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Alexei Navalny is shown wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and standing with his arms folded in a glass cage in a Russian courtroom.

Russia expels Western diplomats over Navalny rally

Global Politics

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany for attending a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

A heavily damaged car is shown in an alley in the nearground with several damaged buildings in the distance.

Armenia, Azerbaijan report attacks despite cease-fire deal

Conflict & Justice
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk

Russia reacts to the ‘oligarch list’

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Lavrov

Meet the hard-charging Russian diplomat pushing Putin’s assertive foreign policy

Global Politics
Lavrov

Meet the hard-charging Russian diplomat pushing Putin’s assertive foreign policy

Global Politics
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (left) gestures during a statement on the violence in Ukraine before a meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris February 19, 2014.

Can the US and Europe do anything to stop the violence in Ukraine?

Global Politics

With the US calling on Ukraine’s government to negotiate with the protesters, and Russia labeling demonstrators as extremists involved in a coup, there’s little room for a diplomatic solution to the escalating crisis in Ukraine.

U.N. is Tested as Syria’s Fate Hangs in the Balance

The United Nations Security Council has so far been unable to organize a response to the crisis in Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry’s so-called diplomatic accident, which made the relinquishment of Syrian chemical weapons an option to avert military action, has resulted in intense negotiations at the Security Council. Kerry and his Russian counterpart, […]

Why the Russian Plan to Contain Syria’s Chemical Weapons Just Might Work

Global Politics

The US has warned that the Russian plan on Syrian chemical weapons must not be an excuse for delays and avoidance. So could the Russian proposal to put Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons arsenal under international control actually succeed?

Kerry Comments Lead to Russian Peace Proposal for Syria

Conflict & Justice

An off-the-cuff comment by John Kerry might have given Syria’s president, Bashar Al-Assad a way to avoid US military strikes.

Syrian protester describes blood bath, begs for outside intervention

As the United Nations, the Arab League and western nations fail to reach a plan for action to protect Syrian people being attacked by the army of President Bashar Al-Assad, Russian leaders say Syria is ready to negotiate with protesters. But protesters say they won’t negotiate until Assad is gone — and they say they’re paying the price in bodies.