RT has had quite a busy year but what were its biggest controversies of 2017?

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With attacks in London and Manchester in 2017, was this a year of terror?

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The Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, is giving her weekly news briefing.

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The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have confirmed to RT that thousands of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists and their family members were allowed to leave Raqqa, shortly before the city was fully recaptured. Ali Rizk, a contributor with the Al-Monitor news site, thinks the Americans were an integral part of a deal to see IS help form a buffer against Iran.

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Thousands take part in erecting what is reportedly the tallest Lego toy tower ever built, in order to honor an eight-year-old boy who died of cancer.

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South Korean media have claimed that a North Korean defector was found to have developed antibodies to anthrax before his flight across the border. The report may likely play into the hands of those looking for a pretext for war.

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Two Wisconsin cops ran toward a burning vehicle and saved two teenagers from the flames.

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Facebook has claimed the credit for the Scottish National Party’s impressive showing in the 2015 general election. It’s emerged the social media titan created a unit to assist politicians in reaching a wider audience. The news comes amid pressure on Facebook over supposedly helping Russia to meddle in the U.S. election. Caleb Maupin has the details.

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Sumatra’s Mount Sinabung volcano erupted on Wednesday, causing thousands of people to be affected by ash rain in the Karo Regency of North Sumatra.

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The past 12 months have seen bitcoin reach a record high of $20,000, threatening to transform geopolitics and the global economic system.

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The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have confirmed to RT that thousands of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists and their family members were allowed to leave Raqqa, shortly before the city was fully recaptured. Earlier it was reported that the deal with IS had been agreed with the knowledge of the US-led coalition.

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A woman who spent three years as an ISIS slave and a girl who was only five when taken are among the lucky few to have returned home, while hundreds of Yazidi girls remain in captivity. RT spoke to them about the ordeal.

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A UN Refugee Agency spokesperson has confirmed the number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon has dropped to below 1 million for the first time since 2014

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Germans may be losing patience with Chancellor Angela Merkel, as a recent survey shows that nearly half of them would like to see her step down before her term is up. That figure is a marked increase on just three months ago.

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The Palestinian teenager was arrested last week after a video of her slapping Israeli soldiers who were blocking the steps at her family’s house went viral.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday’s blast in a St. Petersburg store was a terrorist attack. Thirteen people were injured when an improvised explosive device went off in the busy supermarket.

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A major prisoner swap has been concluded, between the Ukrainian government and the two breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. Ukrainian authorities were to hand over 306 prisoners to the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) and receive 74 prisoners in return, according to the agreement between the sides
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Russia is struggling to cope with a growing HIV epidemic.
Making matters worse is the emergence of people in the country who deny the disease even exists.

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A North Korean soldier, who defected to the South earlier this year, has been found to be carrying Anthrax antibodies in his blood.
The discovery has raised concerns that Pyongyang may have developed biological weapons.
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The Penatgon is being sued by three major U.S. cities.
New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco accuse it of failing to report ex-soldiers who should not be allowed to purchase a gun.
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The leader of Russia’s Chechen republic has had his Facebook and Instagram accounts blocked.
That’s after the U.S. Treasury included his name in a list of sanctioned individuals.
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Security services say an improvised explosive device may have caused the explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg. The force is thought to have been equivalent to about 200gm of TNT. The device was apparently filled with objects, aimed at causing as much damage as possible. Emergency services say ten people have been taken to hospital.
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Fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) confirmed from Raqqa that they had shot footage showing militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIL/ISIS) peacefully leaving Raqqa on their watch. Thought to have been filmed towards the end of the battle for Raqqa, the footage shows buses and trucks carrying dozens of IS militants from the embattled city, according to one of the fighters.

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