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Dramatic footage shows people fleeing Russian school where gunman killed 15
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Kremlin-staged votes continue in occupied Ukraine; arrests in Russia as protests continue against mobilization
Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages on Thursday as both sides refused to concede ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after seven months of war. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)
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Occupied Ukraine holds Kremlin-staged vote on joining Russia
FILE - A military vehicle drives along a street with a billboard that reads: "With Russia forever, September 27", prior to a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Four occupied regions in Ukraine are set to start voting Friday Sept. 23, 2022 in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war. (AP Photo/File)
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Evening Update: Putin’s ambitions laid bare in speech
Police officers detain a man in Novosibirsk on September 21, 2022, following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin. - President Vladimir Putin called up Russian military reservists on September 21, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was "no bluff," and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. His mobilisation call comes as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine prepare to hold annexation referendums this week, dramatically upping the stakes in the seven-month conflict by allowing Moscow to accuse Ukraine of attacking Russian territory. (Photo by Rostislav NETISOV / AFP) (Photo by ROSTISLAV NETISOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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One-way flights out of Russia sell out after Putin orders partial call-up of reservists
FILE PHOTO: A man looks at a flight information board at the departure zone of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
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Biden formally nominates new ambassador to Russia
This undated U.S. State Department photo shows Ambassador Lynne Tracy. The Biden administration has selected a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Administration officials familiar with the matter say the nomination of Lynne Tracy, the current U.S. ambassador to Armenia, will be submitted to the Senate as soon as the Russian government signs off on the choice. (U.S. State Dept. via AP)
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Ukraine allies see risk in Russia’s response to battlefield setbacks
A damaged apartment house is seen, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Putin tells Xi he will address China's Ukraine 'concerns'
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Poland wants Russia to return paintings looted during WWII
A general view shows the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Biden chooses veteran diplomat for new U.S. envoy to Russia
This undated U.S. State Department photo shows Ambassador Lynne Tracy. The Biden administration has selected a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Administration officials familiar with the matter say the nomination of Lynne Tracy, the current U.S. ambassador to Armenia, will be submitted to the Senate as soon as the Russian government signs off on the choice. (U.S. State Dept. via AP)
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Joy in northeastern Ukraine as residents return after collapse of Russian occupation force
Derhachi District Mayor Vyacheslav Zadorenko, with a group of soldiers, rips a Russian flag in Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released September 12, 2022. Facebook/Vyacheslav Zadorenko via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. REUTERS HAS VERIFIED THE LOCATION IN THIS VIDEO FROM SURROUNDING BUILDINGS AS SEEN IN FILE AND SATELLITE VISUALS. REUTERS CANNOT VERIFY WHEN THE FOOTAGE WAS FILMED.
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Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv, Moscow admits
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Ukrainian Canadian lobby calls for tougher sanctions against Moscow
A woman holding an umbrella walks past a sculptural composition "Fair" in Serpukhov some 95 kilometres outside Moscow on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP) (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Putin approves new foreign policy doctrine based on ‘Russian World’
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Kamchatka Territory Governor Vladimir Solodov in the far eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskyi on September 5, 2022. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lawyer of alleged crypto launderer urges Russia to discuss prisoner swap
Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses while speaking at a news conference, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at the State Department in Washington. The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan. That's according to Blinken, who also revealed that he had asked to speak with his Kremlin counterpart for the first time in months in hopes of expediting an answer from Russia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Pope says he cannot visit Kyiv or Moscow due to knee problem
Pope Francis attends a mass for the beatification of Pope John Paul I, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 4, 2022. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Putin absent as thousands attend funeral for Gorbachev in Moscow
People lay flowers to the grave of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
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Russia to bury Gorbachev, darling of the West, with a shrug
Flowers are placed in memory of the final leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at the age of 91, at the office of the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow, Russia, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Russian dissidents squabble over how to ensure Putin’s defeat
Russian opposition figure Dmitry Gudkov addresses his supporters at a rally to protest against alleged violations ahead of elections to Moscow City Duma, the capital's regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Putin denies Mikhail Gorbachev a state funeral, will not attend
A candle burns next to a picture of late former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the City Hall in Berlin on September 1, 2022, after Gorbachev died aged 91 in Moscow on August 30. - Gorbachev was a honorary citizen of the German capital Berlin. Gorbachev, who was in power between 1985 and 1991 and helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze, was the last surviving Cold War leader. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)