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Russia Overtakes Saudi Arabia as World's Top Crude Producer Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest crude producer in December, when both countries started restricting supplies ahead of agreed cuts with other global producers to curb the worst glut in decades. Russia pumped 10.49...

US President Donald Trump receives a figurine of a sheriff during a meeting with county sheriffs at the White House on February 7. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque Lots of shouting, tiny stick Donald Trump won't be winning any wars against Islamist terror if he imagines dismantling the...

Homeopathy officially doesn't work, according to Russia's top science body "Damning report urges people to treat homeopathy 'on a par with magic'. The Russian Academy of Sciences has become the latest body to declare homeopathy has “no scientific basis” and endangers people who believe it to...

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It fits with traditional values, lawmakers say SHOULD it be a crime for a husband to hit his wife? In many countries this question no longer needs discussing. But not in Russia, where the Duma (parliament) voted this week to decriminalise domestic violence against family members unless it is a...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The first face-to-face meeting between Syrian rebel fighters and government officials in nearly six years of civil war ended abruptly on Monday when diplomatic talks quickly devolved into harsh words and competing accusations. The new round of talks arranged by Russia and...

Vladimir Putin has claimed there is a conspiracy to “delegitimise” Donald Trump and said the people who ordered a dossier of compromising personal information on the President-elect were “worse than prostitutes”. The Russian President claimed reports of Russia gathering intelligence on Mr Trump...

US troops enter Poland, 1st deployment at Russia's doorstep It is part of a larger commitment by President Barack Obama to protect a region that grew deeply nervous when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and then began backing separatist rebels in Ukraine's east. There are fears...

He also says Russia stepped in to prevent ISIS from growing. Meanwhile in public, US officials claim Assad & Russia are very comfortable with ISIS. NYT didn't publish this part of the audio in its story back 3 months ago. This part came online a few days ago.

:lupe: Russia taking Losses on Christmas? Russian plane crashes with 92 on board, wreckage in Black Sea, Defense Ministry says By Max Blau, CNN Updated 4:34 AM ET, Sun December 25, 2016 [paste:font size="5"] Crashed Russian military plane headed to Syria 03:58 Story...

:merchant::lupe: Calexit’: Yes California movement opens ‘embassy’ in Moscow A campaign calling for the independence of California from the United States has opened an “embassy” in Moscow. The movement, Yes California, is hoping for a “Calexit” break from the US. Speaking at a press...

Rickards is off his hoot IMO. China and Russia isn't the same as the Sino-Soviet split that occurred. The Eurasian project along with all of the other initiatives aren't going to be passed over even if Trump re-establishes full relations with Moscow. But it is a perspective that seems to be...

When you are training up to be a hacker it is important to be able to deal with any number of real-life distractions. Naturally then, these Russian coders were put to the test in the distracting realm of a strip club. As reported by RT this Moscow club held a ‘Hackathon’ to see which...

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Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to...

The FLOOD of civilians going to government held West Aleppo proves these people were being held hostage by the rebels. Mainstream media has been saying the government for some reason has attacked fleeing civilians going into... the government held side of the city :wtf: it makes no sense. But...

Sounds like a threat of more extremist groups. Qatar will continue to arm Syrian rebels even if Donald Trump ends U.S. backing for the multinational effort, Doha's foreign minister said in an interview, signaling its determination to pursue a policy the U.S. President-elect may abandon. But...