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Vladimir Putin Easily Wins New 6-Year Term As Russian President

2:58am March 19, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In a widely expected outcome, Putin faced a weak field of candidates after disqualifying his only potential rival. He is set to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin.

In Moscow, Russian voters will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes in the country's presidential election.

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From Pride To Protest: How Russians Feel About Their Presidential Election

8:47pm March 16, 2018

Ahead of Sunday's presidential election in Russia, NPR spoke with a Putin supporter, an opposition supporter and a Russian who sees no point in voting.

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Chef Vladimir Mukhin prepares food at his Chef's Table restaurant in Moscow. Mukhin owns more than 20 restaurants, mostly in Russia, including White Rabbit.

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The Russian Chef Who Is Bringing Back His Homeland's Colorful, Classic Cuisine

7:20pm March 16, 2018

Before the Soviet period, "Russian food had color," says Vladimir Mukhin of Moscow's world-famous White Rabbit restaurant. He aims to honor those flavors, as well as locally source his ingredients.

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Power lines hang from a pole in a Brooklyn neighborhood on March 15 in New York City. As U.S. officials step up sanctions on Russian intelligence for its interference in the 2016 elections, members of the Trump administration have accused Russia of a cybe

Report: Russian Hackers Had The Ability To Shut Down U.S. Power Plants

6:28pm March 16, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

For the first time, the U.S. publicly blamed Russia for cyberattacks on the country's energy grid. The hackers reportedly broke into the core operations systems of companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Nikolai Glushkov's death is being investigated as a murder, London's Metropolitan Police say.

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Russian Nikolai Glushkov's Death In London Was A Murder, Police Say

4:03pm March 16, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The cause of death was "compression to the neck," police say. Glushkov was a former close associate of a noted critic of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

Internet activist Lyudmila Savchuk spent two months working in a "troll factory" in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was tasked with writing posts that would inflame anti-American sentiment among Russians. Others at the factory would write negative posts about

Meet The Activist Who Uncovered The Russian Troll Factory Named In The Mueller Probe

10:48pm March 15, 2018

by Jolie Myers

Lyudmila Savchuk infiltrated an online troll farm in St. Petersburg. "That feeling from the Soviet times — I can feel it everywhere," she tells NPR.

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Gold bars that fell on the runway at an airport in Siberia on Thursday.

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Dozens Of Gold Bars Reportedly Fell From An Airplane In Siberia

5:59pm March 15, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A "gold rush" started among residents after the treasure escaped the plane during takeoff, according to local media. There was apparently a hatch failure.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia, on Wednesday.

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Russia Promises Reprisals To U.K. As White House Calls Out Moscow Over Poison Attack

11:23am March 15, 2018

The leaders of France, Germany and the U.S. say, "We share the U.K. assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation" other than Russia being behind the attack.

Police officers stand guard near a forensics tent in a Sainsbury's parking lot on Tuesday, as investigations continue more than a week after the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England.

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Britain Gives Russia 'Until Midnight' To Explain Use Of Nerve Agent

5:13pm March 13, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Britain is preparing to take "commensurate but robust" action after it concluded that Russia is behind the use of a deadly nerve agent on U.K. soil, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says.

Police are investigating at a residential address in southwest London on Tuesday, where the body of Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov was found on Monday night. Glushkov, 68, was a close friend of former Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, a prominent c

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Nikolai Glushkov, Russian Exile Linked To A Putin Critic, Dies In London

4:08pm March 13, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The Metropolitan Police says that its counterterrorism unit is handling the case "because of associations that the man is believed to have had."