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Boehner challenges Obama on missile defense remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner has sent a letter to President Barack Obama questioning whether Obama is willing to make unilateral concessions to Russia on missile defense. The president was caught on tape Monday telling Russian...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Washington, DC, Weaponry, Russia
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GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama's foreign policy record, and they're reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran...Tags: Washington, DC, Defense, George W. Bush, NATO, Wars and Interventions
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Obama to sign nuclear treaty documents Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pushing a key foreign policy goal, a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, closer to completion. He was signing documents Wednesday for the New START treaty, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to "reset" ties with...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Russia, U.S. Senate, Treaties
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Putin divorce announcement spurs debate, quips in Moscow
MOSCOW -- The surprise announcement about the Russian first couple’s divorce has spawned a flurry of reaction, including debate about what President Vladimir Putin will do next and a fair share of cynical jokes and commentary. State-controlled...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Politics, Moscow (Russia), Local Elections, Family
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Exiled Russian economist: I chose freedom over fear
Reuters* Guriev left after office searches, questioning * Had co-authored report critical of Khodorkovsky conviction * Denies all wrongdoing * Re-elected to board of state bank Sberbank By Douglas Busvine MOSCOW, May 31 (Reuters) - A leading economist who...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Human Rights, Politics, Prosecution, Russia
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Putin ficha a ministro de EconomÃa como asesor y refuerza el Kremlin: fuentes
Reuters* Belousov será el nuevo asesor económico de Putin * Se espera que lo sustituya el banquero central Ulyukayev * Cambios reducen papel de Medvedev, dicen analistas Por Lidia Kelly MOSCÚ, 31 may (Reuters) - El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin,...Tags: G20
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Russia tries to kick habit with anti-smoking law
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Tobacco restrictions came into force in Russia on Saturday which President Vladimir Putin hopes will create a healthier workforce and help reverse a population decline, but they face stiff opposition in a country where four in ten...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Punishment, France, Quitting Smoking, Crime, Law and Justice
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Russian academics fear blow to economy from "foreign agent" law
ReutersMOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) - Russian economists warned the government on Thursday a new law that might force their research centres to register as "foreign agents" could have a disastrous impact on the economy. In a letter published by business daily...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Money and Monetary Policy, Credit Ratings, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance
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Russian economist flees in new sign of pressure on Putin critics
Reuters* Guriev leaves country after Yukos questioning * Key adviser to PM Medvedev * Publicly sympathised with opposition protest leader By Douglas Busvine MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - A prominent economist and government adviser has fled Russia after being...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Vladimir Putin, Government, Russia
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Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader
Reuters* Governor doubts Navalny harmed Kirov region * Putin foe faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted * Navalny says testimony unlikely to bring acquittal KIROV, Russia, May 22 (Reuters) - A Russian official undermined state prosecutors' case against...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Government, Regional Authority, Prosecution, Career and Workplace
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Russia, Japan renew quest for elusive WWII peace treaty
World War II lingers for Russia and Japan. Nearly 68 years after the fighting ended, the two Asian powers have yet to sign a peace treaty. That could change now that the leaders of both countries have solid nationalist credentials and could pull off...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Shinzo Abe, Treaties, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Energy Resources
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Russians plan to exterminate stray cats, dogs before Winter Games
Sochi officials have announced that they hope to make their city safer and more appealing by killing more than 2,000 stray cats and dogs before the 2014 Winter Olympics, according to the RBC Daily newspaper. "It's obvious that there should be no animals...
Tags: 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Politics, Government, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Animals
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