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March 8, 2020

Russian Revolution begins: This Day in History

On this day in history, March 8, 1917, the first phase of the Russian Revolution began in present-day Saint Petersburg.

March 6, 2020

Ukraine chess champions found dead in Moscow, 'laughing gas' suspected

Two of the most promising Ukrainian chess stars have been found dead in what local media is reporting as death by nitrous oxide, also dubbed as laughing gas or “hippy crack.”

March 5, 2020

US, UK and Estonia call out Russia over cyber attacks against Georgia in UN Security Council first

The U.S., U.K. and Estonia condemned last year’s cyber attacks against Georgia, part of the former Soviet Union, by Russian military intelligence today during a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council. The meeting marked the first time cyber attacks were brought up in the council as its own specific item.

March 5, 2020

Russia's Putin, Turkey's Erdogan reach northwestern Syria cease-fire agreement

Russia and Turkey’s leaders announced they have reached a cease-fire agreement to begin midnight Thursday in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib. 

March 4, 2020

James Carville: Bernie Sanders may soon face 'backlash' if he won't leave 2020 race

Establishment Democrats will pressure Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to leave the 2020 presidential race, Democrat strategist James Carville predicted Tuesday.

March 3, 2020

DHS cyber security official on Super Tuesday: ‘Don’t let the Russians get in your head’

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said they have seen no serious technical difficulties -- nor any increase in disinformation campaigns across the country -- as voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday.

March 3, 2020

Russia's Vladimir Putin proposes constitutional amendments mentioning God, traditional marriage

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed a series of amendments to the constitution that included a mention of God and describing marriage as a “union of a man and a woman.”

March 3, 2020

Russia athletics admits wrongdoing in fake documents case

Russia's track and field federation says it has admitted wrongdoing after being accused of supplying fake documents to give a top athlete an alibi for missing drug testing.

March 2, 2020

Putin could make move to absorb Belarus, Europe’s ‘last dictatorship,’ experts say

It has been bestowed by critics as the "last dictatorship" in Europe and for decades has been one of the world's most closed countries. The former Soviet stronghold of Belarus was almost slapped onto the U.S. travel ban earlier this year and continues to be blacklisted by the European Union with a protracted arms embargo. So what's going on inside the small Eastern European enclave of just nine million?

March 1, 2020

Thousands in Moscow protest constitutional changes seen as Putin power grab

Thousands of protesters marched through Moscow on Saturday against the Russian government’s proposed constitutional changes that are widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to maintain his power beyond the end of his term in 2024.