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Crimea safari park boss explains viral video of lion climbing into car with tourists
A video released by a Safari Park in Vilnohirsk, Crimea showing the moment a lion got into a car with tourists, has gone viral.
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Putin 'Played U.S. for Suckers,' Former Amb. Herbst Says
Jul.13 -- John Herbst, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, discusses his expectations for the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. He speaks with Bloomberg's Mark Barton and Vonnie...
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India signs $5 billion deal for Russian air defence systems
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Trump on Russia pipeline to Germany, Crimea, UK PM
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that a Russian pipeline project that would supply gas to Germany was a "tragedy".
"I think it's a horrific thing that's being done where you're feeding billions and billions of...
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NATO's US envoy optimistic of peace in Afghanistan
The US ambassador to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) told the Associated Press on Thursday that she was optimistic of peace finally being achieved in Afghanistan even though there was a "long road" ahead.
Kay...
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UN's Guterres discusses Yemen, Ukraine, and climate as topics for G20 in Argentina
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres says he hopes the international community can help calm tensions between Russia and Ukraine over a ship standoff near Crimea.
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Reaction in Kiev to martial law
The 30-day martial law imposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has taken effect in 10 regions in the country bordering Russia and Maldova.
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Experts See Ominous Signals In Russian Pullback At Ukrainian Border
After a sudden and massive buildup, a former Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe says Russia is "not going to stop until the West stops them."
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Russia and Belarus Begin Massive Military Exercises
Russia and Belarus began their largest joint military exercises in years -- involving thousands of troops, armor, fighter aircraft and missile-defense systems. The maneuvers, scheduled to last until Feb. 20, take place near Ukraine's...
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Grain harvesting in Ukraine
Stockshots of grain being harvested in Ukraine as Russia suspends its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed vital grain exports from Ukraine, blaming alleged drone attacks on Russian ships in Crimea (Footage by AFPTV via...
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Russia Orders Troops to Leave Kherson in Ukraine
Russia ordered its troops to leave Ukraine's city of Kherson, the first major regional center seized in its invasion, in a highly symbolic setback for President Vladimir Putin. Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo reports.
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Ukraine military spokesperson comment on ceasefire
Ukraine's military spokesman on Wednesday accused pro-Russian rebel fighters of breaking the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
Andriy Lysenko, of the Ukrainian National Security Council, said government positions in Donetsk airport had been...
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Scuffles as thousands continue to occupy capital despite new anti-protest laws
Kiev - 18 Jan 2014
1. Wide of barricade of pro-European Union protesters on Kiev's main street, barbed wire in foreground
2. Mid of anti-government security...
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4:3 Pro-Russian says 'armed resistance' mobilised, because war declared on them
Pro-Russian activists who have seized government buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk defiantly awaited the Kiev regime's next move on Tuesday.
Turning to force to try to restore its authority in the vital industrial east,...
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ONLY ON AP Political tensions are dividing residents of village that straddles Ukraine-Russia border
Ever since the 1991 break up of the Soviet Union split the village of Vyselki between Ukraine and Russia, locals have continued to live together peacefully, doing their shopping in one country and paying their electricity bills in the...
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Referendum chief says voters are expressing 'right to self-determination,' polling station
As people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk continued to cast their votes on Sunday in a contentious and hastily organised independence referendum, the head of the central elections commission of the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
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US secretary of state comments on Ukraine, IS Group, Ebola, Iran talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that he hoped negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme will achieve a "reduction in the possibility of further conflict".
Speaking to reporters in Berlin, Kerry said "the world...
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OSCE leave for eastern Ukraine
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is sending a new team to observe military developments in tense regions of Ukraine after pro-Russian forces rebuffed previous attempts to monitor Crimea.
The 57-nation...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Presidential chief of staff Ivanov
The Russian government's chief of staff met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday.
Sergei Ivanov was there enroute to Guiyang, in southern China, where he is expected to join leaders from Ethiopia, Malta and Switzerland,...
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Security ahead of Obama's visit; Vatican on importance of visit
Security was tightened in the Italian capital Rome on Wednesday ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.
During his visit, Obama will meet with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Italian President Giorgio...
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News conference by deputy defence minister and security officials on military operation in east
Ukraine's newly-appointed Deputy Minister of Defence Igor Kabanenko said on Monday that Ukrainian society was "experienced enough" to resist Russian aggression.
At a news conference in Kiev, Kabanenko said the military was providing...
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Alliance's Europe commander on impact of Ukraine crisis on region
A high ranking NATO official on Tuesday said Europe must adapt its thinking from the days when it thought international borders were permanent, because the "paradigm has clearly changed".
General Philip Mark Breedlove, the Supreme Allied...
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Putins Russia Is a One-Man Dictatorship: Kasparov
Oct. 3 -- World chess champion and Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation Garry Kasparov discusses the power and control Vladimir Putin holds in Russia, drawing parallels to Adolph Hitlers rise to power in Germany, and explains why...
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Will Russia Head Into a Deep Recession?
Dec. 19 ""Pimco Chief Investment Officer Global Credit Mark Kiesel and Bloomberg Economist Carl Riccadonna examine the oil markets and Russias economy. They speak with Bloomberg's Olivia Sterns and Matt Miller on Street Smart. (Source:...