MOSCOW( Reuters)-President Vladimir Putin urged Russia's neighbours on Friday not to escalate

Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a" special military operation".... 24 a" special military

Itisunlikely that Moscow would simply observe the processes taking place onits immediate periphery. The real challenge may bethat inafew decades, orsooner, Moscow will have totake onaneven greater responsibility, which Russia got rid ofin1991, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev

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Ukraine conflict “ 24 hours ” after taking office, the American president is clearly not interested

UNLESS speedy efforts at de-escalation are made, the crisis in Ukraine has the potential to morph

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to the new realities. One is the prospect that neighbouring Finland could join Norway in NATO, with

Belarus said Russian planes carried out drills for a second day on Thursday.“ Yes, these are bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, ” Lukashenko said.... We must see what they are doing there beyond the borders.” He also said attempts were being made to transfer weapons to the migrants, in what he described as a provocation in comments carried by Belarus state media.... He did not provide any evidence and it was not clear who he was accusing of doing this. The Kremlin said Russia had not

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