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Russia moves divide leaders at NATO meeting

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, shows an air view of buildings in Novo-Molokovo suburb in Moscow, Russia. The residential district of Novo-Molokovo is still under construction in the forested hinterland just outside Moscow. Moscow’s suburbs are the focus of a major international art exhibition that has just opened in the Russian capital. The exhibit uses contemporary art to explore the many hidden facets of life beyond the Russian capital’s nucleus. Austrian cultural attache says the ‘real’ Moscow where most of the city’s 12.6 million people live, is outside the center.(AP Photo/Kirill Zarubin)

Art show seeks the ‘real Moscow’ in grim suburbs

By KATE de PURY - Associated Press

'The Siberian Dilemma' (book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Siberian Dilemma’

By Paul Davis

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, a guard stands at the entrance of the Montenegrin Defense Ministry in Montenegro's capital Podgorica. Deployed inside the sprawling communist-era army command headquarters in Montenegro’s capital, a group of elite U.S. military cyber experts are plotting strategy in a fight against potential Russian and other cyberattacks ahead of the 2020 American and Montenegrin elections. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

US, Montenegro plot cyber warfare ahead of 2020 elections

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures as he arrives to attend a meeting of leaders of the BRICS emerging economies at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

In the House impeachment drama, Russia still plays big role

By AAMER MADHANI and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

This Oct. 26, 2019, file image from video released by the Department of Defense, and displayed at a Pentagon briefing, shows U.S. Special Forces, figures at lower right, moving toward compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.(Department of Defense via AP, File)

Russia says intel chief cannot confirm death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

U.S. and South Korean officials held a strategy meeting during the 2019 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference to discuss ways to renew talks between the U.S. and North Korea that broke down last month. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Signs point to renewed talks between U.S., North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, walks to a secure area at the Capitol to interview a witness in the House impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Impeachment testimony jabs Adam Schiff on Trump-Russia dossier

By Rowan Scarborough and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Russian soldiers dressed in Red Army World War II winter uniforms wait to take a part in a reconstruction of a World War II-era parade in Moscow's Red Square, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. The parade marks the 78th anniversary of a World War II historic parade in Red Square and honored the participants in the Nov. 7, 1941 parade who headed directly to the front lines to defend Moscow from the Nazi forces. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia re-enacts legendary World War II parade in Moscow

Associated Press

This screen grab from the website deny.smartpb.net and provided by Censored Planet, a lab at the University of Michigan, shows the website is blocked in Russia. A study by University of Michigan researchers shows Russia is succeeding in imposing a highly effective internet censorship regime across thousands of disparate, privately owned providers in an effort also aimed at making government snooping pervasive. The website address “deny.smartpb.net” translated to English states, “We apologize, but this resource is blocked by decision of state authorities.” The provider includes an ad for wireless television and 30-days free as a gift. (Censored Planet via AP)

Study: Russia’s web-censoring tool sets pace for imitators

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

Lead, copper found in pipes of historic Moscow building

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, poses for a photo with leaders of African countries at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (Valery Sharifulin, TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP)

Putin courts Africa and offers to mediate dam dispute

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Sergei Fadeyechev, TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP)

Putin aims to boost Moscow’s clout with Russia-Africa summit

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to reporters before traveling to Russia to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Erdogan says up to 1,300 Syrian Kurdish militia have yet to vacate areas in northeast Syria, as the clock a Turkish-U.S. cease-fire agreement runs. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )

Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with new accord

By SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, center, waits for a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

House passes resolution calling on Russia to release Paul Whelan, former Marine jailed in Moscow

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, flatly says Joseph Mifsud is no Russian informant. He has asked the State Department, the FBI and other agencies for information about the professor, who has been out of sight for months. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joseph Mifsud identity called Trump-Russia probe origin key

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, right, welcomes Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev prior a military parade at the military airport Batajnica, near Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Medvedev arrived on a one-day official visit to Serbia during which he attend military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Serbian capital from the Nazi German occupation by the Red Army and Communist Yugoslav Partisans. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Russia, Serbia vow to boost ties despite Belgrade’s EU bid

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin directs exercise of Russia nuclear forces

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Turkish tanks and troops stationed near Syrian town of Manbij, Syria, Tuesday. Oct. 15, 2019. Russia moved to fill the void left by the United States in northern Syria on Tuesday, deploying troops to keep apart advancing Syrian government and Turkish forces.(Ugur Can/DHA via AP)

The Latest: US envoy urges Turkey to stop Syria offensive

Associated Press

Turkish tanks and troops stationed near Syrian town of Manbij, Syria, Tuesday. Oct. 15, 2019. Russia moved to fill the void left by the United States in northern Syria on Tuesday, deploying troops to keep apart advancing Syrian government and Turkish forces.(Ugur Can/DHA via AP)

Fearing US abandonment, Kurds kept back channels wide open

By MATTHEW LEE and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press