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Reds & seabeds

Reds & seabeds

AND to think it once seemed the submarine magic peaked in November when David Johnston had his canoe spew.

Wall Street Journal
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 23 2014, file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin walks as he attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia. As the diplomatic chill over Ukraine grows, the Kremlin seems keener than ever on enlisting Europe’s anti-EU parties in its campaign for influence in the West. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia braces for big chill

FOR most of the year as Vladimir Putin has ratcheted up the conflict with the West, the economic fallout has had a limited impact on ordinary Russians.

G20
In this photo released by G20 Australia and taken on Saturday Nov 15, 2014, Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott and President of Russia Vladimir Putin hold koala's during a photo opportunity on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. (AP Photo/G20 Australia,Andrew Taylor)

Putin gets short shrift

CONFRONTATIONS with world leaders have piled new pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his country’s troops from Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop addressing the National Press Club in Canberra.

ABC skit hurtful: Bishop

THE grieving families of those who died on flight MH17 would have been “devastated’’ by the ABC’s Chaser-style skit, Julie Bishop says.

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The Russian guided missile cruiser 'Moskva' heads towards the Mediteranean Sea as it sails through the Bosporus passing Istanbul, Turkey, 7 September 2014. Photo: Can Merey/dpa

US navy stalked Putin fleet

US warships monitored a Russian naval task group as it headed down through Asia towards Australia.

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