Georgian, Ukrainian officials push for NATO membership
WASHINGTON - Senior officials from Georgia and Ukraine on Wednesday exhorted NATO members to bring the two nations into the alliance in order to protect them from Russia and cement ties with the West.
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Jack Bausman, former AP bureau chief in Moscow, dies at 92
STAMFORD, Connecticut - Jack Bausman, a Cold War-era correspondent and former Moscow bureau chief for The Associated Press, has died, his daughter said Friday. He was 92.
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Nobel laureate makes grim assessment of post-Soviet life
HAY-ON-WYE, Wales - In the view of Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, Russia is taking refuge in ideas from its Soviet past, but this nostalgia collides with newer, darker forces.
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The Latest: Putin hopes for 'solution' for Russian athletes
VIENNA - The Latest on the IAAF's meeting on Russia (all times local):
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Germany warns of new risks to Europe; urges dialogue
BERLIN - Seventy-five years after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, which led to the deaths of tens of millions, Germany's foreign minister warned Wednesday that "Europe is at risk of splitting...
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Paint splashed on controversial Mannerheim plaque in Russia
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A plaque commemorating Carl Mannerheim in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has been splashed with red paint, highlighting the controversy over the Finnish soldier and...
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Former Red Army base to house Poland's Soviet-era monuments
WARSAW, Poland - Polish authorities are planning to move more than 200 communist-era monuments to Soviet troops into a former Red Army base for a display testifying to a historic "untruth."
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Olympians who found workaround to political circumstances
Track officials say Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova could be allowed to compete at the Olympics even though the rest of the Russian track team remains banned.
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'Surfer Republican' Russia's unlikely advocate in Congress
WASHINGTON - When several members of Congress accused Vladimir Putin's Russia of human rights abuses and aggression toward its neighbors, a veteran California congressman stood virtually alone in...
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