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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed decrees recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR. The West condemned the decision. (confirmed by 4 sources; translated from ru) [1]

MOSCOW -- As a far smaller economic power than China, Russia is trying to maintain an equal status with its southern neighbor by taking the lead security role in Central Asia. [2]

TOKYO -- A religious power struggle rooted in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is spilling over into Asia. [3]

International relationsRussia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand Moscow aims to use Arctic waters as strategic link between Asia and Europe Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fired up scrutiny of Moscow's military ambitions in... [4]

Abortion in Russia, moral opposition on the rise Moscow (AsiaNews) - The recent surveys on abortion conducted by the Russian "Levada Center" for sociological research have recorded a larger percentage of women who do not procure abortions because of ... [5]

Your Thoughts … ရုရှဒုံးများကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ပျက်စီးနေသော ယူကရိန်းမြို့တော် ကိယက်ဖ်တနေရာ/ AFP Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of ... (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- Even as much of Russia's military is tied up in the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is demonstrating that it can still operate in the Far East with shows of force in Japan's neighborhood. [7]

TOKYO/VIENNA -- Russia is catching up with Ukraine in the information war being fought on social media. [9]

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[1] FI yle.fi · 2022-02-22 · 40% match translated from ru

Новости

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed decrees recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR. The West condemned the decision.

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[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-11-12 · 43% match

Asserting itself

MOSCOW -- As a far smaller economic power than China, Russia is trying to maintain an equal status with its southern neighbor by taking the lead security role in Central Asia.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-03-31 · 41% match

Orthodox church schism extends Putin's reach in Asia

TOKYO -- A religious power struggle rooted in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is spilling over into Asia.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-03-13 · 38% match

Russia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand

International relationsRussia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand Moscow aims to use Arctic waters as strategic link between Asia and Europe Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fired up scrutiny of Moscow's military ambitions in

[5] MM asianews.it · 42% match

Abortion in Russia, moral opposition on the rise

Abortion in Russia, moral opposition on the rise Moscow (AsiaNews) - The recent surveys on abortion conducted by the Russian "Levada Center" for sociological research have recorded a larger percentage of women who do not procure abortions because of

[6] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2022-03-14 · 36% match

UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT

Your Thoughts … ရုရှဒုံးများကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ပျက်စီးနေသော ယူကရိန်းမြို့တော် ကိယက်ဖ်တနေရာ/ AFP Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-03-19 · 36% match

Russia flexes muscle near Japan in show of two-front capability

TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- Even as much of Russia's military is tied up in the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is demonstrating that it can still operate in the Far East with shows of force in Japan's neighborhood.

[8] FI yle.fi · 2013-11-02 · 35% match

News

The Finnish consul Martti Ruokokoski learnt of the transfer from the attorney of Finnish activist Sini Saarela. The reasons behind the transfer, its schedule and other details remain as of yet unknown.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-08-21 · 34% match

Russia gains ground in information war against Ukraine

TOKYO/VIENNA -- Russia is catching up with Ukraine in the information war being fought on social media.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-06-29 · 34% match

Russia, North Korea in cozy-up mode

MOSCOW -- Russia has noticeably stepped up efforts to foster relations with North Korea, focusing on economic cooperation. As they embrace, both countries are casting a wary eye on China.

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