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Russia stole from a Ukrainian crypt the bones of Catherine the Great's lover, the conqueror who...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the annual meeting with participants of the Valdai...
Russian forces steal remains of national icon Potemkin from grave in Kherson OLD
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian forces have removed the remains of Grigory Potemkin, a Russian statesman, from his grave in...
Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoRussian shelling damaged a landmark church Thursday in the Ukrainian city of Kherson that until last...
Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,' legitimizing Russian invasion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the United States and its allies should not...
Free Florida is a facade
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPrince Gregory Potemkin is remembered for creating villages that could be put up along the Dnipro River before Catherine the Great arrived and...
This Pennsylvania Town Is Known As the 'Switzerland of America' — Here's Why
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe perfect alpine escape is closer than you think. Alex Potemkin/Getty Images You’d probably expect...
Kansas’ presidential primary means about as much as Vladimir Putin’s big ‘landslide’ | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThey called it a “Potemkin election.” Over the weekend, Russians went to the polls and delivered a...
In a storied Ukrainian city, a dance with wartime destiny
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the sinewy 41-year-old ballet dancer's telling, it wasn’t really such a grand jeté to exit the...
Empire building has always come at an economic cost for Russia – from the days of the czars to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Russian economy: A Potemkin village? Getty ImagesPresident Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...
Rescue plan. What situation does Putin find himself in
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhy Putin chose an inertial path. Someone from the Russian commentariat very aptly described Putin's...