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

Russians reflect ahead of polls

Saturday, December 1st 2007, 7:26

Russia observes a day of no political campaigning ahead of Sunday's keenly-awaited parliamentary elections.
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Tennis: USA take hold on final

Saturday, December 1st 2007, 6:59
related countries: United States

James Blake and Andy Roddick give the USA a 2-0 lead over Russia after the opening singles in the Davis Cup final.
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Putin dominates election run-up

Friday, November 30th 2007, 13:43

President Putin looks set for a landslide victory as Russia prepares for Sunday's parliamentary polls.
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Russia opts out of arms pact

Friday, November 30th 2007, 11:10

President Vladimir Putin signs a law suspending Russia's participation in an arms limitation treaty in Europe.
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Russian tycoon convicted of fraud

Thursday, November 29th 2007, 14:02

A Moscow court finds exiled businessman Boris Berezovsky guilty of embezzlement and jails him in absentia.
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Putin says US behind poll boycott

Monday, November 26th 2007, 12:54
related countries: United States
related places: Western

President Vladimir Putin says the US is inciting Western observers to boycott Russian parliamentary elections.
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Russia presidential poll date set

Monday, November 26th 2007, 9:16

The Russian parliament's upper house sets 2 March 2008 as the date for the presidential election.
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More activists arrested in Russia

Sunday, November 25th 2007, 20:49

Russian riot police break up a second opposition protest in as many days, detaining about 200 activists.
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Kasparov jailed over rally

Saturday, November 24th 2007, 21:13
related places: Moscow

Ex-chess champion and Russian opposition figure Garry Kasparov is jailed for five days after a protest march.
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Russian minister on fraud charges

Saturday, November 24th 2007, 2:21

A Russian finance minister has been charged with fraud and attempted embezzlement, his lawyer says.
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Explosion rips through Russia bus

Thursday, November 22nd 2007, 22:37

An explosion aboard a bus in Russia's North Caucasus region kills at least five people and hurts 12, officials say.
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Liquidation of Yukos is completed

Thursday, November 22nd 2007, 15:54

Yukos, once Russia's biggest oil company, ceases to exit following its final liquidation.
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Russia opposition candidate shot

Thursday, November 22nd 2007, 9:51

An opposition candidate in Russia's elections is seriously hurt in a gun attack in the Dagestan region.
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Putin attacks 'jackal' opponents

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 13:59

Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the opposition of scavenging for foreign funds like jackals.
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Watchdog to monitor Russian poll

Tuesday, November 20th 2007, 23:59

The OSCE grouping reverses a decision not to send observers to next month's elections in Russia.
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Cult members in Russia cave siege

Friday, November 16th 2007, 15:19

Police in Russia try to coax members of a doomsday cult out of a cave they are threatening to blow up.
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Watchdog cancels Russia poll plan

Friday, November 16th 2007, 15:07

The international election watchdog, the OSCE, says it will not cover Russian polls because of visa problems.
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Russian 'killed UK diver' in 1956

Friday, November 16th 2007, 3:15
related countries: United Kingdom

A former Russian frogman claims that he killed British diver Cdr Lionel "Buster" Crabb in 1956.
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Putin urged to stay on as leader

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 15:43

Supporters of Russia's president urge him to stay on as "national leader" after his term ends in 2008.
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Russia troops 'quit Georgia base'

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 10:13
related countries: Georgia
related places: Tbilisi

Russia says its has pulled out its last troops from a base in Georgia, but Tbilisi has yet to confirm the move.
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Russia warns of Belarus missiles

Wednesday, November 14th 2007, 13:30
related countries: Belarus, United States

A senior Russian general says missiles could be placed in Belarus to counter a planned US missile defence system.
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Black Sea faces oil 'catastrophe'

Tuesday, November 13th 2007, 12:13

Some 30,000 birds have died after an oil spill in the strait linking the Black and Azov Seas, a Russian official says.
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India, Russia to strengthen ties

Tuesday, November 13th 2007, 5:22
related countries: India

India and Russia agree to boost ties at the end of Indian PM Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Russia.
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'Militants killed' in Russia raid

Monday, November 12th 2007, 10:17

Russian troops kill up to eight suspected militants in the southern republic of Dagestan, officials say.
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PM Singh set for key Russia talks

Monday, November 12th 2007, 4:58
related countries: India

Indian PM Manmohan Singh is due to meet the Russian president for talks to boost economic and military ties.
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Russian oil tanker splits in half

Sunday, November 11th 2007, 21:51

Tons of fuel oil leak into the Black Sea as a Russian tanker is torn in half in a storm that sinks four other ships.
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Tennis: Haas poison claim probed

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 8:42
related countries: Germany

The International Tennis Federation is investigating claims Tommy Haas was poisoned during the Davis Cup defeat by Russia.
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Russia 'behind Georgia's unrest'

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 16:19
related countries: Georgia
related places: Tbilisi

Georgia's President Saakashvili accuses Russian special forces of stirring up unrest in the capital, Tbilisi.
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Russia suspends arms treaty

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 10:46
related places: Moscow

Russia's lower house of parliament votes to suspend Moscow's participation in a key European arms treaty.
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Russian care home fire kills 23

Monday, November 5th 2007, 11:48

A fire engulfs a retirement home south of Moscow, killing at least 23 people, emergency officials say.
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Russian election campaign opens

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 6:06

Campaigning in the Russian parliamentary election begins with the party of power poised for a huge majority.
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Russia in Ukraine refinery spat

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 17:12
related countries: Ukraine

Russia condemns the armed takeover of a Ukrainian oil refinery in which it has a stake.
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Russia relents in Lufthansa row

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 15:42
related countries: Germany
related places: Kremlin

Russia allows cargo planes from German airline Lufthansa to resume using its airspace, after a short ban.
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Russia rebuffs West over election

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 10:11

Russia rejects Western criticism for reducing the number of foreign observers at December's polls.
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Russia 'curbing poll observers'

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 18:36

Russia wants "unprecedented" curbs on observers at parliament elections, the OSCE watchdog says.
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Eight killed in Russia bus blast

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 10:27

Eight people are killed and more than 50 hurt by a suspected bomb on a bus in Togliatti, southern Russia.
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Seven dead in Russia bus bombing

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 8:12

At least seven people are killed and more than 20 injured by a bomb on a bus in a southern Russia city.
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Russian FM in surprise Iran trip

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 9:53
related countries: Iran

Russia's foreign minister is to make an unannounced visit to Iran, amid rising tension over its nuclear programme.
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Russia major jailed as Polish spy

Monday, October 29th 2007, 17:02
related countries: Poland

A major in the Russian army is sentenced to seven years in prison for selling military secrets to Poland.
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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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Life term for 'chessboard' killer

Monday, October 29th 2007, 10:16

Russian killer Alexander Pichushkin is jailed for life for 48 murders which he noted on a chessboard.
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Putin compares US shield to Cuba

Friday, October 26th 2007, 21:21
related countries: Cuba, United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin compares US plans for a Europe missile shield to the 1960s Cuban crisis.
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