Day: October 27, 2019
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Trump Thanks Russia for Role in Operation to Kill Islamic State Leader Baghdadi
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday thanked countries including Russia for their roles in an overnight raid led by U.S. military forces in Syria that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I want to thank the nations of Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iraq and I also want to thank the Syrian Kurds for certain…
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Vyborg Restoration: How Russia’s Most Scandinavian Town Is Coming Back to Life
The town of Vyborg in northwestern Russia boasts a historic heritage unlike any other in the country. Lying just 40 kilometers south of Russia’s border with Finland, it is full of medieval, Art Nouveau and constructivist architecture that reflects the towns’ many owners—the Swedes, Russians, Finns and Soviets. In recent years however, the town was…