News: Russia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Russia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Russia – overview

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• July 7th 2009 – June 5th 2009
• June 4th 2009 – April 23rd 2009
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• March 13th 2009 – February 12th 2009
• February 11th 2009 – January 13th 2009
• January 13th 2009 – December 22nd 2008
• December 21st 2008 – November 26th 2008
• November 26th 2008 – November 4th 2008
• November 4th 2008 – September 26th 2008
• September 26th 2008 – September 10th 2008
• September 10th 2008 – August 26th 2008
• August 26th 2008 – August 14th 2008
• August 14th 2008 – July 12th 2008
• July 11th 2008 – May 26th 2008
• May 24th 2008 – April 21st 2008
• April 19th 2008 – March 11th 2008
• March 10th 2008 – February 1st 2008
• January 31st 2008 – December 17th 2007
• December 17th 2007 – November 13th 2007
• November 13th 2007 – October 6th 2007
• October 6th 2007 – August 24th 2007
• August 24th 2007 – July 27th 2007
• July 25th 2007 – June 18th 2007
• June 15th 2007 – May 17th 2007
• May 17th 2007 – April 16th 2007
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• January 13th 2007 – December 8th 2006
• December 8th 2006 – November 10th 2006
• November 9th 2006 – October 6th 2006
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• July 26th 2006 – June 20th 2006
• June 19th 2006 – May 10th 2006
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• December 6th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Russia: news

Venezuela to boost ties with Russia

Friday, September 26th 2008, 11:44
related countries: Venezuela
related places: Orenburg

Resource-rich Russia and Venezuela agree to draw up an energy pact as their leaders meet.
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Mid-East Quartet 'has lost grip'

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 9:07
related countries: United States

Twenty-one aid agencies accuse Russia, the US, the EU and the UN of doing too little to bring peace to the Middle East.
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Venezuela signs Chinese oil deal

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 3:09
related countries: China, Venezuela
related places: Moscow

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Beijing says oil exports to China could triple by 2012 to one million barrels a day.
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Ingushetia abuses 'may spark war'

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 15:07

State-sponsored terror in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia could ignite a civil war there, a human rights group says.
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Russian drone 'hit over Georgia'

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 11:08
related countries: Georgia

Georgia says its military has shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone over Georgian territory - a claim denied by Russia.
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Russian drone 'hit over Georgia'

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 11:08
related countries: Georgia

Georgia says its military has shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone over Georgian territory - a claim denied by Russia.
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EU prepares Georgia observer role

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 13:51
related countries: Georgia, Germany

A German diplomat begins preparing the deployment of EU observers in Georgia - but Russia may restrict the scope of their mission.
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Packed agenda

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 12:30
related countries: United States
related places: Market

Georgia and Sudan focus minds ahead of UN assembly
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Russian navy sails to Venezuela

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 9:46
related countries: Venezuela

A fleet of Russian warships sets sail for joint exercises in Venezuela, unprecedented since the Cold War.
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Russian 'arms dealer' trial opens

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 9:20
related countries: Thailand, United States
related places: Bangkok

An extradition hearing opens in Bangkok to decide if alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout should be sent to the US for trial
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Putin defiant on Caucasus troops

Sunday, September 21st 2008, 2:21

Vladimir Putin says the decision on how many Russian troops stay in South Ossetia and Abkhazia will not involve Western nations.
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Expat Russians gaining confidence

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 11:03
related countries: Estonia
related places: Moscow

The BBC's Humphrey Hawksley reports from Estonia, where Russia's expatriate population still feels a very strong loyalty to Moscow.
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'Torture chamber' found in Moscow

Friday, September 19th 2008, 14:37
related places: Moscow

Moscow police investigating an alleged abduction find what appears to be a torture chamber in a basement in the city.
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Surge forces Russian market close

Friday, September 19th 2008, 14:36

Russia's two leading stock exchanges are forced to close twice after share prices surge.
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Russia warns of new Iron Curtain

Friday, September 19th 2008, 12:12

President Dmitri Medvedev accuses the West of trying to push Russia behind a new "Iron Curtain".
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Rice criticises 'isolated' Russia

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 21:34
related countries: United States

Russia's "aggressive" attitude at home and abroad risks leaving the country "isolated and irrelevant", the US secretary of state warns.
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Moscow tries to stem market panic

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 10:47
related places: Moscow

Moscow's stock markets remain closed, as the government tries to stem a plunge in share prices and restore confidence.
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Projecting power

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 9:51
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine's headache over Russia's fleet in Crimea
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Australian uranium blow for Russia

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 4:56
related countries: Aruba

An Australian parliamentary committee opposes the sale of uranium to Russia over concerns about its use.
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Russia in Georgia separatist pact

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 19:12
related countries: Georgia

Russia signs treaties with the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, pledging military support.
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Moscow diary

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 15:01
related countries: Georgia

Seeds of Georgia conflict were sown long ago
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Plan for Sahara gas pipeline

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 14:43
related countries: Nigeria

The EU offers to help Nigeria develop a trans-Saharan gas pipeline, to reduce reliance on Russian supplies.
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Orange bloc 'must rule Ukraine'

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 10:37
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Moscow

An aide to Ukraine's PM rules out forming a coalition with a pro-Moscow opposition party amid a political crisis.
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Trading in Russian shares halted

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 9:48

Trading on Russia's main stock exchanges has been suspended following steep falls in share prices.
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Phone taps 'prove Georgia's case'

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 15:40
related countries: Georgia

Georgia releases what it says is phone tap evidence that proves its assault on South Ossetia was provoked by Russia.
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IMF approves loan to help Georgia

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 0:19
related countries: Georgia

The International Monetary Fund approves funds for Georgia, aimed at boosting confidence following the war with Russia.
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Nato restates backing for Georgia

Monday, September 15th 2008, 16:02
related countries: Georgia
related places: Tbilisi

Nato's chief says he hopes for Georgia's "accelerated" integration with the alliance after its conflict with Russia.
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Who runs Russia?

Monday, September 15th 2008, 11:44
related places: Moscow

Bridget Kendall on who is really driving Moscow policy
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Russian crash pilot 'flew oddly'

Monday, September 15th 2008, 9:11

A Russian airliner took a strange path before it crashed in the Urals, killing 88 people, a controller says.
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Georgian echoes

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 23:42
related countries: Georgia

How resurgent Russia affects Trans-Dniester
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Russia stands by Georgia actions

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 18:55
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Russia's foreign minister says on a visit to Abkhazia that Moscow's actions in the region were the only way to guarantee security.
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Russia air crash blamed on engine

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 16:57

Investigators believe an engine fault probably caused the crash of a Russian airliner in which 88 people died.
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Scores die in Russian plane crash

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 15:04
related places: Perm'

A Russian airliner that crashed in the Urals with the loss of 88 lives caught fire in mid-air, reports say.
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Russians pull out of Georgia port

Saturday, September 13th 2008, 16:15
related countries: Georgia

Russian troops are seen leaving the Georgian port of Poti, days after striking a deal with the EU to pull out of the country.
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Georgia attack is 'Russia's 9/11'

Friday, September 12th 2008, 15:16
related countries: Georgia, United States

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev likens the Georgian conflict to the 9/11 attacks in the US.
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Putin defends Georgia offensive

Thursday, September 11th 2008, 21:26
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Russia's prime minister defends Moscow's military intervention in South Ossetia, saying "an aggressor needs to punished".
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Russia tells US to rethink allies

Thursday, September 11th 2008, 18:43
related countries: United States

President Medvedev says Russia will co-operate with the US on terrorism, but tells it to reconsider its ties with "rotten regimes".
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Warsaw hosts tense Russian talks

Thursday, September 11th 2008, 9:26
related countries: Poland, United States
related places: Warsaw

Russia's foreign minister arrives in Poland amid tension over the war in Georgia and the US missile defence system.
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Russian bombers land in Venezuela

Thursday, September 11th 2008, 1:59
related countries: Venezuela

Two Russian bombers arrive in Venezuela for training flights, days after a joint naval exercise was announced.
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US 'provoked Russia-Georgia war'

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 23:47
related countries: Georgia, United States

Chechen President Kadyrov accuses the US of emboldening Georgia to start a war in the Caucasus to test Russian resolve.
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Russia 2-1 Wales

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 19:12
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Russia substitute Pavel Pogrebniak scores late on to give his side a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over Wales in Moscow.
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EU accused of Georgia duplicity

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 18:15
related countries: Georgia

Russia accuses the EU of duplicity over an agreement with Georgia on where EU ceasefire monitors can be deployed.
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