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White House special envoy Steve Witkoff arrives to meet families of hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip, at the plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ukraine, U.S. zero in on Russian oil ahead of Trump’s Aug. 8 ceasefire deadline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Obgolts-Shubin after 32...Kf8.

Two rising Russian chess stars to keep an eye on

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, leaves after a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Latest: Kremlin open to any format for Trump meeting

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, arrives for a meeting with European foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 13, 2019. The EU backers of the Iran nuclear deal meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss ways to keep the pact afloat. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Arms control a top issue at Russia-US talks Tuesday in Sochi

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures while speaking to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is at left. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Arms control a top issue at Russia-U.S. talks Tuesday in Sochi

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, June 26, 2017, Russian tourists enjoy the black sea in front of the Fisht stadium in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

WORLD CUP: Sochi is a summer and winter tourist attraction

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Palchun-Bocharov after 29. Rhf1.

Opening statement — a chess struggle in Black and White

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 file photo, athletes from Russia wave during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Russia says the IOC has reinstated the country to the Olympic movement despite two failed doping tests by its athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In quotes carried by the TASS news agency, Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov said a letter had been received earlier Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 from the IOC announcing the nation's reinstatement. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Russia reinstated into Olympic movement after doping scandal

By ROB HARRIS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

PSG's Neymar lays on the pitch after being fouled during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille at the Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

PSG denies Neymar requires surgery; Brazil doctor in Paris

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Marcel Hirscher, of Austria, skies into the finish area after the first run of the men's slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

The Latest: Trump congratulates US women’s hockey on gold

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Syrians walk towards the Oncupinar border crossing with Syria, known as Bab al Salameh in Arabic, in the outskirts of the town of Kilis, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Renewed clashes erupted on Monday on a strategic hilltop in northwestern Syria captured by Turkish troops the day before as Syrian Kurdish militiamen try to regain control. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

The Latest: UN envoy welcomes effort for new Syria charter

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) met Monday with Syrian President Bashar Assad, who thanked him for "saving Syria" with the help of the Russian military. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin’s Syria plan shows Russia’s power in Middle East

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This Wednesday, March 1, 2017 file photo shows an inside view of the Fisht Olympic stadium which will host some 2018 World Cup matches, in Sochi, Russia. The Russian city of Sochi's only professional soccer club says it's withdrawing from the league, in a move which calls World Cup legacy plans into question. FC Sochi says in a website statement that it's &quot;taking a break&quot; to rethink its strategy but plans to return in the 2018-19 season. It didn't mention any deal with Russian football authorities, who would need to approve any return. (AP Phoro/Artur Lebedev, File)

Sochi club withdraws from league in blow to World Cup plans

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In this photo taken on Saturday, May 27, 2017 people carrying a Cameroon flag, take part in a parade in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)

No racism in Sochi, mayor insists after racism row at parade

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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1990 file photo the West-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is framed by German flags as he waves to spectators during a campaign rally in Erfurt, then still GDR. Helmut Kohl died June 16, 2017. (Heinz Wieseler/dpa via AP)

Germany soccer team to wear black armbands in Helmut Kohl tribute

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In this photo taken Saturday, May 27, 2017 people carrying a Cameroon flag, take part in a parade in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. People in blackface wearing African clothing and carrying bananas marched in a government-backed weekend parade in Sochi, a city that will host one of Cameroon's matches at the Confederations Cup. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)

FIFA says blackface in Sochi parade was ‘inappropriate’

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 frame grab made available by Russian Rossiya One TV Channel Emergency Ministry employees prepare a submersible to make it ready to join the search for bodies and fragments of the crashed plane, on a pier just outside Sochi, Russia. (Rossiya One TV Channel photo via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

The Latest: Witness who filmed Russian plane’s crash located

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Candles are placed around a photo of the crashed Tu-154 in memory of victims of the crashed plane in the center of Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. A Tu-154 operated by the Russian Defense Ministry en route to Syria crashes into the Black Sea minutes after takeoff from Sochi. Everybody aboard the plane are thought to have perished and the cause of the crash is not immediately known. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

The Latest: Russia: Divers find jet fragments in Black Sea

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, stands with doctor Yelizaveta Glinka after giving her a state award at the award presentation ceremony for charity and human rights achievements in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. A Russian plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec. 25, minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. Glinka, widely known for her charity efforts, was among those on board the Tu-154 plane. Her foundation said she was accompanying a shipment of medicines for a Syrian hospital. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Russian divers to work all night at crash site

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In this photo taken on Thursday, March 31, 2016, the Alexandrov Ensemble choir performs during a concert in Moscow, Russia. A Russian plane with 92 people aboard, including the well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec. 25, minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. The Tu-154, which belonged to the ministry, was taking the Alexandrov Ensemble to a concert at the Russian air base in Syria. (AP Photo)

Russia examines all possible reasons for Black Sea jet crash

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and VERONIKA SILCHENKO - Associated Press