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Merkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue

MOSCOW (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia's treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, democratic values and other major topics of dispute Friday but vowed to maintain a dialogue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Merkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue

MOSCOW (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia's treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, democratic values and other major topics of dispute Friday but vowed to maintain a dialogue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Merkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue

MOSCOW (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia's treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, democratic values and other major topics of dispute Friday but vowed to maintain a dialogue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Merkel and Putin to discuss Afghanistan, other major issues

MOSCOW (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled to Russia Friday to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan, the separatist conflict in Ukraine and Moscow’s treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, among other issues.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Belarus Olympic runner who feared going home lands in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on social media, flew into Warsaw on Wednesday night on a humanitarian visa after leaving the Tokyo Olympics, a Polish diplomat confirmed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What is behind Belarus athlete's Olympics crisis?

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A feud between Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and team officials that prompted her to seek refuge in the European Union has again cast a spotlight on the repressive environment in the athlete's home country, an ex-Soviet nation where authorities have unleashed a relentless crackdown on …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus Olympic runner who feared going home lands in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on social media, flew into Warsaw on Wednesday night on a humanitarian visa after leaving the Tokyo Olympics, a Polish diplomat confirmed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What is behind Belarus athlete's Olympics crisis?

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A feud between Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and team officials that prompted her to seek refuge in the European Union has again cast a spotlight on the repressive environment in the athlete's home country, an ex-Soviet nation where authorities have unleashed a relentless crackdown on …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus Olympic runner who feared going home lands in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on social media, flew into Warsaw on Wednesday night on a humanitarian visa after leaving the Tokyo Olympics, a Polish diplomat confirmed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What is behind Belarus athlete's Olympics crisis?

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A feud between Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and team officials that prompted her to seek refuge in the European Union has again cast a spotlight on the repressive environment in the athlete's home country, an ex-Soviet nation where authorities have unleashed a relentless crackdown on …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus Olympic runner who feared going home lands in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on social media, flew into Warsaw on Wednesday night on a humanitarian visa after leaving the Tokyo Olympics, a Polish diplomat confirmed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus Olympic sprinter arrives in Vienna amid safety fears

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A plane carrying a Belarusian Olympic sprinter seeking refuge landed in Austria on Wednesday after she resisted an attempt by her Olympic team’s officials to send her home, where she feared reprisals from the authoritarian government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Belarus runner flies to Europe after feud with team managers

MOSCOW (AP) — A Belarusian sprinter left Tokyo en route to Europe on Wednesday after resisting an attempt by her Olympic team's officials to send her home to Belarus, where the athlete said she could be in danger from authorities who have relentlessly cracked down on dissent.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What is behind Belarus athlete's Olympics crisis?

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A feud between Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and team officials that prompted her to seek refuge in the European Union has again cast a spotlight on the repressive environment in the athlete's home country, an ex-Soviet nation where authorities have unleashed a relentless crackdown on …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea 'provocation'

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that an incident involving a British destroyer in the Black Sea couldn't have triggered a global conflict even if Russia had sunk the warship because the West knows it can't win such a war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

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