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Anadolu AgencyPublished June 12, 2018

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho speaks at a meeting with Russian officials in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 31, 2018. (Russian Foreign Press and Information Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

No surprises in Putin victory, but question for Russian Jews is what comes next

By Uriel Heilman, JTAPublished March 5, 2012

With Vladimir Putin’s re-election as president of Russia pretty much a foregone conclusion, the question facing Russia was never what would result from last weekend’s election but what would happen after the vote. Thousands of protesters turned out...

Editorial: Russian to Judgment?

Published February 8, 2012

In what should not have been a surprise to those who view the foreign policies of Russia and China in historical context, those two autocratic regimes used their veto to block even a watered-down resolution calling upon Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad...

Office opens in Moscow to help Russian immigrants prove Jewishness

JTAPublished February 2, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An office to help Russian immigrants to Israel and other countries prove their Jewish status has opened in Moscow. The Shorashim Center, also known as the Office for Clarification of Jewish Status, opened last week in the Russian capital's...

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