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VIDEOS & ARTICLE: RUSSIA: “Extensive” Tests Under Way On Putin Foe Navalny At Berlin Hospital

August 22, 2020 Steve Welsh Russia, Russian Government, SCW Russia Wire

SCW NEWSWATCH VIDEO: RUSSIA: “Alexei Navalny, Russian Dissident Who Abruptly Fell Ill, Departs Siberian Hospital for Germany; Navalny’s plight could have a chilling effect on the opposition to President Putin, political analysts say” – WSJ 8.21.20

August 22, 2020 Steve Welsh Headlines, Russia, SCW Newswatch, SCW Russia Wire, SteveWire

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SCW RUSSIAWIRE: “Putin says no talks with Ukraine about release of sailors” – Reuters

December 3, 2018 Steve Welsh Headlines, Russia, Russian Military, SCW Newswatch, SCW Russia Wire, Ukraine

“… Putin said on Saturday there had been no discussion with Ukraine about the possible release of the Ukrainian sailors who were seized along with

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SCW RUSSIAWIRE: “Russia opens criminal probe over failed rocket launch” – AFP

October 11, 2018 Steve Welsh Headlines, Russia, SCW Newswatch, SCW Russia Wire, Space, U.S.-Russian Relations

“Russian investigators … opened a criminal probe into a failed rocket launch that caused a two-man crew to make an emergency landing shortly after blast-off

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SCW RUSSIAWIRE: “Russian Communists Say Election Stolen by Pro-Putin Candidate” – Reuters

September 17, 2018 Steve Welsh Headlines, Russia, Russian Corruption, Russian Government, SCW Newswatch, SCW Russia Wire

“… With 95 percent of votes counted on Sunday night, Kremlin-backed United Russia incumbent Andrei Tarasenko was trailing his Communist rival by around 5 percent.