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  • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looks through a microscope during a visit to the Kurchatov scientific research institute in Moscow on September 30, 2009. Medvedev made a working visit to the research center.                 AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM SHIPENKOV (Photo credit should read MAXIM SHIPENKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looks through a microscope during a visit to the Kurchatov scientific research institute in Moscow on September 30, 2009. Medvedev made a working visit to the research center. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM SHIPENKOV (Photo credit should read MAXIM SHIPENKOV/AFP/Getty Images)

    The World’s Largest Free Scientific Resource Is Now Blocked in Russia

    A feud within Russia's scientific community could have major repercussions.

  • Pedestrians walk past a shelter sign set up on an exit of a subway station in Seoul on September 4, 2017.
South Korean media called on September 4 for Seoul to consider building its own nuclear weapons amid growing doubts over its decades-old alliance with Washington following North Korea's sixth nuclear test. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je        (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
    Pedestrians walk past a shelter sign set up on an exit of a subway station in Seoul on September 4, 2017. South Korean media called on September 4 for Seoul to consider building its own nuclear weapons amid growing doubts over its decades-old alliance with Washington following North Korea's sixth nuclear test. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • (FILES) Picture taken on September 24, 2009 shows Belarussian soldiers near an S-300 surface-to-air missile complex using during the joint Russian-Belarussian military exercises "West-2009" some 230km southwest of Minsk near the village of Volka. Russia has arrested a Chinese national who was trying to secure secret documents about the country's S-300 missile systems, the FSB federal security service said on October 2011. The man, identified in Russian as Tung Shen-Yun, worked as an official translator and was originally arrested on October 28, 2010, Russian news agencies quoted an FSB statement as saying.     AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo credit should read VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)
    (FILES) Picture taken on September 24, 2009 shows Belarussian soldiers near an S-300 surface-to-air missile complex using during the joint Russian-Belarussian military exercises "West-2009" some 230km southwest of Minsk near the village of Volka. Russia has arrested a Chinese national who was trying to secure secret documents about the country's S-300 missile systems, the FSB federal security service said on October 2011. The man, identified in Russian as Tung Shen-Yun, worked as an official translator and was originally arrested on October 28, 2010, Russian news agencies quoted an FSB statement as saying. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo credit should read VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)

    Belarus Is Going to “War” — With a Fake Country

    A made-up nation created for Belarusian-Russian military drills has sparked the national imagination.

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  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump  prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7.
Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON        (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images)
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images)
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    The Bolshevik Revolution Is a Chinese Tourist Trap

    China is excited by the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's rise to power — and Russians are excited to take its money.

  • PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 22:  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center during a rally on August 22, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. An earlier statement by the president that he was considering a pardon for Joe Arpaio,, the former sheriff of Maricopa County who was convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a court order in a case involving racial profiling, has angered Latinos and immigrant rights advocates.  (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
    PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 22: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center during a rally on August 22, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. An earlier statement by the president that he was considering a pardon for Joe Arpaio,, the former sheriff of Maricopa County who was convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a court order in a case involving racial profiling, has angered Latinos and immigrant rights advocates. (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
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    The Secret History of Diplomats and Invisible Weapons

    The alleged use of a “sound weapon” against U.S. Embassy officials in Cuba harks back to a Cold War medical mystery.

  • US General John Nicholson, incoming commander of Resolute Support forces and United States forces in Afghanistan, salutes during a change of command ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul on March 2, 2016.  Just over one year ago, the US and NATO-led mission in Afghanistan transitioned into an Afghan operation, with allied nations assisting in training and equipping local forces to tackle Taliban and other groups.  AFP PHOTO / Rahmat Gul / POOL / AFP / POOL / Rahmat Gul        (Photo credit should read RAHMAT GUL/AFP/Getty Images)
    US General John Nicholson, incoming commander of Resolute Support forces and United States forces in Afghanistan, salutes during a change of command ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul on March 2, 2016. Just over one year ago, the US and NATO-led mission in Afghanistan transitioned into an Afghan operation, with allied nations assisting in training and equipping local forces to tackle Taliban and other groups. AFP PHOTO / Rahmat Gul / POOL / AFP / POOL / Rahmat Gul (Photo credit should read RAHMAT GUL/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Washington Just Punished Russia — and Helped Putin

    The Trump administration just made it harder for Russians to enter the United States ... and gave the Kremlin an easy win.

  • Ukrainian Minister of Defence Stepan Poltorak (L-back) speaks to US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (C) before a military parade in Kiev on August 24, 2017 to celebrate the Independence Day, 26 years since Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union.  / AFP PHOTO / Genya SAVILOV        (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)
    Ukrainian Minister of Defence Stepan Poltorak (L-back) speaks to US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (C) before a military parade in Kiev on August 24, 2017 to celebrate the Independence Day, 26 years since Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union.  / AFP PHOTO / Genya SAVILOV (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)
  • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - JULY 08: The Ku Klux Klan protests on July 8, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The KKK is protesting the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, and calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - JULY 08: The Ku Klux Klan protests on July 8, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The KKK is protesting the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, and calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)

    Donald Trump Can Make Friends With Russians or Nazis but Not Both

    Russia has piled onto the latest Trump-bashing bandwagon — but there's more to it this time than sheer cynicism.

  • KORENGAL VALLEY, AFG - OCTOBER 27:  U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost October 27, 2008. The military spends huge effort and money to fly in supplies to soldiers of the 1-26 Infantry based in the Korengal Valley, site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Afghan war. The unpaved road into the remote area is bad and will become more treacherous with the onset of winter.  (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
    KORENGAL VALLEY, AFG - OCTOBER 27: U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost October 27, 2008. The military spends huge effort and money to fly in supplies to soldiers of the 1-26 Infantry based in the Korengal Valley, site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Afghan war. The unpaved road into the remote area is bad and will become more treacherous with the onset of winter. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

    Back to the Future in Afghanistan

    Trump’s “new approach” isn’t new at all, but it’s the least worst option.

  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaves after speaking to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London on May 19, 2017.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday hailed an "important victory" after Swedish prosecutors dropped a rape investigation against him, speaking in a rare public appearance at Ecuador's embassy in London. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS        (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaves after speaking to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London on May 19, 2017. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday hailed an "important victory" after Swedish prosecutors dropped a rape investigation against him, speaking in a rare public appearance at Ecuador's embassy in London. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

    WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign

    The leak organization ignored damaging information on the Kremlin to focus on Hillary Clinton and election-related hacks.

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