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        <title><![CDATA[Torrey Clark]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanctioned Russian Tycoon Is Back to Lead World Fencing Body]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:54:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Alisher Usmanov, Russian billionaire, speaks during an interview at his office in Moscow, Russia, on April 6, 2017. Arsenal’s second-biggest shareholder Usmanov said the London soccer team’s embattled coach should help pick his eventual successor and the board and main investor are also responsible for a recent lack of success.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Butter Squeeze Highlights Growing Economic Toll From War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:48:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Claims Hit on Defense Plant in Russian Heartland]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:42:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exiled Critic of Azerbaijani Leader Dies After Attack in France]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ilham Aliyev supporters attend a rally after polls closed in a snap presidential election, in Baku, in February.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Hits Back at Ukraine Incursion, Missile Kills Two Near Kyiv]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-11/war-in-ukraine-russia-hits-back-in-kursk-missile-kills-two-near-kyiv</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:10:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Says Army Still Fighting to Repel Ukrainian Incursion]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-09/russia-s-lipetsk-evacuates-people-after-drone-attack-on-airfield</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Latest: Xi, Putin Hail Ties; Zelenskiy’s Air Defense Vow]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-30/ukraine-latest-biden-signs-1-7-trillion-bill-with-additional-aid-for-kyiv</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:30:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Rescue workers clear debris from homes destroyed by missile strikes near Kyiv, on Dec. 29.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Criminalizes Sanctions Calls, ‘Fake News’ on Military]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/russia-to-punish-sanctions-appeals-and-fake-news-on-military</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Turkmenistan Sets Snap Presidential Vote as Leader Steps Aside]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:33:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 29: Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov arrives to speak to the media with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) following talks at the Chancellery on August 29, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The two leaders discussed the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline among other issues. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Threatens to Expel Three U.S. Embassy Employees, Interfax Reports]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Russian national flag, left, and an American flag in front of the U.S. embassy building in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, April 15, 2021. The Biden administration is poised to impose a raft of new sanctions on Russia, including long-feared restrictions on buying new sovereign debt, in retaliation for alleged misconduct including the SolarWinds hack and efforts to disrupt the U.S. election, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shooting at Russia’s Perm University Kills Five, Injures Six]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-20/shooting-at-russia-s-perm-university-kills-five-injures-six</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:51:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People stand behind the fence near the Perm State University with the a Posguardia (National Guardia) on the left, in Perm, Russia, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving at list five people dead and others wounded, according to Russia&apos;s Investigative Committee. (AP Photo/Anastasia Yakovleva)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Telegram Blocks Russian Opposition Bot as Google, Apple Pull App]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-18/telegram-blocks-russian-opposition-bot-as-google-apple-pull-app</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria’s Assad Meets Putin in Rare Visit to Moscow]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 13, 2021. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia’s June Covid Death Toll Jumped 43% as Vaccinations Lag]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Residents receive the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine behind screens at a mass vaccination center inside Gostiny Dvor, also known as Old Merchant Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Russia’s health crisis has worsened since May, and a surge of infections fueled by the highly-contagious delta variant has forced many regions to impose mandatory vaccination requirements and adopt other measures to pressure people to get the shots. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Seeks to Boost Russia’s Vaccinations]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Rudnitsky]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Labeled ampoules containing the &apos;Gam-COVID-Vac&apos; COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), sit in a sorting tray at JSC Binnopharm pharmaceutical complex, operated by Sistema PJSFC, in Zelenograd, Russia, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Russia registered its first coronavirus vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya Institute and the Russian Direct Investment Fund, President Vladimir Putin said during a televised meeting with the government.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus KGB Puts Social-Media Channel Creators on Terrorist List]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Torrey Clark]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:13:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s president, gestures while giving a speech during a rally of his supporters in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Helicopter Downed in Armenia by Portable Missile]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:54:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Locals search through the wreckage of a home that was damaged by artillery in Stepanakert on Oct. 10. Photographer: Alex McBride/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz Leader Tightens Controls as Political Fighting Escalates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:07:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[European Leaders Impose Targeted Restrictions in Virus Surge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:57:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin, Macron Call for Cease-Fire as Azeri-Armenian Fight Rages]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Torrey Clark]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 05:56:12 GMT</pubDate>
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