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 warns Nato on arms treaty

Friday, June 15th 2007, 16:19

Russia warns Nato it could freeze participation in Europe's arms control pact, after talks end in deadlock.
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Russia opens Litvinenko probe

Friday, June 15th 2007, 9:38
related countries: United Kingdom

Russia launches a spying case over claims by the man the UK accuses of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia 'aftershave drink' fears

Friday, June 15th 2007, 3:25

A study says Russian men risk death drinking aftershave and cleaning agents with high alcohol levels.
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Computer crash hits space station

Thursday, June 14th 2007, 13:12

Russian computers controlling the International Space Station's position and supply of oxygen and water fail.
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Troops jailed for Chechnya murder

Thursday, June 14th 2007, 10:13
related places: Chechen

A Russian court jails four soldiers - three in their absence - for murdering a group of Chechen civilians.
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Vienna hosts arms treaty review

Tuesday, June 12th 2007, 16:11
related countries: Austria

Former Cold War foes review a key arms control treaty which has put Russia and Nato at loggerheads.
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Russia to help N Korea funds row

Tuesday, June 12th 2007, 7:58
related countries: North Korea, United States

Russia is to help resolve a banking row holding up a North Korean nuclear deal, US officials say.
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Russia warns US on missile plan

Saturday, June 9th 2007, 17:51
related countries: United States

Russia says the US should halt plans for a missile defence shield in central Europe, pending further talks.
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Nato wary on joint missile shield

Friday, June 8th 2007, 20:21
related countries: United States

Nato reacts cautiously to a Russian proposal to form a joint missile defence system with the US.
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Son of Russian deputy PM jailed

Friday, June 8th 2007, 16:58

The son of Russia's deputy prime minister is jailed after a drunken brawl in which a banker was seriously injured.
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Blair tells Putin of Russia fears

Friday, June 8th 2007, 15:25

PM Tony Blair tells Vladimir Putin people are "becoming fearful" about Russia's foreign policy.
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Bush plays down Russia row

Thursday, June 7th 2007, 16:23
related countries: Germany, United States

George Bush describes as interesting a Russian proposal for resolving the row over the US missile defence shield.
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Moscow 'to cut migrant workers'

Thursday, June 7th 2007, 14:30
related places: Moscow

Moscow city authorities plan to reduce the number of migrants working in the Russian capital.
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Tough talks ahead for G8 leaders

Thursday, June 7th 2007, 8:56
related countries: Germany

G8 leaders begin their first full day of talks amid climate change discord and a rift between Russia and the West.
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US-Russian row looms over G8

Wednesday, June 6th 2007, 7:36
related countries: Germany, United States

Leaders from major industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russian tensions.
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Bush criticises Russia on reform

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 22:16
related countries: United States

US President Bush says Russia "derailed" democratic reforms, as a row over missile defence stokes tensions.
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Landslide destroys geyser valley

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 14:38

A huge landslide destroys a large part of the Valley of the Geysers, one of Russia's greatest natural wonders.
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Bush seeks to calm Russian fears

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 14:20
related countries: Czech Republic, United States

US President Bush says Russia has nothing to fear from a missile shield to be partly built in eastern Europe.
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Nato condemns Putin missile threat

Monday, June 4th 2007, 22:09
related countries: United States

Nato condemns Russia's threat to aim weapons at Europe over the planned US missile defence shield.
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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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Six Russians abducted in Nigeria

Sunday, June 3rd 2007, 18:35
related countries: Nigeria

Six Russian aluminium workers are kidnapped in Nigeria, and their Nigerian driver shot dead.
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Gorbachev criticises US 'empire'

Sunday, June 3rd 2007, 15:48
related countries: United States
related places: West

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev blames the US for the current state of relations between Russia and the West.
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Agent's death 'used politically'

Friday, June 1st 2007, 13:36
related countries: United Kingdom

The "British side" is using the murder of Alexander Litvinenko to start a "political campaign", Russia's foreign minister says.
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Russia blames US in missile row

Friday, June 1st 2007, 2:52
related countries: United States

Russian President Putin says a missile test was in answer to US plans to create a defence shield in Central Europe.
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Russia rejects new Kosovo draft

Friday, June 1st 2007, 2:13
related places: Kosovo

Russia says a draft UN resolution supporting Kosovo independence is unacceptable and hints at a veto.
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Russia denies foreign energy bias

Thursday, May 31st 2007, 15:13

Russia does not discriminate against foreign firms in its pursuit of its energy needs, a senior official has stated.
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Russia tests long-range missile

Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 14:43

Russia test-launches an intercontinental ballistic missile which can be armed with multiple warheads.
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Tennis: Jankovic eases through

Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 13:18
related countries: France

Russia's 11th seed Nadia Petrova struggles with a back problem as she is knocked out of the first round of the French Open for the second year running.
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UK requests Lugovoi extradition

Monday, May 28th 2007, 15:56
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

The UK formally asks Russia to hand over an ex-KGB agent wanted over the Litvinenko murder in London.
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Moscow anti-gay attack condemned

Monday, May 28th 2007, 12:46
related places: Gay, Moscow

Gay activists and Western mayors express shock at anti-homosexual violence in Moscow.
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Arrests at Russian gay protests

Sunday, May 27th 2007, 11:36
related places: Moscow

West European MPs and a Russian gay rights leader are arrested in Moscow during violence at a banned protest.
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Fire out at Moscow TV tower

Friday, May 25th 2007, 9:31
related places: Moscow

A fire has been extinguished in Moscow's Ostankino television tower, one of Europe's tallest buildings.
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Corruption 'undermining' justice

Thursday, May 24th 2007, 13:23
related countries: Argentina

Rising political interference in the courts is harming justice in Argentina and Russia, a corruption watchdog says.
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Methane blast rocks Russian mine

Thursday, May 24th 2007, 12:13

A methane blast rocks a Russian coal mine, killing at least 36 workers and injuring a further six.
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'No problem' over Litvinenko case

Wednesday, May 23rd 2007, 12:27
related countries: United Kingdom

Russia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.
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Russians doubt Lugovoi handover

Wednesday, May 23rd 2007, 11:33
related countries: United Kingdom

Russian media commentators criticise Britain's request for the extradition of Alexander Litvinenko's alleged poisoner Andrei Lugovoi.
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Litvinenko suspect denies charges

Tuesday, May 22nd 2007, 19:07
related countries: United Kingdom

The Russian accused in the UK of murdering Alexander Litvinenko says the charges are "politically motivated".
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Russian faces Litvinenko charge

Tuesday, May 22nd 2007, 18:14

UK prosecutors are to make an announcement on charges over the poisoning of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko.
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EU-Russian talks end in acrimony

Friday, May 18th 2007, 22:08

The leaders of the EU and Russia trade sharp criticism over human rights as a summit ends without agreement.
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Moscow's 'cyber war' hits Estonia

Thursday, May 17th 2007, 15:21
related countries: Estonia
related places: Moscow

Estonia says its websites are under heavy attack, blaming Russia for playing a part over a row about a war memorial.
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Russian quizzed over Madeleine

Thursday, May 17th 2007, 12:31

A Russian man questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann denies any involvement.
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Russian Church ends 80-year split

Thursday, May 17th 2007, 7:52

The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad reunites with its mother church after 80 years of schism.
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US criticises Burma nuclear plan

Thursday, May 17th 2007, 7:05
related countries: Burma, United States

Russia's plan to build a nuclear research centre in Burma is heavily criticised by the US.
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