Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia

Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia

After the fall of Communism, Russia ushered in capitalism by selling off billions of dollars in state assets. Now, 30 years later, the Russian government is stepping up a wartime campaign to do the opposite: seizing private businesses, this time in the name of national security. In the last month, …

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Clues From D.C. Plane Crash Suggest Multiple Failures in Aviation Safety

Clues From D.C. Plane Crash Suggest Multiple Failures in Aviation Safety

Clues emerging from the moments before the deadly collision Wednesday night between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet suggest that multiple layers of the country’s aviation safety apparatus failed, according to flight recordings, a preliminary internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration, interviews with current and former …

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