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                                        Russian-funded ‘Holocaust Disneyland’ stirs fears and suspicions in Ukraine
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        ’If you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean you aren’t being followed’.
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Defeated candidates vow to protest over disputed Russia election results
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Taking on Moscow over Skripal so close to elections could prove a risky strategy
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    UK
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        How a visit to a Russian polling station led to my data being leaked
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Independent’s Moscow reporter has data leaked online while covering electons
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Russian elections: can the Communist party’s ‘Red Navalny’ prove a match for Putin?
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Kiev’s foreign minister says Ukraine needs to militarise to survive
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Russian election: isolated and demoralised, Team Navalny has a last roll of the dice
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Fall of the Soviet Union: three days that shook Russia and the world
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        David Smith: Kremlin outwits the West with use of traditional spycraft
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                    
                                                
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                                        ‘The oversight is total’: Kremlin prepares for most controlled elections in modern era
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Unicorns and foreign agents: Kremlin puts on investment show amid crackdown
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        ‘It’s easier to catch schoolchildren than terrorists’: The Kremlin’s hunt for imaginary ‘Columb...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        Tanks, guns, and a new military camp on Ukraine’s doorstep
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina speaks out from house arrest
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Landmark report calls for Russia to acknowledge leading role in Syrian humanitarian catastrophe
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                                    Syria
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Russia to vote on restoring statue of once dreaded KGB statue
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        The man who took on Putin: Who is Alexei Navalny?
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        Fears for men kidnapped and returned to Chechnya
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Fears for men kidnapped and returned to Chechnya
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Putin is a ‘monkey with a grenade’ says Navalny aide
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        First Lady: Russia warms to the woman who ‘saved’ Alexei Navalny
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        First Lady: Russia warms to the woman who ‘saved’ Aleksey Navalny
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        Collision course: Russia prepares for Alexei Navalny’s return
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        The deadly events which helped restore Lithuanian independence
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Lithuania
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Pavel Palazhchenko, the man who listened now makes his voice heard
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Body bags pile up as Russia’s regions overrun by Covid second wave
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        ‘Two dead’ after Russian helicopter downed near Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Moscow says
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                    
                                                
                                                    Azerbaijan
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        After four years of Trump’s turbulence, America’s friends and foes rush to prepare for a Biden...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        Why the US presidential vote is Russia's unwinnable election
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        Problems mount for Vladimir Putin
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                    
                                                
                                                    Belarus
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        The making of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’s leader in waiting
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Belarus
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova says country must be prepared for the long game: ‘V...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        How seven years of neglect and 13 minutes of chaos destroyed Beirut
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Lebanon
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        'Europe’s last dictator' faces a fight for power like never before
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Belarus
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                        The extraordinary campaign to unseat Belarusian 'dictator' Alexander Lukashenko
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Belarus
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        Why is Putin changing the constitution?
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        Putin’s plans for coronavirus-delayed Victory Day spark anger and bemusement
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        How the world is gaping and gloating as massive uprisings spread across US
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    US
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        One year into the job, Ukrainian president Zelensky removes his mask
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Why Russian doctors are falling to their deaths
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        Fears of another Chernobyl as Russian-built atomic power station set to open in Belarus
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Belarus
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        How Ukraine became the unlikely home for Isis leaders escaping the caliphate
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                5yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        New details on mass shooting reveal dark underbelly of Russian military
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        Russia vs the kids: Authorities crack down on protest generation
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        The inside story of Ukraine’s ‘very good’ prosecutor at the centre of Trump's latest scandal
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        How a wild conspiracy theory led to impeachment proceedings against Trump
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        How 20 years of Putin has shaped Russia and the world
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        ‘He finds laughter in the tragedy’: The comedian set to become first Jewish president of Ukrain...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        As comedian Zelensky takes the lead, Ukraine's elections are no longer a joke in Russia either
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                    
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        In jail for a joint: Inside Russia’s controversial war on drugs
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        ‘Russia’s secret services are hurting’: Paul Whelan’s detention could mark new era in ‘spy’ det...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                        Russian activist Lev Ponomarev: ‘The Kremlin is digging its own grave by letting spooks take ov...
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                        Despite growing tensions and cashflow problems, Russia is unlikely to change course in 2019
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Russia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                6yrs
                                     
                                    
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                                        Moscow weighs up the consequences of Orthodox Church schism
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Ukraine
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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