Will Englund The Washington Post

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  Russian Plane Hits Birds Minute After Takeoff, Hero Pilot Pulls A 'Sully'

  At a time when good news seems hard to come by, Russians are hailing a pilot who safely landed an Airbus A321 in a cornfield Thursday after the jet struck a flock a seagulls on takeoff and lost power in both engines.

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  Opinion: What A Brave Russian Scientist Told Me About Novichok, The Nerve Agent Identified In The Spy Attack

  Thanks to the Russian nerve agent "Novichok," I once got to see the inside of an interrogation room at Lefortovo, the old KGB prison on the east side of Moscow.