Putin promises to respect Ukraine’s election
By LAURA MILLS and PETER LEONARD Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at…
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PUTIN BACKS EGYPT ARMY CHIEF’S RUN FOR PRESIDENT
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Egypt’s Military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Russian…
US, RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS MAY MEET SYRIA DELEGATES
By JOHN HEILPRIN Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria’s main political opposition group, gestures as he talks to journalists after a meeting with the Syrian government at…
PUSSY RIOT MEMBERS MAY RUN FOR MOSCOW ASSEMBLY
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina of Pussy Riot, participate in a press conference of the Cinema For Peace foundation in Berlin , Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)…
TOKYO PLEDGES TO BRING WOMEN INTO 2020 COMMITTEE
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech during a national rally to demand the return of Russian-held four islands floating off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, in Tokyo,…
SYRIA BEGINS EVACUATING CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN HOMS
By BASSEM MROUE In this video image released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens sit aboard a bus after they evacuated the besieged rebel-held neighborhood of of…
THOUSANDS OF ANTI-PUTIN PROTESTERS MARCH IN MOSCOW
Opposition demonstrators carry posters of imprisoned protesters during a protest rally in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Several thousand Russian opposition supporters gathered for a protest on Sunday, venting…
PROTESTS OVER RUSSIAN ANTI-GAY LAW FOCUS ON SOCHI
By DAVID CRARY FILE – In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, demonstrators stage a theatrical play where gays are grabbed by others wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir…