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Mueller denies probe cleared Trump, hands baton to Congress
The taciturn Mueller took to the podium to clarify his original conclusions more than two months after a summary of his report was first released by the Justice Department.
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Trump orders intel agencies to cooperate in campaign 'spying' probe
The move comes with Trump under increasing pressure from probes led by Democratic lawmakers in Congress, some of whom are pushing for his impeachment.
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Ukraine's new president Zelensky says ceasefire first priority
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated Ukraine does not recognise Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea nor the separatists' self-proclaimed republics in the industrial east.
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Pompeo tells Russia - Don't meddle in next US presidential election
Relations have long been strained by US intelligence and law enforcement findings - denied by Moscow - that Russia tried to influence the results of the 2016 US presidential election to boost Trump’s chances of winning the White House.
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Pilot says lightning caused deadly Russian crash landing
Investigators were on Monday working to understand the causes of the blaze after the Sukhoi Superjet-100 had to return to Sheremetyevo airport shortly after take-off Sunday evening.
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US election interference probe: Main points of Mueller report
The main points from the redacted 448-page report by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The investigation was based on Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
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Putin arrives in Vladivostok for first summit with Kim
Kim's armoured train arrived in the city in Russia's Far East on Wednesday and the two were set for a meeting on an island off the coast.
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N Korea's Kim heads to Russia to revive old friendship
North Korea's Kim Jong Un is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok this week, reportedly on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Russian envoys meet Syria's Assad, discuss post-war efforts, trade
Russia has been a close ally of Assad and in 2015 launched a military intervention there to support his forces, turning the tide of the war in Assad’s favor.
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North Korea's Kim to meet Putin as tensions rise with US
The Kim-Putin meeting will be the first between the two leaders, as Moscow seeks to play a role in another global flashpoint.
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Russia to send soldiers to Central African Republic as part of UN force - decree
The decree said the Russian contingent would include military observers, staff officers and military communications specialists.
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Putin and Erdogan discuss S-400 missile deal
The two sides must 'strengthen cooperation in the military-technical sphere,' Vladimir Putin told Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they met in the Kremlin.
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Stop interfering in Venezuela, Russia warns US
On Friday, a statement from the US National Security Advisor John Bolton warned "actors external to the Western Hemisphere against deploying military assets to Venezuela".
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IAAF upholds Russia ban over doping
The IAAF suspended Russia in November 2015 after the eruption of a vast state-sponsored doping scandal.
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Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions
Lawmakers in February backed tighter internet controls contained in legislation they say is necessary to prevent foreign meddling in Russia’s affairs.
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Russia vows more support for ‘friend’ Maduro, including aid
President Putin has reportedly expressed ‘support and solidarity for his colleague and friend’ President Nicolas Maduro.
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Putin spokesperson defends daughter’s EU internship
The daughter of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Yelizaveta Peskova, is working as a paid intern with French deputy Aymeric Chauprade.
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Putin promises Russians better living conditions 'within this year'
The Russian leader announced several policies that he said would boost living standards, while addressing the country's declining birth rate.
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Russian university building partly collapses, no casualties - agencies
Around two dozen people were trapped in the building of the University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics in the centre of Russia’s second biggest city, the agencies said.
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UK and Russia hold first talks in over a year
Britain's Minister for Europe Alan Duncan held talks with Russia's First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, according to the foreign office in London.
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Third suspect in Skripal poisoning is Russian GRU agent - Bellingcat
Sergei Skripal, a former officer in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of spies to MI6, was found slumped unconscious on a bench in Salisbury in March.
