3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia has been officially severed ...
US Flag Upside Down Outside State Department, Photo Appears to Suggest
An analysis by Newsweek confirmed that the flagpole in the picture matched the one outside the State Department in the most ...
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Red Flag: State Department Report on Russian New START Treaty Compliance
State Department Report on Russian New START Treaty Compliance: A Preemptive Strike Against the Trump Administration On ...
A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...
A Secret Cable and a Clue to Where U.S.-Russia Relations Went Wrong
A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.
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Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term.
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Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during a ...
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...
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‘One flag policy’: Trump admin tells US embassies they can’t fly the Pride, BLM flags
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued an order stating U.S. facilities can only fly the American flag outside their ... "They have elements that the Soviet Union never possessed," Rubio ...
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Skeptical of Russia's data, some Western officials judge its economy by looking at Moscow from space
The declining health of Russia's economy is as clear as day — or night, a finance minister said Wednesday. Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials were ...