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Russia Lifts Soviet-Era Rules On What Jobs Women Can Do

Rules have been changed in Russia to allow women to do about 350 types of jobs that were previously forbidden. The move is being celebrated as a step forward for gender equality.

Russia Lifts Soviet-Era Rules On What Jobs Women Can Do

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Russian Pro-Navalny Protesters Show Support With Their Phones

Supporters of Alexei Navalny will gathered in apartment courtyards across Russia Sunday, hoping to show solidarity with the imprisoned opposition leader while avoiding police repression.

Russian Pro-Navalny Protesters Show Support With Their Phones

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U.S. Diplomat Asks Belarus To Release Her Jailed Husband, Vitali Shkliarov

The detention of Vitali Shkliarov, seen in a Moscow cafe in 2017, is part of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's efforts to portray the uprising against his regime as a Western-backed plot, Shkliarov's lawyer tells NPR. Andrew Roth/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Diplomat Asks Belarus To Release Her Jailed Husband, Vitali Shkliarov

Heather Shkliarov warns that her Belarusian American husband's health is in "immediate danger" following his late-July arrest by security forces of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Amid Democratic Street Uprising, Belarusian Strongman Gets Support From Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia, on Monday. Kremlin press office handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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Amid Democratic Street Uprising, Belarusian Strongman Gets Support From Russia

Alexander Lukashenko got a boost from a meeting with Vladimir Putin amid a disputed presidential election in Belarus and street protests, the biggest crisis of the Belarusian president's 26-year rule.

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Vladimir Putin Throws A Lifeline To Belarusian President

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a limited lifeline to Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, who's faced more than a month of protests after accusations of a rigged election victory.

Vladimir Putin Throws A Lifeline To Belarusian President

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'Terror Against The People': Belarus Detains Another Opposition Leader

A woman covered in a red and white flag is among protesters in Minsk on Sept. 6. Sunday's demonstration marked the beginning of the fifth week of daily protests calling for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's resignation. AP hide caption

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'Terror Against The People': Belarus Detains Another Opposition Leader

Unidentified masked men detained opposition leader Maxim Znak on Wednesday. Others have been forced into exile or arrested. Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich warned of "terror against the people."

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Questions Arise Over Whereabouts Of Belarusian Opposition Leader

Media in Belarus report the country's opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was abducted by masked men and hauled away in a van Monday morning while walking in the capital city Minsk.

Questions Arise Over Whereabouts Of Belarusian Opposition Leader

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Missing Belarusian Opposition Leader Was Arrested, Not Abducted, Government Says

Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova attends a rally Sunday in Minsk, Belarus, to protest the disputed results of her country's Aug. 9 presidential election. tut.by/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Missing Belarusian Opposition Leader Was Arrested, Not Abducted, Government Says

Maria Kolesnikova, 38, was taken away by masked men in a van Monday in Minsk, according to reports citing eyewitnesses. Authorities later said she was arrested while trying to cross into Ukraine.

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Family Wants Russian Hospital Investigated For Its Handling Of COVID-19

A Russian family believes the death of a relative from the coronavirus was both unnecessary and uncounted by the state.

Family Wants Russian Hospital Investigated For Its Handling Of COVID-19

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Putin Announces A Date For Constitutional Referendum As Moscow Starts To Reopen

The city of Moscow has eased its coronavirus lockdown Monday. President Putin used the occasion to set a date for a constitutional referendum that would allow him to remain in power until 2036.

Putin Announces A Date For Constitutional Referendum As Moscow Starts To Reopen

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Official COVID-19 Death Tally In Russia's Dagestan Masks 'Catastrophe,' Residents Say

Russian Emergency Situations Ministry employees carry out the disinfection of a mosque in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. Musa Salgereyev/TASS hide caption

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Official COVID-19 Death Tally In Russia's Dagestan Masks 'Catastrophe,' Residents Say

Russia has sent crews to assist in Dagestan, where the official number of COVID-19 deaths is 29. "It long ago became clear the official statistics have no basis in reality," a resident says.

U.S. Sends Ventilators To Russia In $5.6 Million Coronavirus Aid Package

A shipment of medical aid from the United States, including 50 ventilators, appears inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane Thursday at Vnukovo International Airport outside Moscow. Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Sends Ventilators To Russia In $5.6 Million Coronavirus Aid Package

The U.S. government delivers 50 American-made ventilators on Thursday and will send another 150 next week.

Surrogate-Born Babies Wait In Ukraine Amid Coronavirus Travel Restrictions

Nurses and newborns in Hotel Venice, a facility owned by BioTexCom clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Dozens of babies born to surrogate mothers are stranded in Ukraine as the coronavirus restrictions prevent foreign parents from collecting them. Gleb Garanich/Reuters hide caption

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Surrogate-Born Babies Wait In Ukraine Amid Coronavirus Travel Restrictions

The pandemic has hit the global business of surrogate birthing, leaving many infants and their new parents thousands of miles apart.

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