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A group of Russian tourists, likely the first foreign travelers from any country to enter North Korea since the pandemic arrive at the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

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North Korea welcomes Russian tourists, likely first to visit the isolated country since the pandemic
By EMMA BURROWS - Associated Press
Fri,02/09/24-3:18AM , 60 Reads
A group of Russian tourists arrived in North Korea on Friday, likely the first from any country to enter the isolated state since the pandemic.
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FILE – Liberal Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, after submitting documents to Russia's Central Election Committee for the March 17 presidential election. Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support Nadezhdin’s the longshot candidacy as he challenges President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

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An unlikely challenger to Putin brings a rare show of defiance, creating a dilemma for the Kremlin
By EMMA BURROWS - Associated Press
Fri,01/26/24-12:03AM , 72 Reads
They have lined up by the thousands across Russia in recent days, standing in the bitter cold for a chance to sign petitions to support an unlikely challenger to President Vladimir Putin.
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Igor Makarov poses for a photo during his interview with the Associated Press in Verona, Italy, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Most of his fortune earned doing business in Russia and the former Soviet Union is frozen, and his plans to develop his energy businesses are currently shelved. Western officials say sanctions against Russia's billionaires are meant to isolate President Vladimir Putin, choke off support for his war and turn powerful business allies against him. But in the 20 months since the invasion, only a handful of sanctioned businessmen have spoken out against him. (AP Photo/Emma Burrows)

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The West has sanctioned Russia's rich. But is that really punishing Putin and helping Ukraine?
By EMMA BURROWS - Associated Press
Wed,12/06/23-12:10AM , 47 Reads
VERONA, Italy (AP) — Sitting on a terrace in Verona as the bells toll at a nearby medieval church, Igor Makarov sips coffee as he describes his life as a billionaire under Western sanctions.
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People stroll at embankment of the Moscow River in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, with the "Moscow City" business district in the background. The glittering towers of the Moscow City business district were once symbols of the Russian capital's economic boom in the early 2000s. Now they are a sign of its vulnerability, following a series of drone attacks that rattled some Muscovites shaken and brought the war in Ukraine home to the seat of Russian power. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

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Drone attacks in Moscow’s glittering business district leave residents on edge
By EMMA BURROWS - Associated Press
Wed,08/02/23-12:16AM , 221 Reads
The glittering towers of the Moscow City business district dominate the skyline of the Russian capital. The sleek glass-and-steel buildings -- designed to attract investment amid an economic boom in the early 2000s – are a dramatic, modern contrast to the rest of the more than 800-year-old city.
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