Example Sentences

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The leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia is resigning after days of mass protests over a controversial pro-Russia bill.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

The organization has trained and fought alongside the militaries of pro-Russia governments in Eastern Europe, West Africa and South America.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

She had moved to Kyiv from a village in central Ukraine for university studies, arriving shortly before mass street protests toppled a pro-Russia president in 2014.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Also on trial are Girkin’s subordinates, Sergey Dubinskiy, Oleg Pulatov, and Leonid Kharchenko, a Ukrainian who prosecutors say was commander of a pro-Russia rebel combat unit and took orders directly from Dubinskiy.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Wagner, staffed by veterans of the Russian armed forces, was founded in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea and started providing support to pro-Russia separatists.

From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2022