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Deadly shooting leaves three officers dead in Russia's Dagestan • May 5, 2025, 7:15 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Russian woman arrested for two months for suicide bomb plans, terror group support • May 4, 2025, 5:27 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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