Charles Maynes

Independent radio producer and reporter based in Moscow

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With Russia distracted in Ukraine, Azerbaijan launches attack on Armenian enclave

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Azerbaijan has renewed efforts to regain control of Nagorno-Karabkh, a disputed enclave with a majority ethnic Armenian population and a decades-long source of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

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Here's what happened in Kim Jong Un's meeting with Putin

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged support for Russia's war in Ukraine at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Putin and Kim hold meeting at a remote spaceport in Russia's Far East

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Russian city of Vladivostok — the same site as their last meeting in 2019, but under different circumstances.

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The Kremlin confirms Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet this week

Monday, September 11, 2023

U.S. officials announced last week that the two leaders would meet in Vladivostok, as Russian President Putin seeks more arms to supply his war in Ukraine. Russia confirmed the summit on Monday.

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Turkey has failed to persuade Russia to rejoin the Ukraine grain deal

Monday, September 04, 2023

In talks in Sochi, Russia, President Vladimir Putin rejected efforts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to revive a United Nations-backed deal to allow the safe passage of grain from Ukraine.

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Prigozhin is buried in St. Petersburg as Russians make memorials for the Wagner chief

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. Many Russians are mourning — and speculating about the crash.

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What comes next for the Wagner Group following the death of its leader

Monday, August 28, 2023

Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Priogozhin may be dead, but his private army remains. With some Russians publicly mourning Prigozhin, the future of his fighters is unclear.

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The Kremlin denies causing the plane crash thought to have killed Prigozhin

Friday, August 25, 2023

The Kremlin is dismissing allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the apparent death of Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash.

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What we know — and don't — about the Russian crash that possibly killed Prigozhin

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, appeared on the passenger list of a business jet that crashed Wednesday in Russia. Beyond that, little is clear.

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Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin reported killed in plane crash

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led a brief uprising against Russia's military in June. A plane crashed in Russia Wednesday, and he may be among the people who died.

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Weeks after Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny, he has apparently died in a plane crash

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Russian state media say a business jet crashed north of Moscow killing all aboard and that Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's name is among the passenger list.

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Russia is trying to recover from currency dip by hiking interest rates

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Russia has increased interest rates to try to stabilize the country's currency. But that doesn't mean it's running out of money to pay for the war in Ukraine. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 16, 2023.)

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Russia is trying to recover from currency dip by hiking interest rates

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Russia has increased interest rates to try to stabilize the country's currency. But it doesn't mean it's running out of money to pay for the war in Ukraine.

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As the war in Ukraine continues, China's defense minister visits Russia, Belarus

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

China Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus this week.

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Russia launches its first lunar probe in nearly 50 years

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Russia has launched a lunar probe for the first time in nearly 50 years, with the goal of making the first uncrewed landing at the moon's south pole.

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Russian opposition activist Navalny is sentenced to 19 more years in prison

Friday, August 04, 2023

The Russian activist, a fierce opponent of President Vladimir Putin, was sentenced Friday on extremism charges, which he denies. He is already serving prison sentences on other charges he denies.

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Isolated by the West, Putin hosted a summit for leaders from Africa in St. Petersburg

Saturday, July 29, 2023

At a time of increasing isolation for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the world stage, he just concluded a summit with leaders from Africa.

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Explosions disrupt traffic on a key bridge from Crimea to Russia's mainland

Monday, July 17, 2023

Traffic on a key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland was disrupted Monday after one of its sections was blown up in what Russian officials said was a Ukrainian attack that killed two.

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Explosions reported on key bridge linking annexed Crimea and Russia's mainland

Monday, July 17, 2023

At least two people have died and another was injured after what Russian authorities are calling an "emergency" on a key bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea.

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Putin met with Wagner founder and his mercenaries just days after they led a mutiny

Monday, July 10, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late in June.

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