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Now playing Next no comment Easter mass in a Russian prison Easter Mass was held in a maximum security prison in Bor, Russia, at midnight on Saturday. 17/04/2017
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Now playing Next Russia Unbowed, Navalny calls for more protests Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called on his supporters to hold protest rallies across the country on June 12. Navalny, who wants to run for president in 2018, was freed earlier this wee 12/04/2017
Now playing Next world news No reset in sight between Washington and Moscow Donald Trump's White House reign, it was said, would herald a new era of relations with Russia. But well into the year and if anything things are worse than under Obama. What has gone wrong? 12/04/2017