100 years after the Bolshevik revolution, Russia is very different from what it was under communism. But young idealists and some older Russians who remember life under the Soviet system look to the ideology for answers to inequity and high-level corruption. CBC | World News
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An enormous new leak of tax-haven financial records dubbed the Paradise Papers is laying bare financial secrets of the world’s elite — including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief fundraiser, three former Canadian prime ministers and more than 120 other politicians across the globe. CBC | World News
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A Russian helicopter that crashed off Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago with eight people on board last month was raised Saturday from the seabed. CBC | World News
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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has voiced his support for Vladimir Putin ahead of the Russian presidential election. CBC | Sports News
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RUSSIAN bombers have destroyed a series of Islamic State targets in a “massive airstrike” against terrorists’ facilities near the town of Abu Kamal in Syria, Moscow’s defence ministry have claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter faced a second day of grilling from lawmakers on Wednesday, from a Senate committee demanding answers about what the technology companies know about Russian attempts to meddle in the recent U.S. election. CBC | World News
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Representatives from Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google will be before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. election. CBC | World News
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Major tech companies plan to tell U.S. Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election. CBC | World News
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THE TRANS-SIBERIAN railway is to receive a record-breaking £7 billion dollars to renovate the famous track connecting Russia. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
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People held demonstrations across Russia on President Vladimir Putin’s 65th birthday Saturday in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. CBC | World News
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