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We have started to collect the most important news related to Russia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Security experts say hijacked PCs may have helped drown out online chat about Russian election protests.
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GP2 champion Romain Grosjean will drive for Renault, who will become Lotus in 2012, alongside returning Kimi Raikkonen next season.
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A symbol for Russia's anti-government protesters?
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United StatesRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of encouraging protests over the results of parliamentary elections.
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The Kremlin blames a staffer for an obscene message sent from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's official Twitter account, to the delight of bloggers.
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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says the Russian election was marred by fraud and calls for a re-run as protesters plan new rallies.
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How the Russian media has covered the story of Sunday's parliamentary election results.
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Protesters have taken to the streets of Moscow for a second night to express their anger at Sunday's parliamentary elections.
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Do anti-Putin protests herald a Russian Spring?
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United StatesThe American who set up a cheese-making business in Russia
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Russian protesters defying a ban on unapproved rallies have faced off with supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow city centre.
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Russian protesters, defying a ban on rallies in Moscow after the disputed election, face off with Putin supporters as police make arrests.
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Russian PM Vladimir Putin plays down his party's losses at Sunday's election after central Moscow sees its biggest opposition rally in years.
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Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Moscow shouting "down with Putin" as international observers in Russia's parliamentary elections speak of flagrant violations.
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Thousands of Russians have gathered in the centre of Moscow to protest at apparent irregularities during Sunday's parliamentary elections, and to call for Prime Minster Putin to resign.
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Several thousand people take to the streets of Moscow shouting "Down with Putin" after international observers criticise the election.
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International observers cite numerous violations in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Russia as protesters hold a rally in Moscow.
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With most of the votes counted in Russia's parliamentary elections, the party founded by the prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has suffered a significant setback.
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With most votes counted in Russia's parliamentary poll, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party sees its support drop from two-thirds in 2007 to about 50%.
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Steve Rosenberg reports from a polling station in Moscow as Russians vote in polls that will decide the shape of the lower house for the next five years.
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The head of Russia's main independent monitor group Golos is detained for several hours after refusing to handover her laptop to the authorities.
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The European Space Agency says it is ceasing efforts to try to contact Russia's wayward Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, after a week-and-a-half of silence.
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Human rights activists accuse the Russian authorities of trying to gag the country's main non-government election watchdog days before polls.
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In Russia opposition parties claim that their campaigns are being blocked in favour of the pro-government United Russia party.
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Steve Rosenberg looks at the concerns of Russia's business community.
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How can a Russian official afford this mansion?
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ChinaA Chinese farmer has become a local celebrity as he bears a striking resemblance to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Steve Rosenberg met a pensioner from the town, Galina Lavrukhina. A retired doctor, she receives pension of around £150 a month and by the time she has paid her utility bills and done her shopping, there is nothing left.
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United KingdomRussian officials say Andrei Lugovoi, the man accused by the UK of killing ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, was himself a victim of polonium poisoning.
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United KingdomAn alleged Russian spy who had an affair with Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock and worked for him has won her appeal against deportation.
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The Russian who won her appeal against deportation has described the MI5 investigation into claims she was a spy as "extremely unprofessional".
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United StatesRussia turns on a new incoming missile early warning system in its westernmost region in response to US plans for a missile shield in Europe.
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SyriaRussia's foreign minister says no more ultimatums should be issued to Syria, a day after the west says more action is needed to end the violence.
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United KingdomAn alleged Russian spy who had an affair with Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock while working for him wins her appeal against deportation.
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Russians in one town wonder if Sunday's election will be fair
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been formally adopted as the presidential candidate for Russia's ruling party, but he is not as popular with the country's people as he once was.
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BelarusCrisis-struck Belarus agrees a deal with Russia that will save it 60% on its gas bills in return for selling its pipelines.
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Russia sets 4 March 2012 as the date for its presidential elections, in which former President Vladimir Putin is the overwhelming favourite.
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Putin booing denial sparks Russian backlash
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The part of Russia that is now more explosive than Chechnya
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United StatesRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says missiles could be deployed on the EU's borders if the US pursues its missile defence plans.
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Contact has finally been made with Russia's troubled Mars mission, Phobos-Grunt, says the European Space Agency.
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KazakhstanA Russian Soyuz spacecraft has landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing three crew members back from the International Space Station (ISS).
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TajikistanA court in Tajikistan releases a Russian and an Estonian pilot whose jailings earlier this month led to a major row with Moscow.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is apparently booed at a martial arts contest in Moscow in what would be a rare show of public dissent.
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A prominent anti-separatist poet from Chechnya, Ruslan Akhtakhanov, is shot dead in Moscow in what police say appears to be a contract killing.
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United StatesRussia's Soyuz spacecraft, with a three-man Russian and US crew, successfully docks with the International Space Station.
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SyriaSyria's opposition says it has failed to convince Russia to back calls for the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad over his crackdown on protests.
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Afghanistan, TajikistanRussia cracks down on illegal migration from Tajikistan days after it jails two cargo pilots who made a fuel stop en route from Afghanistan.
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Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer Ivan Vasiliev and prima ballerina Natalia Osipova are leaving Moscow to join St Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Theatre.
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A Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station launches, after a crash in August delayed manned space travel.
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KazakhstanA Russian spacecraft carrying an astronaut and two cosmonauts has launched successfully from Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station.
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KazakhstanA Russian spacecraft carrying an astronauts and two cosmonauts has launched successfully from Kazakhstan.
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United KingdomThere are calls for recognition for the sailors on the WWII Arctic Convoys who risked their lives to transport crucial supplies and munitions from Scotland to Russia.
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Vladimir Putin vigorously defends his decision to stand in next year's Russian presidential election, denying it is a quest to retain personal power.
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Vladimir Putin has defended his decision to stand in next year's Russian presidential election - saying he is campaigning to keep his country strong - and not for personal gain.
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Russian space scientists are growing increasingly gloomy about the prospects of saving the country's $170m (£107m) mission to a moon of Mars.
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IranRussia rules out supporting fresh sanctions against Iran, despite a UN report that says Tehran may be trying to develop nuclear weapons.
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IranRussia says it would not support new sanctions against Iran, even after a report from the UN's atomic energy agency accused Tehran of trying to build a nuclear weapon.
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A Russian space probe intended to collect rock from a Martian moon launches successfully but then fails to set a proper course for the Red Planet.
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