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The War Against Corruption As critical as the war against Russia is, Ukraines struggling democracy has an equally important challenge: Battling the Soviet legacy of corruption, which has pervaded Ukraines government. Corruption makes Ukraines leaders ever vu…

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks during a Moscow rally in September to support political prisoners. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny sits on a beige couch in his Moscow apartment, clasps his hands and closes his…

It would be the right (thing). But its not up to us to decide, Putin said. Let him go. They can have him. Russian President Vladimir Putin today said that he and the state of Russia hope that Donald Trump, who is undergoing an historic impeachment inquiry, …

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Bolivia was on the brink of chaos and there was a power vacuum after President Evo Morales resigned under pressure on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in Brasilia at a BRICS summit, Pu…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it was ready to work with Bolivia’s new interim leader, but noted that she had come to power without having a full quorum in parliament. Jeanine Anez, the Senate vice-president, stepped in as interim leader on Tues…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the global economy has been suffering from protectionism and sanctions. “Without a doubt, the global economy has been influenced by the wider usage of unfair competition, unilateral san…

It began with an anonymous phone call. A woman called the British investigative journalist Heidi Blake in March 2015, gave her an address, and told her she had a story. Blake turned up at an address in Pimlico, London where Michelle Young was waiting for her.…

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(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump says he’s weighing an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow. Trump tells reporters he appreciates the invitation from Putin, but the parade falls “right in the …

Vladimir Yakunin, the former Russian Railways boss and KGB spy, leaned forward to describe the way the world is going. It was the middle of October, and he had just convened an annual gathering of statesmen from countries that are, as a rule, sympathetic to t…