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Mother of missing US reporter Austin Tice asks Putin for help in finding her son
“The current situation in Syria compels us to ask for your help in find Austin and safely reuniting our family,” wrote Debra Tice, whose son went missing in Syria in 2012.
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12 dead at a ski resort in Georgia from possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said the 11 Indian nationals and one Georgian were all employees at a restaurant in Gudauri, a popular ski resort near the Russian border.
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Russia launches largest missile and drone attacks in months on Ukraine, officials say
Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians.
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Bomb threats at polling places of ‘Russian origin,' says Georgia official
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that bomb threats made against polling places on Tuesday were of Russian origin and not credible.
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FBI links video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia to ‘Russian influence actors'
U.S. intelligence officials say a video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors.”
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Russia fined Google so much money this headline doesn't have room for all the 0s
$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is the number a Moscow court wants the YouTube parent company to pay for blocking Russian media outlets. It is a sum “filled with symbolism,” the Kremlin told NBC News on Thursday.
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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
A Russian court ordered Google to pay 20 decillion for removing Russian TV channels from YouTube after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released
Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when he learned Brittney Griner would be released from Russian detention and he would not be, NBC News reports.
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U.S. and Microsoft seize over 100 websites linked to Russian espionage campaign
The FBI said that the websites were part of a spear phishing campaign.
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Meta bans RT, days after U.S. accuses Russian outlet of disinformation
U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia’s spy agencies.
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DOJ: Right-wing influencers like Tim Pool, Benny Johnson helped spread Russian disinformation on YouTube, X
They have millions of followers online. They have been major players in right-wing political discourse since Donald Trump was president. And they worked unknowingly for a company that was a front for a Russian influence operation, U.S. prosecutors say. An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin...
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Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election
The Biden administration announced a series of actions on Wednesday in response to alleged efforts by Russia to influence U.S. public opinion.
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Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate US opinion ahead of the election
The administration announced a series of actions Wednesday in response to alleged efforts by Russian actors to influence U.S. public opinion.
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Russia bans 92 more Americans from the country, including journalists
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced 92 additions to its list of Americans banned from entering the country.
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L.A. ballerina sentenced to 12 years in Russian penal colony for ‘high treason'
Ksenia Karelina was visiting family in Russia when investigators searched her phone and found she had donated to a Ukrainian charity.
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Russian chess player allegedly tried to poison opponent by smearing pieces with mercury
Amina Abakarova faces a possible lifetime ban and potential criminal proceedings, Russian authorities said, after the incident during a tournament last week.
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How Russia uses AI to fuel anti-LGBTQ hate against boxer Imane Khelif and to undermine Paris Olympics
The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, however, were dreamed up by artificial intelligence. Portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool, the video mocking the Games spread quickly on social media platforms like YouTube and X, helped on its way by…
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Boxing gender scrutiny part of Russian ‘defamation campaign,' says IOC president
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Saturday that “there was never any doubt” about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwanese double world champion Lin Yu-ting being women.
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Three Americans arrive in Texas after being freed from Russian prisons in mass prisoner swap
Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva arrived in San Antonio, Texas, early Friday morning after being freed from Russian prisons in a mass prisoner swap.
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Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history
The U.S. and Russia completed on Thursday their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people.