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A Post-Soviet Baby Bust Comes Back To Bite Russia

2:32pm November 11, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russia is facing a demographic crisis. Some women are having more babies, but there are fewer mothers overall. The country may face worse economic problems and challenges staffing its armed forces.

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A man walks outside the building that houses Russia's antidoping agency (RUSADA) in Moscow Tuesday. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation for the Moscow anti-doping laboratory.

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World Sports Agency Pulls Certification Of Russia's Doping Lab

10:09am November 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The move means that all athletes' samples that are currently at a Moscow lab named in a recent investigation must be moved to an accredited lab outside of Russia.

Russian Artist Arrested After Torching Intelligence Agency's Doors

8:28pm November 09, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Images show Pyotr Pavlensky standing before the doors to the Lubyanka, the Soviet-era prison and former KGB headquarters that now houses the main office of the FSB security service.

World Anti-Doping Agency Wants Russia Banned From Athletics Competitions

12:06pm November 09, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

An independent commission found that Russia engaged in state-sponsored doping and that the London 2012 Olympics were "sabotaged" by the widespread cheating.

An EasyJet agent talks to tourists stranded at Sharm el-Sheik's airport in Egypt Friday. The airline's plans to operate at least 10 flights out of the resort today were hampered by delays.

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First British Tourists Leave Egypt, As Questions About Airline Crash Linger

10:12am November 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

British investigators tell the BBC that they "believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off," the news agency reports.

A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a jetliner crash outside Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

As Final Bodies Are Flown To Russia, Clues Emerge About Metrojet Plane Crash

7:29am November 03, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The final moments of the aircraft are still a mystery, but cockpit voice and flight data recorders have been recovered and investigators are combing through the evidence.

People mourn the victims of the Airbus A321 crash at the Palace Square on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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With Cause Of Plane Crash Still Unknown, Russians Begin Identifying Remains

2:07pm November 02, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The government has not determined a cause of the crash. But the company that owned the Airbus A321 said the crash could have been caused by an external force.

The Russian aircraft carrying 224 people crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Russian Official: Airliner Broke Apart In Midair Over Sinai Peninsula

6:57pm November 01, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The flight bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, from the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh plummeted "abruptly from 31,000 feet just 23 minutes" after it took off, according to the Associated Press.

The Metrojet Airbus A-321 with registration number EI-ETJ that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is seen here last month, at an airport in Turkey. The Russian airliner crashed while carrying 224 passengers and crew, the Egyptian civil aviation authority

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Russian Passenger Plane Crashes In Sinai With 224 Aboard

2:52pm October 31, 2015

by Emma Bowman

After taking off in Egypt on a flight to St. Petersburg, Russia, the aircraft crashed in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian officials say there were no survivors.

Migrants walk toward Austria from a camp in Sentilj, Slovenia, on Sunday. Many migrants are from Syria and are sometimes from opposite sides of the country's war.

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For Syrian Refugees, Old Frictions At Home Can Re-Emerge In Europe

2:53pm October 27, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Refugees from both sides of Syria's civil war are among those now streaming into Europe. It makes for some sensitive discussions along the migrant trail.

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