier for defense and space, has ordered Cossacks to guard Russia’s borders along with the Federal Security Service, RT reports.
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Ukraine Live Day 582: Trial of Nadezhda Savchenko Underway in Donetsk, Russia
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Ukraine Live Day 435: Huge Blast At Russian Military Camp Used For Invasion
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A Sect Called ‘USSR’ Spreads But Doesn’t Want Soviet Union Back
Staunton, February 6 – Russians have always been inclined to and fearful of religious sectarians seeing them as a threat to their faith and their country, but seldom have they faced one with a more bizarre name than one committed to driving out both Orthodox Christians and Jews from the territory of Eurasia. Called “USSR” […]
Ukraine Update Day 279: Situation ‘Tense’
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If Moscow Returned Crimea to Ukraine, What Else Might It Have to Give Back – and to Whom?
Staunton, October 23 – In the course of a discussion of why he argues Moscow will have to reverse the Anschluss of Crimea at the end of Russia’s war with Ukraine, Andrey Illarionov says that the Russian government could lose many other disputed territories to neighboring countries. The Russian commentator lists the following territories which […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 206: Russia Says Second ‘Humanitarian Convoy’ Waiting At Border
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Putin is Opposed to Opening a Gambling Zone in Sochi
Due to the high price of the construction at Sochi, some investors are worried that they will not be able to recoup their costs. In order to avoid default, some have advocated for the construction of casinos and the creation of a “gambling zone.” However, President Putin is against the idea. — Ed. Russian President […]