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Russian navy fleet, including frigate, nuclear-powered sub, arrives in Cuba
US downplays deployment, which comes amid rising tensions over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Police beat and arrest Tbilisi protesters as parliament debates controversial transparency law
Critics of the so-called 'Russian law' say it undermines democracy and could derail the country’s chances of joining the European Union.
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Joyful reunion as Russian circus performers return to thank St. John’s woman who helped them after defection
In 1992, after defecting from the former Soviet Union, acrobats who found shelter in St. John’s returned to the city — specifically to thank Judy Tulk, whom they think of as their ‘mom’ during a difficult time. The CBC’s Mark Quinn has...
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Canada’s UN ambassador calls Navalny’s death a ‘genuine atrocity’
Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae tells Power & Politics that ‘any sensible person would say Putin is responsible.’ On Friday, a Russian prison authority reported that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died.
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Henry Kissinger: Nobel Prize-winning ‘warmonger’ has died at age 100
An ‘enigmatic realist’ who fled Nazi Germany, Kissinger is remembered for ending the US war in Vietnam, opening China.
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Azerbaijan launches ‘anti-terror’ operation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan says its launching an operation in the Nagorno Karabakh region, after four of its soldiers were killed there.
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Watch: Hammer and sickle removed from Kyiv's giant Soviet-era Motherland Monument
Workers remove a hammer and sickle from a gigantic sculptural figure that watches over the Ukrainian capital, as part of a campaign to remove Soviet symbols which has ramped up since Russia invaded last year.
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Putin promises grains, debt write-off as Russia seeks Africa allies
The head of the African Union is urging Russia to renew the deal which allowed Ukraine to safely export grain to Africa.
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Any Polish aggression on Belarus is attack on Russia, Putin says
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has warned Poland against any aggression towards his neighbour and ally, Belarus.
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Wagner Group mercenary force claims it's in control of Rostov-on-Don
Russian President Vladimir Putin vows to crush an armed insurrection after fighters with the Wagner Group private militia took control of Rostov-on-Don, a city of more than a million people close to the border with Ukraine. Andrew...
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Iranian drones are 'becoming a threat beyond Ukraine,' says military expert
Marina Miron, honorary research fellow at The Centre for Military Ethics in London, unpacks the recent use of Iranian-made drones by Russia in Ukraine this week and what lies ahead.
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Who is Alla Pugacheva? "The Queen of Soviet pop music" who wants to be declared a foreign agent
At 73-years-old, Alla Pugacheva, dubbed the ‘Queen of Soviet pop music’, is arguably one of Russia's most famous singers with a career spanning over five decades
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Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.
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Russia bids farewell to last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
In power between 1985 and 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev sought to transform the Soviet Union with democratic reforms.
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'I feel a sense of loss,' says former PM of Gorbachev
Brian Mulroney speaks about how Mikhail Gorbachev was a good friend to him, and a 'transformative leader' who worked for peace.
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Gorbachev a 'great, transformational leader': Brian Mulroney
"He was a friend - a good friend," said former prime minister Brian Mulroney of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War. "I feel a sense of loss that he is now gone, but he's gone into the hall of the great leaders...
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended Cold War, dead at age 91
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who’s credited with ending the Cold War without bloodshed, has died at age 91. As the last leader of the Soviet Union before it disbanded, he leaves behind a divisive legacy.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91
Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in 1991, died in Moscow, Russian news agencies say.
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Gorbachev hailed in West, but may have different legacy in Putin's Russia
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at 91, is being remembered in the West as a leader who ended the Cold War, but his legacy is quite different in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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Mikhail Gorbachev: West hails former Soviet leader 'statesman'
Western leaders are remembering Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union.
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Video: Why Lithuania didn't join the tributes to Mikhail Gorbachev
While Western Europe praised the last Soviet leader, the Baltic country was openly critical about his legacy.
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Meet the 13-year-old restoring old Soviet tech in Georgia
“The markets for old tech in Tbilisi are glorious. There's nothing digital around and there are moments that feel a little bit like Bladerunner."
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Behind Push by Finland to Quickly Join NATO in Light of Russia-Ukraine War
Finland's leadership is calling for immediate membership in NATO "without delay" following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ari Aramesh, a national security and foreign policy analyst, joined Cheddar News to discuss Finland's change of...