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Allies Russia and Belarus are working to create a shared database of “extremists,” the Belarusian ambassador in Moscow said Tuesday.

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia will meet for possible peace talks on the Belarus border as the Kremlin's military campaign against its neighbor has failed to produce the lightning victory President Vladimir Putin had been hoping for.

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia will meet for possible peace talks on the Belarus border as the Kremlin's military campaign against its neighbor has failed to produce the lightning victory President Vladimir Putin had been hoping for.

Before I get into the thrust of today’s business, I’d like to preface my argument by stating unequivocally that nobody can find former Soviet peoples as occasionally frustrating as I do. I’m not just referring to the fact that Georgians have no idea what the concept of patience might be, or that Ukrainians are fine with corruption providing that it’s the pro-Western kind, or that Armenians believe everyone important who has ever lived was, in fact, Armenian.  I’m referring to the fact that there is something of a two steps forward, two miles back approach to post-Soviet politics. B...