The Washington Post

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Here are 10 of the week’s best photos https://wapo.st/3wKsd2L 

Here are 10 of the week’s best photos

Flowers are placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of its centennial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia; activists take part in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice in…

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Jake Cordell

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Russian dep PM: 92% of excess fatalities in 2021 are Covid-19.

A *huge* admission from the Kremlin which has repeatedly denied/ignored/covered-up that Russia is one of the worst affected countries in the world.

Excess deaths since April 2020: 723k. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/11/01/russias-excess-death-toll-passed-720k-before-brutal-fourth-wave-a75456 …

Russia’s Excess Death Toll Passed 720K Before Brutal Fourth Wave

Russia is recording record-high numbers of new infections while vaccination rates remain low.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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It’s the second effort by the Kremlin in less than 24 hours to highlight the Western military presence in the Black Sea region and accuse Washington of escalating tensions.https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-challenge-nato-black-sea/31559632.html …

Putin Says U.S., NATO Moves In Black Sea ‘Serious Challenge’ For Russia

President Vladimir Putin has called U.S. and NATO activities in the Black Sea a “serious challenge” for Russia, which has asserted additional naval rights in the region since seizing Crimea from…

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Guardian news

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‘Remembrance will be difficult’: Afghanistan veterans reeling from Taliban takeover https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/13/remembrance-will-be-difficult-afghanistan-veterans-reeling-from-taliban-takeover?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1636790924 …

‘Remembrance will be difficult’: Afghanistan veterans reeling from Taliban takeover

Former major says withdrawal has prompted some British veterans to question value of time in country

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X Soviet@XSovietNews

Putin says he has nothing to do with migrants on the Polish border with Belarus.

Геннадий Гудков@gudkov_g

Банально, старо…. Но, блин, с самую суть!

New York Times World

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Russia is backing Belarus in its confrontation with the European Union over migrants at the E.U. border. But Russia also is worried about entanglement in a crisis that some say it doesn’t want. https://nyti.ms/3c7sraJ 

Migrant Crisis in Belarus Tests Putin’s Uneasy Alliance With Lukashenko

Last year Vladimir V. Putin helped save Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s Belarusian regime. But Russia now has an ever-more-erratic ally and risks entanglement in a dangerous crisis.

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