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Russian prime minister warns US against ramping up sanctions
ByMichael Armstrong August 10, 2018

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s prime minister has sternly warned the United States against ramping up sanctions, saying that Moscow will strike back with economic, political and unspecified “other” means. Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that if the U.S. introduces sanctions against Russian banks as some reports indicated, Moscow will see that as a declaration of an…

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NATO joins 25 nations in Russian expulsions over spy attack
ByMichael Armstrong March 27, 2018March 29, 2018

NATO joined 25 governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, marking what London called a “turning point” in the West’s relations with Moscow. The US-led military alliance expelled seven Russian staff and denied accreditation to three more, bringing the total number of suspected Russian…

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