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Secret swap

Russia Conducts Spy Exchange With Norway, Lithuania

The move secures the return of several captured agents to their home countries.
DESTROY NOT RESTORE

Expert Calls for Demolition of St. Petersburg’s Center to Save Money

A Moscow architecture expert told the St. Petersburg Cultural Forum the city can’t afford conservation and needs to attract investors.
Desperate times

Crimean Zoo Owner Asks Public to Adopt 30 Bears – Or He'll Kill Them

Oleg Zubkov pointed to government pressure and mounting fines as the reasons he can no longer provide a home for the bears.
New Boss

Russia Lands Forces at Former U.S. Air Base in Northern Syria

Armed Russian military police were shown in footage aired flying into the Syrian air base in northern Aleppo province.

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