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Standing next to Putin, Macron calls Russia Today, Sputnik 'organs of influence and propaganda' - @AFP

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#Syria 's children hold @Pokemon pictures in the hope people will find them and save them

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Latvia is reportedly going the extra step by expelling Russia's ambassador.

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Латвия вышлет из страны российского посла, Эстония — одного дипломата, Литва — трех дипломатов, а также запретит въезжать в республику еще 44 персонам, которые могут быть связаны с отравлением Скрипалей

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A former employee of Russia's infamous 'troll factory' was arrested in Saint Petersburg hours after speaking to foreign journalists

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This is what an anti-corruption protest looks like in #Romania , and it is what #Putin fears the most, which clearly defines his policies:

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Words fail

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The US embassy in Moscow will be guarded by a company owned by a former head of the KGB counter-intelligence unit who worked with the British double agent Kim Philby and the young Putin

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'Yankee go home!': US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a fraught visit to Istanbul that included no official meetings and an agenda focused on religious freedoms that Ankara dismissed as 'irrelevant'. @AFP story

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General James Mattis, tapped by @realDonaldTrump to be US Defense Secretary, 'will not be any kind of apologist for #Russia ' - @CNN

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The @nytimes buried the lede:

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Lidiya Tikhovska peered past the crater left behind by the latest Russian missile to smash into Kyiv and pictured the charred remains of her son mangled in the scattered debris. @AFP on a day of tears, fear and fury on Kyiv's besieged streets

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Why Trump's 'America First' is suicidal, in one easy graphic (via @pdacosta ):

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'Because the phrase had been mocked': @FoxNews Is Dropping Its ‘Fair & Balanced’ Slogan

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#Aleppo before the war: 'The most beautiful and elegant city in the world' -

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You may want to order lunch online today if you're in Berlin

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#AFP #breaking : Lions, tigers, jaguar break out of German zoo

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The wounded Ukrainian soldier dropped his crutches to the metro station floor and picked up his five-year-old son, first wiping tears from his shaking wife's face. @AFP on life in Kyiv's subway shelters

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Bayran Khalilov knew trouble was brewing when Azerbaijani government men came to dig trenches in his backyard facing the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh. He told @AFP they came to his frontline village weeks before the flight with ethic Armenians began

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Oliver Stone's interviews with Putin are so fair and balanced that they will also be shown on Russian state TV:

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Первый канал подтвердил покупку прав на показ фильма Стоуна о Путине

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The 22 times #Manafort was mentioned in the 'black ledger' of #Ukraine 's ousted Russian-backed regime (via @ARothWP )

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Meanwhile, outside a pub in England: (via @DanielAlpert and @oflynnkevin )

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The Russian chemist who first raised the alarm about Novichok wants Jeremy Cornyn to know that it was all but impossible for a 'mafia-like group' to poison Skripal

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Street battles and hand-to-hand combat. Ukrainian servicemen and fleeing residents described ferocious fighting on Kyiv's northwestern edge that could soon spread to the besieged capital. @AFP report from Irpin

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The Ukrainian special forces commander inspected the remains of a bridge his teams had blown up at the gates of Kyiv and explained his strategy for fighting Russian 'saboteurs'. @AFP report from Irpin

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#Turkey 's army statement:

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Not that it matters in the end run, but @HillaryClinton won more votes than any white man in history

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#Trump was planning to meet a notorious Russian mobster, even with the nation buzzing about the Kremlin's interference in the US election:

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Exclusive: WH abruptly scraps POTUS "meet and greet" with accused Russian mob figure after NSC staffer blows whistle

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Unlike the March protest, which was directed against PM Medvedev, this one includes chants of 'Putin is a thief':

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Crowd getting antsy blocked from Tversksya. Chanting "Putin Vor" really loudly and clapping

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Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul Shah Marai, who was killed covering a suicide bombing on Monday, was a charismatic, courageous journalist who was dedicated to reporting on Afghanistan's wrenching conflict. His @AFP obit:

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How did #FidelCastro live to 90 after surviving more than 600 assassination attempts?

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3 top US cyber security companies tell @nbcnews they have high degree of confidence #Russia was behind the #DNCleak

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Three top US cyber security companies tell @nbcnews they have a high degree of confidence Russia was behind the #DNCleak

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Dozens of arms frantically reach for heaters and blankets handed out by a private donor, illustrating the desperation and rage gripping swathes of Turkey 11 days after its disastrous quake. @AFP report from Samandag

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The Soviet Union invaded Poland? Not according to Russia's new history books about World War II.

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Curious how Soviet emigres were key to Cohen's business life

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Turkey urges Russia to drop 'one-sided' demands and adopt a more constructive approach in its standoff with Western powers and NATO over Ukraine. From @AFP

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Asked about it by CNN, John Dean just laughed and said McGahn was right to fear becoming a John Dean in Trump's world

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McGahn was leery of becoming Trump’s John Dean. So, after Cobb and Dowd encouraged cooperation with Mueller, McGahn - fearful he was being set up for blame on obstruction issues - talked and talked. @nytmike and me

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Shells falling within 50-metres of chlorine gas storage tanks in eastern Ukraine, with a potential for a 'catastrophe', but a ceasefire is something the 'Russian-led forces never respected': US @StateDept

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. @statedeptspox comments on #Ukraine at today's Department Press Briefing.

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US Director of National Intelligence Clapper on #Russia 's election hacking

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"Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized the recent election-focused data thefts & disclosures" DNI Clapper #RussiaHacking

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Lavrov says 'Russophobes' are trying to take down Trump

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The @BBC says hacks believed to have come from the #IslamicState were actually #Russia testing its capabilites to penetrate state systems

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Putin spokesman Peskov says Trump gave Putin Alexander Ovechkin's Washington Capitals jersey as a gift. And a puck. (Putin plays hockey)

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ICYMI: After Florida School Shooting, Russian ‘Bot’ Army Pounced

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Turkey's opposition vows to undo Erdogan's two-decade legacy of Islamic-rooted rule and expand democratic freedoms if they take power in crucial May 14 elections. @AFP story

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Dutch prosecutors announces a probe into seven firms suspected of violating EU sanctions against Moscow by helping to build a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea: @AFP

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Italian health officials voiced guarded optimism after the coronavirus death toll edged down from the previous day's world record and the rate of infections slowed. @AFP reports on the day 651 deaths were met with hope

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The proper way to write a #Sobchak lede, by @ARothWP :

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Kelly said after a Trump dressdown 'he had never been spoken to like that during 35 years of serving his country'.

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As tensions rise with Russia, US colleges still pay for Snowden speeches

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#ElectionNight humor (from more than a year ago):

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#TrumpLeaks : Republicans were digging for dirt on @realDonaldTrump back in 2015 to disqualify him from the election

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Italian officials say they may soon have to consider easing restrictions after seeing the daily toll plunge to its lowest in over two weeks. But how do you reopen a country of 60 million without setting off a new pandemic wave? @AFP takes a look from Rome

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Problem solved:

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The White House is considering whether to invoke executive privilege and block Comey from testifying before the Senate next Thursday:

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Asked if WH will invoke executive privilege to block Comey from testifying before Senate Intel Cmte, @PressSec says "It's gotta be reviewed"

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Day one after #Inauguration day: (via @nytimes )

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Russia to spend $800+ million to repair its lone, smoke-chugging aircraft carrier after its humiliating Syria trip

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Not entirely clear how this is different from any other news show on Russian TV

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Russia's Alfa Bank trio lose libel case against Steele in US court

Author of Trump-Russia dossier wins libel case in US court

Suit against Christopher Steele by three Russian oligarchs thrown out by judge

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#WomensMarch : Yes, it's huge in DC, where everyone is gathering, but look at St. Louis, population 300,000 (h/t @JeanneWhalen )

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The #WomensMarch in downtown St. Louis! This is what democracy looks like.

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Coincidentally, Putin formed the Russian Space Forces two years ago:

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Coincidentally, this is also what Kremlin media do:

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Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low. You can thank Congress, the same people that can't even give us HCare!

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Crooked... @realDonaldTrump pays IRS penalty for gift to aid #Florida attorney general

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State of the @WhiteHouse today: (via @MatttDavies )

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Washington 'is now the epicenter of instability in the world'

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The tiny Estonian branch of Denmark's Danske Bank was handling up to $30 billion a year of Russian and ex-Soviet money between 2007 until 2015, and no one said anything

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If Trump fails to meet Poroshenko, Ukraine's worst fears will be confirmed:

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Heavy weapons and their ranges involved in #Ukraine war @washingtonpost http://t.co/qKFujX7iYP

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It really does, in slang:

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Remember Cool Britannia?..

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Britain, unmoored and introverted, is bewildering its allies and friends. my take.

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Mueller will have the cell phone records

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#Obama hugs Mori Shigeaki, a survivor of the atomic bombing of #Hiroshima

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Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has triumphed and the ruling Conservatives endured a historic blow in European Parliament elections in which Britain was never meant to vote: @AFP

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Ukrainian historian Yuriy Korchemniy has never fired an assault rifle. But even he joined scores of others and picked up a Kalashnikov when boxes of them were dumped from trucks and handed out to Ukraine's new volunteer army. @AFP report as of Friday night

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Garlands, tablecloths and enticing bottles pop out the moment passengers board the Eastern Express for an epic journey across Turkey's snow-capped Euphrates plateaus. @AFP aboard the Ankara-Kars Turistik Dogu Ekspresi

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The world-weary conductor nudged her rusty red tram past the barricade and shook her head at the tragedy she has seen befall Kyiv since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. @AFP on the memories of a city lost to war

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The Ukrainian bullet portrait of Putin @AFP wrote about in 2015 has made it to New York:

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A 7-foot-tall portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin made from bullet shells is on display as part of an exhibition in New York, meant to be a sobering reminder of the horrors of war

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#Eurovision in Kiev: a Freedom Is Our Religion banner over stand showing Ukraine's daily toll in the Russian-backed eastern war.

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In case you missed details about the Dutch intelligence catching Cozy Bear at their hacking game:

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WATCH: I spoke to the Dutch journalist @eelcobvr who broke the news that Dutch intel spied on Russian “Cozy Bear” hackers and warned the U.S. government. Here’s Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal from CNN affiliate NOS:

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The @WhiteHouse is now officially empty:

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Just saw Marine leave station outside West Wing meaning @potus has left too. Offices empty, Obama photos off walls.

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Turkey is blaming Brussels for seating arrangements that left EU chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair during a meeting in Ankara with Erdogan. @AFP story

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NATO member Turkey says it is still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defence systems despite the war in Ukraine. From @AFP

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Not sure #Merkel 's expression is fitting, but #Putin and #Obama fare better... (via @aavst ) http://t.co/7iio8vaefK

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#BREAKING Police operation is underway in center of #Brussels ; police ask residents to move away from windows: @rtlinfo

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Putin admits that Oliver Stone's film about him was a Kremlin project from the start. He also calls it 'objective'.

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Relations between nations must be pretty bad when they start deporting cows:

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40 Dutch cows were deported from Turkey. Yes, really.

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Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian civilian and military planes flying to Syria, marking one of its strongest responses to date to the Kremlin's military assault on Ukraine. From @AFP

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How USA Gymnastics protected coaches over 50 sexual abuse allegations

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#Lithuania sends AK47s and other ammunition to #Ukraine to fight pro-Russian rebels: @AFP

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The latest expulsion count is 132:

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#Russia 's State TV Praises @realDonaldTrump for Avoiding ‘Democracy’ in Inauguration Speech

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The bitter irony of @realDonaldTrump 's election victory: the Berlin Wall fell 27 years ago today

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There probably wasn't a single person in Ukraine who thought Joe Biden was trying to help his son by pushing for the attorney general's dismissal in 2016. Viktor Shokhin was a universally reviled figure whose ouster was also celebrated by the EU

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#BREAKING #Iran announces @washingtonpost reporter and three Iranian Americans have been released from jail: @BBC

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The thrill of a precise artillery strike was fading as the Ukrainian defenders of the last village before the invading Russians cowered for safety in the shattered remains of a school. @AFP report from the ruins of Kobzartsi