Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been detained after flying back to Russia on Sunday. The longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir
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Donald Kendall, Who Served Pepsi to Khrushchev, Dies at 99
Donald M. Kendall, the American executive who served Pepsi to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow during a famous Cold War interlude that presaged PepsiCo Inc.’s pioneering move into the
Continue reading »Putin Challenged by Rising in the East That He Won’t Crush
Just a month after sealing a referendum victory that allows him to remain as Russia’s president until 2036, Vladimir Putin is confronting the biggest protests against the government in years.
Continue reading »Arctic Russian Town Sets New High of 100 Degrees
Moscow (AP) — A Siberian town with the world’s widest temperature range has recorded a new high amid a heat wave that is contributing to severe forest fires. The temperature
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