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In a new four-article series, The Independent reveals the details of Bel Trew’s special investigation into the desperate plight of hundreds – potentially thousands – of people with disabilities caught ...

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Temperatures rose to unseasonable highs throughout Russia last week. In Moscow, city-dwellers welcomed the reprieve from the cold, casting off their heavy coats and delighting in the sound of singing ...

Moscow’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian ...

In the bleak and bitter winter of early 1947, the Nazi killing machine has been vanquished but Britain and America face the machinations of another ruthless enemy... the emboldened Soviet leader ...

The dreaded Russian winter this year does not scare anyone: in 75 percent of the territory of Russia are recorded completely abnormal temperatures that exceed between 7 and 13 degrees Celsius the ...

The Nordic country has a network of underground shelters unmatched in the West and the largest number of reservists in the ...

The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...

Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic. NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of sabotage.

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