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Aleksei Ulyukayev, the Russian Minister for Economic Development, was arrested late last night, charged with receiving a $2 million bribe for endorsing the sale of a controlling interest in the oil company Bashneft to Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company.

After 3 hospitals and a school were reportedly bombed overnight, massive air and missile strikes are reported in eastern Aleppo.

Dekanoidze said that political interference in the work of the new police force had impeded her work.

Pro-Russian leaders have been elected in Bulgarian and Moldova, although the Kremlin denies it. Michael McFaul, former US ambassador to Moscow has been denied entry to Russia.

Day 1000: Heavy fighting reported near Mariupol.

Ukraine Day 998: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   2 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed, 2 Wounded as Fighting Continues Near Mariupol and Donetsk 2016-11-13 04:39:55 Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and […]

President Vladimir Putin is “hopeful” about the presidency of Donald Trump bringing improved relations; a Moscow court ruled to block the professional networking site LinkedIn for refusing to place servers with Russian customer data on Russian soil.

Ukraine Day 998: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   1 Ukrainian Soldier Killed, 1 Injured; Field Agents Arrest 5 People Passing Targeting Information to Militants 2016-11-12 02:47:04 Col. Andriy Lysenko, […]

Russian authorities in occupied Crimea will detain three Ukrainians they say are “saboteurs” for at least two months.

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