Title: Mattis Accuses Russia of Interfering in Macedonian Vote

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2812/b77dd7e9-7a07-44fd-ae13-294e70adbc5b_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Mattis Accuses Russia of Interfering in Macedonian Vote' data-article-id='3375'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11854'>American Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has accused Russia of trying to influence a planned vote in Macedonia.</span> <span data-start-time='11854' data-end-time='18417'>The vote could open a path for the country to join NATO.</span> <span data-start-time='18417' data-end-time='26229'>Mattis spoke to reporters traveling with him to Skopje, the Macedonian capital.</span> <span data-start-time='26229' data-end-time='40958'>He said he had no doubt that Moscow had given money to pro-Russian groups to defeat the vote about changing Macedonia’s name.</span> <span data-start-time='40958' data-end-time='49021'>A name change would end a dispute with Greece, which has territory of the same name.</span> <span data-start-time='49021' data-end-time='55792'>Greece has repeatedly blocked Macedonia’s request to join NATO.</span> <span data-start-time='55792' data-end-time='63979'>Mattis said, "We ought to leave the Macedonian people to make up their own minds.''</span> <span data-start-time='63979' data-end-time='72771'>Macedonians will vote on September 30th to decide on the possible name change.</span> <span data-start-time='72771' data-end-time='81625'>In June, Greece and Macedonia agreed that Macedonia would change its name.</span> <span data-start-time='81625' data-end-time='90021'>In return Greece would end its objections to Macedonia’s request to join NATO.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2812/B241C15E-E87B-4385-BBD1-A44A130A434B_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11536 data-hint-location='26229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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American Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has accused Russia of trying to influence a planned vote in Macedonia. The vote could open a path for the country to join NATO. Mattis spoke to reporters traveling with him to Skopje, the Macedonian capital. He said he had no doubt that Moscow had given money to pro-Russian groups to defeat the vote about changing Macedonia’s name. A name change would end a dispute with Greece, which has territory of the same name. Greece has repeatedly blocked Macedonia’s request to join NATO. Mattis said, "We ought to leave the Macedonian people to make up their own minds.'' Macedonians will vote on September 30th to decide on the possible name change. In June, Greece and Macedonia agreed that Macedonia would change its name. In return Greece would end its objections to Macedonia’s request to join NATO.

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