At the high-profile St. Petersburg International Economic Forum earlier this month, the head of Moscow State University's Center for the National Intellectual Reserve, Katerina Tikhonova, gave a six-minute speech by video link about using "breakthrough technologies" to boost investment.
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Belarusian authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka met in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin as EU foreign ministers debate possible targets for new economic sanctions against Minsk in response to its diversion of a commercial plane and the arrest of a journalist on board.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin may hold a summit with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in June, a top Kremlin aide said on April 25.
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Rome has ordered the expulsion of two Russian officials over an escalating espionage case that Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio called an "extremely serious incident" between the NATO member state and Russia.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says there will be “costs and consequences” for Russia for its allegedly malign activities against the United States.
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Faced with a struggling economy and few financial lifelines, Kyrgyzstan is feeling the weight of its swelling state debt -- a significant proportion of which is owed to China -- and considering some drastic measures to meet its obligations.
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U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to run the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has told lawmakers that the "biggest geopolitical test" the United States faces comes from China but said Russia remains a familiar threat.
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In the aftermath of anti-government protests that swept Russia in late January and early February, a very different trend is emerging.
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Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Meeks joined Lead Republican Michael McCauland Reps. Kaptur, Kinzinger, and Keating in sending a letter to the Biden Administration urging it to prioritize the growing external and internal threats to U.S. international broadcasting at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
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