'Here I can be my own dictator': Kremlin hands out plots of land
New York Times: Kremlin's plan to hand out plots of land attracts some unusual settlers.
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Russia gets its Disneyland, a Cold War dream come true
New York Times: Russia's quest to build a theme park finally reaches a fairy-tale ending.
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Sergei and Yulia Skripal may be given new identities to start a new life Down Under.
Body double: Putin confirms internet conspiracy theory
It's been the subject of much internet debate – does the Russian leader use a body double?
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Passenger jet carrying 172 nearly shot down over Syria
Russia claims the Israeli air force used the plane as a shield from Syrian air defences.
Terminally ill father 'stabs 13-year-old son to death'
Father accused of killing his son feared his wife could not raise him alone after he died.
Coronavirus: Global emergency declared
First case of person-to-person spread of virus confirmed in the United States.
Drifting away: 536 Russian fishermen rescued from giant ice floe
It's the third time in a week that emergency services have had to catch stranded fishemen.
Mum investigated for murder: Newborn found in washing machine
A murder investigation is underway after a newborn baby is found dead.
Putin's power play stuns the world
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Putin's puppet: Leadership shake-up in Russia as PM resigns
Vladimir Putin has proposed constitutional changes that will keep him in power past 2024.
It's 50 below. The past is a horror show. You'd dream of escaping, too
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'A more dangerous world': US killing triggers global alarm
Global powers are warning that the American airstrike made the world more dangerous.
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'Get out of there': 30,000 Oz holiday-makers urged to flee
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Russia's new intercontinental hypersonic weapon travels 27 times the speed of sound
Russia's new intercontinental hypersonic weapon travels 27 times the speed of sound.
Officials say they feared Putin influenced the Trump's views on Ukraine, 2016
Did Putin himself help spur the idea of Ukraine's culpability?
How Russian propaganda showed up in an Italian murder trial
New York Times: The evidence raised alarms about fake news is penetrating courts.
Back in the USSR for servings of Soviet-era nostalgia
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'Music to Putin's ears': Russian forces shoot down US drone
At first it seemed like an accident. But now a far more sinister plot has been revealed.
The Russia ban that isn't really a ban stokes anger
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The great thaw: Arctic may have crossed key threshold as permafrost melts
Carbon stored in frozen Arctic soils could be released as permafrost melts.
Melting ice strands polar bears on Russia's Arctic coast
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Russian doping blurs innocence and guilt, with Olympics caught in middle
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GOP mounts campaign to delegitimise impeachment inquiry
Republicans will mount an aggressive campaign to delegitimise the process.
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