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Russian lawmakers give Putin OK to use troops in Syria

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. The Kremlin sought to play down the decision, saying it will only use its air force there, not ground troops. Putin had to request parliamentary approval for any use of Russian troops abroad,

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Hezbollah leader welcomes Russia’s growing role in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group has welcomed what he described as Russia's growing "combat presence" in Syria, saying it will have a significant impact on the war in the neighboring country. Moscow has denied that it is building up its

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Russia: If Syria asks us to send troops, we’ll consider it

MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider sending troops to fight in Syria if Damascus were to ask for it. Russia on Thursday urged the United States and its allies to engage the Syrian government as a "partner" in the fight against

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A look at politically tainted trials in Russia

Written by Nataliya Vasilyeva MOSCOW (AP) — The guilty verdict Tuesday for Crimean filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in a Russian maximum-security prison for an alleged terror conspiracy, follows a plethora of recent Russian trials that are widely seen as warnings to society not to

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Rubio revisits childhood in Vegas, calls Putin a criminal

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio called Russian President Vladimir Putin a criminal on Saturday in a presidential campaign speech less focused on foreign and domestic policy than recounting his parents' immigrant experience to voters in his childhood hometown.