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Choreographer Polina Mitryashina, artist Victor Melamed, and jazz producer Evgenii Petrushanskiy, from left, in Tel Aviv on Nov. 2. All three are Russian artists who have recently fled Russia to live in Israel. Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for NPR hide caption

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Russia's biggest talents flee to Israel, seeking freedom from Putin's repression

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The International Space Station depends on a mix of U.S. and Russian parts. "I hope we can hold it together as long as we can," says former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. NASA hide caption

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Russia's war in Ukraine is threatening an outpost of cooperation in space

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Left to right: Alexey Voloshinov, 20, Nastasya Dubovitskaya, 23, Leonid Kabanov, 30, and Lev Kalashnikov, 35, are all Russians who are living in Tbilisi, Georgia, after leaving their country in recent weeks. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Meet the Russians who are fleeing — not the war, but their own government

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President Trump's lawyers said that a decade's worth of his tax returns show he doesn't owe money to Russian lenders and that he has received no income from Russian sources, with "a few exceptions." Without copies of those returns, these statements cannot be verified. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet is pictured in July on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, which is targeting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. U.S. Navy/Getty hide caption

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with "Today" show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid on Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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