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Why are German neo-Nazis training in Russia?

German right-wing extremists are receiving paramilitary training in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to new report from news magazine Focus. Who is running the training, and…

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Russia struggles to clean up Arctic river fuel spill

Russia on Thursday intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel spill that environmentalists say is the worst such accident in the Arctic, as investigators…

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Putin backs state of emergency in Arctic region over fuel spill in river

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a state of emergency in the Arctic city of Norilsk on Wednesday after a huge leak of fuel into a…

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Canada’s Trudeau rejects inviting Russia to G7 summit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday rejected Russia’s participation in a coming summit of the G7 nations, despite host US President Donald Trump wanting…

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Russian economy to shrink 9.5% in Q2 in virus standstill: minister

Russia’s economy is forecast to shrink by 9.5 percent in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, while yearly GDP…

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Siberia experiences hottest spring on record, fueling wildfires

A few hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle, the small town of Boguchany in Siberia, Russia, had its hottest April on record. On April…

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Russia gas transit via Ukraine slumps to near 30-year low

Russian gas transit shipments to Europe via Ukraine declined 47% in January-April, its lowest in nearly 30 years, as Russia redirected volumes through the new…

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Russia lists Caspian seals and orcas as endangered species after ‘whale jail’ controversy

While the world’s been focused on COVID-19, a piece of good news came out of Russia last month, although it went relatively unnoticed: Russia listed…

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China Industrial Waste Pollutes Major River on Border With Russia

An accident at a Chinese mineral ore processing plant in northeastern China recently released large quantities of industrial waste into a tributary leading toward a…

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