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Nearly 100 Drug Users Died in Crimea After Russia Closed Methadone Program
The United Nations' AIDS envoy on Wednesday sounded the alarm over what he described as an impending health catastrophe in Russia's newly acquired Crimean Peninsula, where he said nearly 100 recovering drug addicts have died since the spring as a result of Russia's abolishment of a methadone program. "The causes of death, from what we have been hearing, are mainly from suicide and overdose," Michel Kazatchkine was cited...
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Canada to impose more economic sanctions, travel bans against Russians
Canada is imposing new sanctions on the crumbling Russian economy, and especially its crucial energy sector, as the federal Conservative government applies further pressure on President Vladimir Putin to stop funding military incursions into Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told reporters on Friday the sanctions are necessary because there is a “militaristic leader in the Kremlin who has single-handedly tried to redraw the borders of Europe.”
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Vladimir Putin compares Russia to cornered bear, warning citizens to brace for recession that could last two years
President Vladimir Putin struck an uncompromising stance over the crisis gripping Russia, accusing the U.S. and European Union of trying to undermine his country and blaming external factors for the sharp plunge in the ruble. “Sometimes I think, maybe they’ll let the bear eat berries and honey in the forest, maybe they will leave it in peace,” said Putin, referring to Russia’s famed symbol. “They will not. Because they will always try to put him on a chain, and as soon as they succeed in doing
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Canada to dress Ukrainian soldiers for winter warfare
Canada's Defense Minister Rob Nicholson announced Wednesday the sending of winter coats, boots and gloves to dress 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers fighting pro-Moscow separatists in east Ukraine. The shipment is to be flown to Kiev on Thursday, he told a press conference. Early next year, a second shipment of non-lethal military aid including a mobile field hospital, night vision goggles, bomb-disposal equipment and tactical communications apparatus will be sent by sea, he added.
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Russia Delivers a New Shock to Crimean Business: Forced Nationalization
Business in Crimea has taken a beating since the peninsula’s annexation by Russia. Crimea’s tourism industry collapsed, and companies were cut off from vital suppliers and customers in Ukraine. Now comes the latest blow: nationalization.
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Russian actor and Putin critic found dead in Moscow
Police suspect foul play after Alexei Devotchenko, critic of Vladimir Putin, discovered "in pool of blood"
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Putin’s Coup
How the Russian leader used the Ukraine crisis to consolidate his dictatorship.
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Russia may ask rich to help foot bill for Crimea with 'solidarity tax'
Russia could ask its richest citizens to help foot the bill for the annexation of Crimea by paying a "solidarity tax" proposed by a group of lawmakers. Deputies from the State Duma lower house of parliament, which is dominated by backers of President Vladimir Putin, have drawn up a draft law that would increase income tax for people earning more than more than 1 million roubles ($28,700) a month.
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How MH17 disaster backs Russia's Putin into a corner
Few things are ever certain in the murky world of post-Soviet politics, but the balance of evidence as it stands points overwhelmingly towards pro-Russian separatists as the perpetrators of Thursday's missile attack that caused the death of 298 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
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Unsettled again, Crimean Tatars look for direction in Ukraine
Thousands of Tatars have fled their homeland in the Crimean peninsula since it was annexed by Russia. But what do they do now?
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Enough to litter!
Is only in Russia
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Punishment of bullies
Meanwhile, in Russia
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In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves
When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a maritime zone more than three times its size with the rights to underwater resources potentially worth trillions of dollars.
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Reports: 100,000 'yes' ballots for referendum intercepted in Sloviansk
A group of armed Kremlin-backed rebels in possession of a 100,000 ballots already marked with a ‘yes’ vote for the May 11 referendum in Donetsk Oblast were captured and the ballots seized during the Ukrainian government’s anti-terrorist operation near the rebel-occupied city of Sloviansk on May 10.
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Putin's Human Rights Council Accidentally Posts Real Crimean Election Results; Only 15% Voted For Annexation
The website of the “President of Russia’s Council on Civil Society and Human Rights” posted a blog that was quickly taken down as if it were toxic radioactive waste. According to the Council’s report about the March referendum to annex Crimea, the turnout was a maximum 30%. And of these, only half voted for annexation – meaning only 15 percent of Crimean citizens voted for annexation.
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Russia’s buildup on the Ukraine border
Russia has been conducting military exercises with some 45,000 combat troops on the eastern border of Ukraine since March 13, destabilizing the eastern part of the country and stoking fears in Kiev of an imminent invasion. The map below is based on a paper released by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in April that details which Russian units have been mobilized and where they are operating.
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Burger King Expands Into Crimea After McDonald's Exit
U.S. fast food giant Burger King plans to expand its chain into Crimea, filling the vacuum left when McDonald's pulled out of the peninsula last Friday, citing unspecified supply issues. Burger King currently has no outlets in Crimea, which has been at the center of tensions between Russia and the West after troops believed to be Russian annexed the formerly Ukrainian territory.
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Vladimir Putin: The rebuilding of ‘Soviet’ Russia
The world was stunned when Russia invaded Crimea, but should it have been? Author and journalist Oliver Bullough says President Vladimir Putin never kept secret his intention to restore Russian power - what's less clear, he says, is how long the country's rise can continue.
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The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene
Since Russian troops first entered the Crimean peninsula in early March, a series of media polling outlets have asked Americans how they want the U.S. to respond to the ongoing situation. Although two-thirds of Americans have reported following the situation at least “somewhat closely,” most Americans actually know very little about events on the ground — or even where the ground is.
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Majority of Russians and Americans View Each Other's Country Negatively, Polls Show
The number of Russians and Americans who view each others' country negatively has soared during the Ukraine crisis, while more than four in 10 Russians believe the NATO countries have reason to fear Russia, recent poll results have shown. According to a survey released Wednesday by independent pollster Levada Center, the number of Russians whose attitude toward the U.S. is "bad" or "very bad" is 61 percent, compared to 56 percent in early March, and 44 percent in January.
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