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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• $10m reward to find Iraq killers – Abkhazia votes for new president
• Above the law? – Azeris clear Iran nuclear cargo
• Azeris clear Russia nuclear cargo – Bush and Putin 'united' on Iran
• Bush and Putin to meet next week – Chechen girl strangler to be freed
• Chechen leader sees off first flight – Costa Rica embassy drama ends
• Court says Lebedev arrest illegal – ElBaradei concern over Iran row
• Emerging giants in telecom boom – EU to end freeze on Russia talks
• EU to seek new pact with Russia – Ferry in collision off Istanbul
• Fighting near Chechnya kills 19 – Gas impasse
• Gas solution closer, says Putin – Georgia negotiates $750m IMF loan
• Georgia policeman shot and killed – Having tea with Russia's Deripaska
• Haye shocks Valuev to take crown – Iran and Russia in nuclear talks
• Iran buys Russian passenger jets – Kazakhstan in nuclear bank offer
• Keeping watch – Live - French Open
• Live - International football – Medvedev in Cuba to improve ties
• Medvedev in Egypt for Africa trip – Moscow Diary
• Moscow Diary – Nasa 'rejects Russia Moon help'
• Nato 'expels Russian diplomats' – No extradition for Yukos official
• No halt to Politkovskaya retrial – Plea to Putin over baby mystery
• PM Singh set for key Russia talks – Putin admits Ukraine gas 'crisis'
• Putin aide resigns over policies – Putin looks to polls as PM chosen
• Putin named 'Person of the Year' – Putin wants US date to quit Iraq
• Putin warning over 'puppet' NGOs – Rise of Russia's political fortune
• Risky business – Russia accuses groups of spying
• Russia accuses Ukraine on Georgia – Russia blames US in missile row
• Russia blames US on nuclear talks – Russia expels Canadian diplomats
• Russia expels four embassy staff – Russia limits jobs for immigrants
• Russia looks to re-route EU gas – Russia ponders fate of UK 'spies'
• Russia pool accident toll climbs – Russia shoppers 'poisoned' by gas
• Russia shuts off gas to Ukraine – Russia to sell arms to Indonesia
• Russia to set up panel to prevent 'falsifi... – Russia's disappearing languages
• Russia's energy wasteland – Russian 'torture dungeon' found
• Russian action spooks investors – Russian diplomats 'to be killed'
• Russian diplomats hurt in brawl – Russian marchers defy ban
• Russian minister on fraud charges – Russian rules
• Russian safari – Russians deny 'systematic' doping
• Russians doubt Lugovoi handover – Serbia agrees Russian gas deal
• Seven dead in Moscow clinic fire – Spain smashes 'Russian sex ring'
• Spurs sign striker Pavlyuchenko – Tennis: Serena crashes out
• Tennis: Sharapova clinches win – Toxic leak reaches Russian river
• Toxic leak set to hit Russia city – Ukraine 'stealing Europe's gas'
• Ukraine accused of stealing gas – US anger at Russian Georgia vote
• US charges Russian 'arms dealer' – Vienna hosts arms treaty review
• Vietnam bus plunge 'kills 10' – Zenit overcome Man Utd to claim Super Cup

Russia: news

Putin warning over 'puppet' NGOs

Tuesday, January 31st 2006, 13:46

President Putin warns foreign powers not to use non-governmental organisations in Russia as puppets.
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Putin warning over US missile row

Monday, June 4th 2007, 10:06
related countries: United States

Russia's president says Moscow will take retaliatory measures if the US pursues a missile defence plan.
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Putin warns against Iran attack

Friday, September 11th 2009, 17:23
related countries: Iran

Russian PM Vladimir Putin warns against military action on Iran, as diplomatic moves over its nuclear programme gain pace.
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Putin warns on population decline

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 11:46

Russia's falling population is the biggest problem the nation faces, President Putin warns in a national address.
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Putin warns Ukraine over arms

Thursday, October 2nd 2008, 22:05
related countries: Georgia, Ukraine

Russian PM Vladimir Putin voices anger at reports that Ukraine armed Georgia as he holds talks with his Ukrainian counterpart.
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Putin's 'rape joke' played down

Friday, October 20th 2006, 18:25
related countries: Israel

Russia's president is overheard joking about the virility of his Israeli counterpart, who is accused of multiple rape.
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Putin's game

Friday, November 14th 2008, 17:02

Term changes set to tighten grip on Russian power
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Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead

Monday, October 15th 2007, 16:59
related countries: Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his visit to Iran will go ahead, despite reports of a plot to kill him.
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Quakes hit Russian far east

Thursday, August 2nd 2007, 8:29
related places: Sakhalin

At least two people are killed in a series of earthquakes on Sakhalin island in Russia's far east.
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Radiation alert at Chechen plant

Friday, December 16th 2005, 19:41
related places: Chechen

Prosecutors investigate the discovery of "catastrophic" levels of radioactivity at a factory in Chechnya.
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Radiation find in British embassy

Wednesday, December 6th 2006, 19:03
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Small traces of a radioactive substance are found at the British embassy in Moscow, the UK Foreign Office says.
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Radiation found after spy's death

Friday, November 24th 2006, 20:05

Police probing the death of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko find above-normal levels of radiation at three locations.
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Radiation leak at Russian plant

Monday, October 29th 2007, 16:36

Russia reports a radiation leak at a nuclear plant in the Urals, but says that nobody was hurt.
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Radiation tests after spy death

Saturday, November 25th 2006, 19:41

People who may have come into contact with dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko are offered radiation tests.
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Rally for murdered Russian writer

Sunday, October 7th 2007, 15:19

Relatives and campaigners mark the first anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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Ramos appointed CSKA Moscow coach

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 14:26
related countries: Spain

Former Tottenham and Real Madrid manager Juande Ramos takes charge at Russian side CSKA Moscow
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Rangers & Zenit chase Uefa glory

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 5:23

Rangers aim to win their first Uefa Cup in Wednesday's final against Russia's Zenit St Petersburg.
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Rebel dreams

Monday, December 15th 2008, 9:47

Abkhazia longs for 'freedom' under Russian wing
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Rebel figure killed in Chechnya

Friday, August 24th 2007, 11:10

Security forces in Chechnya kill Rustam Basayev, one of the last remaining rebel figures, Russian officials say.
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Rebel leader 'killed' in Chechnya

Saturday, June 17th 2006, 11:52
related places: Moscow

Chechen separatist rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev is reportedly killed in a gun battle with police.
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Rebels blamed for Beslan deaths

Friday, December 22nd 2006, 10:21
related places: Beslan, Chechen

Russian investigators say Chechen rebels carefully planned the Beslan school raid, in which hundreds died.
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Record firms sue Russian MP3 site

Thursday, December 21st 2006, 8:30
related countries: United States
related places: New York

US record labels start legal action in New York against Russian music download site Allofmp3.com.
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Red Square Clapton gig cancelled

Saturday, July 29th 2006, 16:19
related places: Moscow

Singer Eric Clapton calls off a concert in Moscow's Red Square, blaming officials for withdrawing a permit.
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Reform woes

Monday, August 17th 2009, 11:17

What is the real state of the Russian Army?
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Reid pledge on spy death inquiry

Monday, December 4th 2006, 23:22

Britain assures EU ministers of a "minimal" health threat following the death of Alexander Litvinenko.
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Reindeer and politics in Russia

Saturday, December 1st 2007, 12:33

As Russians vote, Tim Whewell has been gauging opinion in the north of the country in a region rich in oil and home to a variety of indigenous tribes as well as reindeer.
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Religion enters Russian schools

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 9:42

Orthodox Christianity is made a compulsory school subject in four of Russia's regions.
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Reporter's death 'tragic' - Putin

Monday, October 9th 2006, 17:02

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya "tragic".
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Reset button

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 17:28
related countries: United States

US and Russian foreign ministers' first meeting
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Resolution on Stalin riles Russia

Friday, July 3rd 2009, 18:04

An Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe resolution equating Nazi and Soviet roles in WWII angers Russia.
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Retrial for Microsoft piracy case

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 13:52

A Russian court orders a retrial of a head teacher accused of using pirated Microsoft software.
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Retrial over Russia Forbes murder

Thursday, November 9th 2006, 12:57
related countries: United States

Russia's Supreme Court overturns the acquittal of three men over the murder of US journalist Paul Klebnikov.
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Rice attacks Kremlin's power

Saturday, October 13th 2007, 16:59

Condoleezza Rice voices unease about Russia, saying too much power is concentrated in the Kremlin.
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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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Rice encourages Russian activists

Saturday, October 13th 2007, 10:23
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

Condoleezza Rice backs local human rights activists in Moscow as she continues a sometimes tense visit.
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Rice rejects 'new Cold War' talk

Monday, May 14th 2007, 16:30
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismisses talk of a new Cold War as she starts a visit to Russia.
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Rice says Russia faces isolation

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 4:17
related countries: Georgia

Condoleezza Rice warns Russia it faces international isolation if it does not leave Georgia, as she starts a visit to Europe.
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Rice to push Georgia-Russia deal

Friday, August 15th 2008, 11:31
related countries: Georgia, United States
related places: Tbilisi

The US secretary of state arrives in Tbilisi in a show of US support, as efforts to resolve Georgia's conflict with Russia continue.
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Rice: 'N Korea escalating crisis'

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 21:57
related countries: North Korea, United States
related places: Moscow

The US secretary of state accuses North Korea of seeking to escalate tension over its nuclear programme.
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Rights group halts Chechnya work

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 14:26

Russia's human-rights group Memorial suspends its activities in Chechnya after the killing of activist Natalia Estemirova.
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Rise and fall?

Monday, August 31st 2009, 5:36

How the downturn has hit Russia's oligarchs
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Rise of Russia's political fortune

Saturday, January 10th 2009, 12:28

James Rodgers discovers how the profits from Russia's oil and gas exports have improved the country's political and financial success.
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$10m reward to find Iraq killers – Abkhazia votes for new presidentAbove the law? – Azeris clear Iran nuclear cargoAzeris clear Russia nuclear cargo – Bush and Putin 'united' on IranBush and Putin to meet next week – Chechen girl strangler to be freedChechen leader sees off first flight – Costa Rica embassy drama endsCourt says Lebedev arrest illegal – ElBaradei concern over Iran rowEmerging giants in telecom boom – EU to end freeze on Russia talksEU to seek new pact with Russia – Ferry in collision off IstanbulFighting near Chechnya kills 19 – Gas impasseGas solution closer, says Putin – Georgia negotiates $750m IMF loanGeorgia policeman shot and killed – Having tea with Russia's DeripaskaHaye shocks Valuev to take crown – Iran and Russia in nuclear talksIran buys Russian passenger jets – Kazakhstan in nuclear bank offerKeeping watch – Live - French OpenLive - International football – Medvedev in Cuba to improve tiesMedvedev in Egypt for Africa trip – Moscow DiaryMoscow Diary – Nasa 'rejects Russia Moon help'Nato 'expels Russian diplomats' – No extradition for Yukos officialNo halt to Politkovskaya retrial – Plea to Putin over baby mysteryPM Singh set for key Russia talks – Putin admits Ukraine gas 'crisis'Putin aide resigns over policies – Putin looks to polls as PM chosenPutin named 'Person of the Year' – Putin wants US date to quit IraqPutin warning over 'puppet' NGOs – Rise of Russia's political fortuneRisky business – Russia accuses groups of spyingRussia accuses Ukraine on Georgia – Russia blames US in missile rowRussia blames US on nuclear talks – Russia expels Canadian diplomatsRussia expels four embassy staff – Russia limits jobs for immigrantsRussia looks to re-route EU gas – Russia ponders fate of UK 'spies'Russia pool accident toll climbs – Russia shoppers 'poisoned' by gasRussia shuts off gas to Ukraine – Russia to sell arms to IndonesiaRussia to set up panel to prevent 'falsifi... – Russia's disappearing languagesRussia's energy wasteland – Russian 'torture dungeon' foundRussian action spooks investors – Russian diplomats 'to be killed'Russian diplomats hurt in brawl – Russian marchers defy banRussian minister on fraud charges – Russian rulesRussian safari – Russians deny 'systematic' dopingRussians doubt Lugovoi handover – Serbia agrees Russian gas dealSeven dead in Moscow clinic fire – Spain smashes 'Russian sex ring'Spurs sign striker Pavlyuchenko – Tennis: Serena crashes outTennis: Sharapova clinches win – Toxic leak reaches Russian riverToxic leak set to hit Russia city – Ukraine 'stealing Europe's gas'Ukraine accused of stealing gas – US anger at Russian Georgia vote US charges Russian 'arms dealer' – Vienna hosts arms treaty reviewVietnam bus plunge 'kills 10' – Zenit overcome Man Utd to claim Super Cup