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.

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Russia: news

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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Georgia policeman shot and killed

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 14:41
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Moscow is accused of a ceasefire violation after a Georgian policeman is shot dead near a Russian-controlled buffer zone.
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Live text - World Cup qualifiers

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 14:22
related countries: Croatia, United Kingdom

England lead Croatia 4-1, while Northern Ireland are level with Czech Republic after Scotland defeat Iceland and Wales lose 2-1 in Russia.
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Russia warning over missile sites

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 11:56
related countries: United States

Russia will not rule out targeting its rockets at US missile defence shields based in central Europe, a senior commander warns.
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Georgia positive on Russia pledge

Tuesday, September 9th 2008, 2:43
related countries: Georgia

Georgia's president cautiously welcomes Russia's planned troop withdrawal from areas around South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Russians 'agree Georgia deadline'

Monday, September 8th 2008, 21:17
related countries: France, Georgia

Russia will withdraw its forces from undisputed Georgian land within a month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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Sarkozy leads EU trio to Moscow

Monday, September 8th 2008, 14:03
related countries: France, Georgia
related places: Eu, Moscow

French President Nicolas Sarkozy leads an EU mission to press Russia to honour the terms of a peace plan for Georgia.
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Russian navy to visit Venezuela

Monday, September 8th 2008, 11:45
related countries: Venezuela

The Russian navy says it will visit Venezuela in November and may hold joint exercises in its territorial waters.
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Ukraine 'must live without fear'

Friday, September 5th 2008, 15:37
related countries: Georgia, Ukraine, United States

The US vice-president reassures Ukraine that the US has a "deep and abiding interest" in the country's security.
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Russian action spooks investors

Friday, September 5th 2008, 15:17
related countries: Georgia

Russia's stock market loses more than 30% of its value as foreign investors pull out after the country's intervention in Georgia.
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US delivers aid to Georgian port

Friday, September 5th 2008, 10:36
related countries: Georgia, United States

A US Navy warship carrying humanitarian aid arrives in the Georgian port of Poti, where Russian troops are still deployed.
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US condemns Russia over Georgia

Thursday, September 4th 2008, 14:57
related countries: Georgia, United States
related places: Tbilisi

US Vice-President Dick Cheney visits Georgia and says Russia's actions there are an "illegitimate" attempt to alter borders.
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BP moves to settle Russia dispute

Thursday, September 4th 2008, 10:21

BP signs an agreement with its Russian partner aimed at solving a festering dispute at joint venture TNK-BP.
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US gives $1bn to rebuild Georgia

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 21:08
related countries: Georgia, United States

Washington announces $1bn (£564m) to help Georgia's reconstruction after the conflict with Russia.
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Georgia negotiates $750m IMF loan

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 15:34
related countries: Georgia

The IMF is set to give Georgia a $750m loan to help tackle the economic damage from its conflict with Russia.
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Live text - Andreev v Federer

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 20:42
related countries: United States

Defending champion Roger Federer takes on Russia's Igor Andreev in the fourth round of the US Open.
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Saakashvili a 'political corpse'

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 20:04
related countries: Georgia

President Medvedev says Russia will no longer recognise Georgia's President Saakashvili, calling him a "political corpse".
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Police 'break up Ingush protest'

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 12:14

Police in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region break up a protest at the funeral of a shot journalist, media reports say.
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Show of unity

Monday, September 1st 2008, 21:54

EU leaders overcome divisions to condemn Russia
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EU suspends talks on Russia pact

Monday, September 1st 2008, 21:02
related countries: Georgia

EU leaders agree to suspend talks on a new partnership agreement with Moscow until Russian troops withdraw from Georgia
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EU will send monitors to Georgia

Monday, September 1st 2008, 14:37
related countries: Belgium, Georgia
related places: Brussels

The EU's foreign policy chief says it plans to send hundreds of ceasefire monitors to Georgia, as an emergency summit opens.
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Russian rules

Monday, September 1st 2008, 11:57
related places: Moscow

Moscow's five new principles on foreign policy
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Anger at death of Kremlin critic

Monday, September 1st 2008, 9:51

Opposition leaders in Russia's Ingushetia region condemn the killing of an anti-Kremlin journalist shot in police custody.
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Spurs sign striker Pavlyuchenko

Monday, September 1st 2008, 6:43

Spurs sign Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow for £14m.
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Kremlin critic shot in Ingushetia

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 19:37

The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities is shot dead in police custody in the volatile region of Ingushetia.
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Russia stands by Georgia actions

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 18:32
related countries: Georgia, United Kingdom

Russia upholds its decision to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway provinces as EU leaders prepare to meet.
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UK warns over 'Russia aggression'

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 13:06
related countries: United Kingdom

UK PM Gordon Brown says Nato and the EU must reassess their relations with the Kremlin to prevent "Russian aggression".
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Russia moves to calm Georgia row

Saturday, August 30th 2008, 18:15
related countries: Georgia

Russia takes a series of diplomatic steps in an apparent effort to ease tensions with the West over the conflict in Georgia.
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Sign of the times

Saturday, August 30th 2008, 10:41
related places: Moscow

Humphrey Hawksley visits one of Moscow's old nuclear bunkers, as Russia and the West accuse each other of risking a new Cold War.
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Georgia breaks ties with Russia

Friday, August 29th 2008, 23:10
related places: Moscow

Georgia is to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, days after Moscow recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent.
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Zenit overcome Man Utd to claim Super Cup

Friday, August 29th 2008, 20:40

Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny score as Zenit St Petersburg beat Man Utd in the European Super Cup in Monaco.
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Super Cup live - Man Utd v Zenit

Friday, August 29th 2008, 18:15
related countries: Monaco

Man Utd face Russian side Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco.
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Russia hits back at G7 criticism

Friday, August 29th 2008, 10:49
related countries: Georgia

Criticism of Russia's actions in Georgia by the G7 group of nations is biased and groundless, Russian officials say.
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US rejects 'false' Russia claim

Friday, August 29th 2008, 6:02
related countries: Georgia, United States

The US dismisses accusations by Russia that it helped provoke the conflict in Georgia for domestic political reasons.
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Putin blames US for Georgia role

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 21:20
related countries: Georgia, United States

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of provoking the conflict in Georgia.
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EU considers sanctions on Russia

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 14:41
related countries: France, Georgia

EU leaders are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Georgia, the French foreign minister says.
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