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Stories under this heading cover Russia, as well as countries in the eastern part of the European continent, such as Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.

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Luhansk the first Ukrainian region fully occupied by Russia

Luhansk the first Ukrainian region fully occupied by Russia

A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk region was quoted by AP on Monday saying that Moscow’s forces have overrun all of it, one of four regions Russia annexed from Ukraine in September 2022. If confirmed, it would make Luhansk the first Ukrainian region fully occupied by Russia after more than three years of war with international peace efforts led by the US failing to make progress on halting the fighting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively rejected a ceasefire and hasn’t budged from his demands, which include Moscow’s control over the four illegally annexed regions. 

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2018 FIFA World Cup opens in Moscow

2018 FIFA World Cup opens in Moscow

President Putin, speaking at the opening ceremony said the "unity, which no language, ideology or faith distinctions can overpower, is the source of the great strength of football and sport in general and of the strength of its humanistic ideals."
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2 killed in anti-terrorist operation in Ingushetia

2 killed in anti-terrorist operation in Ingushetia

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the two were killed in the Ingush capital Nazran and that they were planing a series of terrorist attacks, but gave no further details
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Opinion: Pashinyan's timely visit to Georgia

Opinion: Pashinyan's timely visit to Georgia

Armenian-Georgian relations are friendly, regardless of some tensions under the surface. During his visit to Georgia this week Nikol Pashinyan should focus on pragmatic issues related to transport corridors, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.
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Monday Commentary: The 1918 republics in the South Caucasus lit a beacon which has never been extinguished since

Monday Commentary: The 1918 republics in the South Caucasus lit a beacon which has never been extinguished since

The festivities marking the centennial of the first republics in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia were well deserved, and not without present-day significance, for regardless of the managed narratives the powerful messages from a hundred years ago still resonate throughout the region, argues Dennis Sammut.
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1918: If there had not been the first republic, there would not have been Soviet Armenia, nor the current third republic
1918: If there had not been the first republic, there would not have been Soviet Armenia, nor the current third republic

1918: If there had not been the first republic, there would not have been Soviet Armenia, nor the current third republic

Armenia is marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Republic in May 1918. Alexandre Petrossian, a young political analyst based in Yerevan, reflects on the difficulties encountered by the founding fathers, and the achievements of the first republic