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Anastasia Popova takes part in a picket outside the Russian Embassy in Washington on Nov. 6. Popova says she had to leave Russia in 2014 because of her work as an aide to the only Russian member of parliament to vote against the annexation of Crimea.

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Political Exile, A Centuries-Old Russian Tradition, Returns

1:18pm January 06, 2017

by Lucian Kim

When the Soviet Union came crashing down 25 years ago, many Russians hoped their country would become a democracy. But increasingly, government critics are choosing political exile.

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Russian says its Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier will leave Syria first.

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Russia Says It Is Starting To Draw Down Its Forces In Syria

12:12pm January 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Russia decisively entered the war in September 2015, and has been a major factor keeping Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. Its only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, will be first to go.

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Fake News Takes On A Role In Italy's National Political Debate

8:40am January 06, 2017

David Greene talks to Italian journalist Beppe Severgnini, who discusses how Italy is grappling with fake news, and the accusation by one populist leader that the media is producing those stories.

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The Island Of Foula Celebrates Christmas Day

7:23am January 06, 2017

The residents of Foula, just over 30 strong, are big on tradition. Norse tradition. That includes the use of the ancient Julian calendar — meaning Christmas comes 12 days after the rest of Britain.

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Political Pollsters Reflect On What Went Wrong In 2016

6:38pm January 05, 2017

by Robert Siegel

2016 was a year of failure for political polling in several Western democracies. France, Britain and the U.S. were all taken by surprise after polls underestimated the support for conservative presidential candidates and Brexit. Now, pollsters in all three countries are reflecting on what went wrong.

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U.S. forward Troy Terry scores the game-winning goal against Russia in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship semifinal in Montreal on Wednesday.

U.S. Defeats Russia In Hockey World Junior Semifinal, Faces Canada For Gold

4:42pm January 05, 2017

by Laura Wagner

Thanks to a heroic shootout performance from 19-year-old Troy Terry, the U.S. advanced to the final of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship on Thursday.

1960s Propaganda Imagines A Glorious Soviet Union In 2017

7:58am January 05, 2017

The images show nuclear-powered trains speeding across a dam to Alaska, and cities built under the tundra. The USSR has defeated the "Western imperialists" and sent rockets to conquer the universe.

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Far-Right Candidate Is A Serious Contender In French Presidential Election

7:06am January 05, 2017

National Front leader Marine Le Pen has laid out her plans for France in a speech to journalists. She pledged to "speak for the people" and called for a restoration of "order" in France.

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Souleymane Sylla (right) with his lawyer in Paris on Tuesday during the trial of the four British men accused of racist violence towards him in February 2015.

French Court Convicts English Soccer Fans Of 'Racist Violence'

4:30pm January 04, 2017

by Laura Wagner

In February 2015, a group of Chelsea football club supporters were caught on video pushing a black man off a crowded Paris metro as fans shouted, "We're racist and that's the way we like it."

French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105, reacts after setting a record for distance cycled in one hour, at the velodrome of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, outside Paris on Wednesday.

105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles In An Hour En Route To A World Record

2:43pm January 04, 2017

by Laura Wagner

"I am not here to be champion. I am here to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike," Frenchman Robert Marchand said.