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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• $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 to meet next week
• Bush backs Russian plan for Iran – Chechen leader sees off first flight
• Chechen police die in Ingushetia – Crew 'welcomed' Russian 'pirates'
• Crimea lighthouse row escalates – Energy key at Shanghai summit
• Energy prices 'threaten growth' – EU urges Russia to halt UK ban
• EU verifies Russia's withdrawal – Fire out at Moscow TV tower
• Fire tears through Russian hostel – Gay march to defy Moscow ban
• Gay protest broken up in Moscow – Georgia recalls Moscow ambassador
• Georgia reeling – High stakes
• High stakes – Iran eyes Russia nuclear proposal
• Iran gives early date for reactor – KGB influence 'soars under Putin'
• Khodorkovsky 'on hunger strike' – Live text - Andreev v Federer
• Live text - CSKA Moscow v A Villa – Medvedev on first visit to West
• Medvedev orders jail death probe – Moscow Diary
• Moscow drug clinic fire kills 45 – Nato chief dismisses fears
• Nato chief reaches out to Russia – North Korea detains Russian ship
• Northern hemisphere looks up for total ecl... – Poland 'may lift EU-Russia veto'
• Poland firm on US missile defence – Putin announces Lada rescue deal
• Putin attacks 'jackal' opponents – Putin opponents step up pressure
• Putin orders massive arts audit – Putin warns on population decline
• Putin warns Ukraine over arms – Row over Russia lawyer jail death
• Royal row over Russian bear fate – Russia admits police corruption
• Russia agrees India nuclear deal – Russia blocks UK extradition plea
• Russia boosts military spending – Russia eyes new Syria arms deal
• Russia faces fresh condemnation – Russia marks Beslan siege deaths
• Russia may back Iran sanctions – Russia probes Berezovsky 'plot'
• Russia probes new reporter death – Russia signs up to Georgia truce
• Russia soldier jailed for abuse – Russia to unveil spaceship plans
• Russia to upgrade nuclear systems – Russia's hold on eastern Europe
• Russia's Ilchenko wins 10km gold – Russian anger at US missile deal
• Russian anti-Putin demo broken up – Russian drone 'hit over Georgia'
• Russian economy in sharp slowdown – Russian MPs act to 'curb' NGOs
• Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels – Russian ship seized off Somalia
• Russian ships enter Cuban waters – Russians halt Nato co-operation
• Russians held in China spy probe – Seven die in south Russia battles
• Seven killed in N Caucasus clash – Spy's death-bed Putin accusation
• Stalin's grandson sues newspaper – Tennis: USA take hold on final
• Tennis: Win puts Russia into lead – Tributes to writer Solzhenitsyn
• Troops 'kill' gunmen in Dagestan – Ukraine bars Moscow mayor
• Ukraine braces for new coalition – US criticises Russia shield move
• US delivers aid to Georgian port – Violence flares in North Caucasus
• Vote on N Korea sanctions delayed – Zenit overcome Man Utd to claim Super Cup

Russia: news

Russia soldier jailed for abuse

Tuesday, September 26th 2006, 11:21

A Russian soldier is jailed for four years for abusing a soldier so badly he needed his legs and genitals amputated.
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Russia sparks Cold War scramble

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 21:05
related countries: Guam, United States

Russia says its bombers flew to Guam for the first time since the Cold War, triggering a scramble by US fighters.
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Russia stands by Georgia actions

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 18:55
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Russia's foreign minister says on a visit to Abkhazia that Moscow's actions in the region were the only way to guarantee security.
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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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Russia stops gas flow to Armenia

Monday, December 14th 2009, 7:54
related countries: Armenia

Russia has halted gas supplies to Armenia after an explosive device was found near a pipeline, Russian news reports say.
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Russia subs make Arctic test dive

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 17:44
related countries: Arctic Ocean

Russian mini-subs make a test dive ahead of a mission to the Arctic Ocean seabed beneath the North Pole.
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Russia supports Abbas leadership

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 13:40
related places: Moscow

Russia's Vladimir Putin expresses support for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during his Moscow visit.
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Russia suspect running to be MP

Sunday, September 16th 2007, 13:38
related countries: United Kingdom

A businessman wanted in Britain over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko aims to become a Russian MP.
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Russia suspects 'female bomber'

Friday, November 7th 2008, 11:02

Russian officials try to identify the woman they suspect launched a suicide attack on a minibus that killed 12.
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Russia suspends arms control pact

Saturday, July 14th 2007, 20:47

Russia's president suspends application of a key Cold War arms treaty limiting heavy weapons in Europe.
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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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Russia suspends Georgia pullout

Saturday, September 30th 2006, 15:32
related countries: Georgia

Russia suspends the withdrawal of its forces from Georgia, as tensions between the two countries escalate.
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Russia suspicious over Iran test

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 12:29
related countries: Iran

Russia says an Iranian missile test this week raised suspicions over its true nuclear ambitions.
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Russia swaps Libya debt for deals

Friday, April 18th 2008, 9:35
related countries: Libya

Russia agrees to cancel $4.5bn (£2.3bn) of Libyan debt in exchange for major contracts for Russian firms.
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Russia tables own UN Georgia text

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 23:04
related countries: France, Georgia

Russia introduces its own draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, a day after rejecting a rival French document.
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Russia tackles Siberia oil slick

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 17:14

Pollution from a blast at Russia's largest hydro-electric power station kills fish and spreads down a major Siberian river.
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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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Russia tests ballistic missiles

Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 1:25
related countries: United States

Russia successfully tests two intercontinental missiles amid renewed criticism over US missile defence plans.
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Russia tests giant fuel-air bomb

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 12:29

The Russian military tests a giant fuel-air bomb which it says is the biggest non-nuclear device in the world.
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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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Russia threatens veto over Kosovo

Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 11:26
related places: Kosovo

Moscow threatens to veto a UN plan to give Kosovo supervised independence, Russian news agencies say.
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Russia tightens rules on migrants

Thursday, November 16th 2006, 13:30

A top Russian migration official calls for limits on the concentration of ethnic minorities.
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Russia to aid Bolivia drugs fight

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 10:16
related countries: Bolivia

Russia is set to provide helicopters to help tackle drug trafficking, as the two nations sign a series of accords.
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Russia to cut Ukraine gas supply

Monday, January 5th 2009, 18:29
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

Russia's Vladimir Putin tells Gazprom to reduce gas sent via Ukraine to Europe over allegations Kiev is siphoning some off.
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Russia to extend naval exercises

Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 22:03

Russia plans naval exercises in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, in an apparent effort to boost its presence.
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Russia to extradite 'mercenary'

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 11:38
related countries: Colombia, Israel

A court in Russia has approved the extradition to Colombia of a former Israeli army officer, wanted for training paramilitary groups.
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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 to honour Iran arms deal

Friday, May 26th 2006, 16:27
related countries: Iran
related places: Moscow

Russia's defence minister confirms Moscow intends to honour a controversial missile deal with Iran.
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Russia to host Asian war drills

Wednesday, April 26th 2006, 11:05
related countries: China

China, Russia and four Central Asian countries announce joint anti-terrorism exercises in Russia next year.
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Russia to investigate spy's death

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 16:39
related countries: United Kingdom

Russia begins its own investigation into the poisoning of a former spy, to run parallel to a British inquiry.
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Russia to keep forces at key port

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 18:40
related countries: Georgia

Russia insists its plans to keep forces in a key Georgian port do not break the terms of the ceasefire.
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Russia to lift ban on Polish meat

Wednesday, December 12th 2007, 17:13
related countries: Poland

Russia agrees to lift a two-year-old ban on Polish meat imports it imposed on health grounds.
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Russia to limit British Council

Wednesday, December 12th 2007, 18:03
related countries: United Kingdom

Russia tells the British Council to suspend the work of its two offices outside Moscow by the start of 2008.
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Russia to limit election monitors

Monday, January 28th 2008, 23:24

Russia will limit foreign election monitors at its March presidential poll to 400, half the observers in 2004.
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Russia to mourn club fire victims

Saturday, December 5th 2009, 15:56

Russia's President Medvedev vows to punish those responsible for a nightclub fire that killed 109 and declares a day of mourning.
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Russia to move missiles to Baltic

Wednesday, November 5th 2008, 15:03
related countries: Georgia, United States

Russia will put short-range missiles in the Baltic to counter a US defence shield in Europe, President Medvedev says.
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Russia to return Uzbek 'suspects'

Friday, August 4th 2006, 7:24

Russian is to extradite 13 Uzbeks facing terrorism charges over the 13 May 2005 Andijan bloodshed.
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Russia to sell arms to Indonesia

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 8:48
related countries: Indonesia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting his Indonesian counterpart to sign an arms deal worth $1bn.
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Russia to set up panel to prevent 'falsification of history'

Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 20:28

President Medvedev of Russia orders the creation of a commission to prevent "falsifications" of Russian history.
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Russia to step up state ownership

Friday, June 5th 2009, 10:05

Russia's president says increased state intervention in the country's economy during the global downturn is "inevitable".
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Russia to tighten military draft

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 16:08

Russia's parliament approves a bill to scrap five reasons men can use to defer military service.
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Russia to unveil spaceship plans

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 9:17

The Russian space agency is expected to unveil development plans for a next-generation manned spacecraft.
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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 to meet next weekBush backs Russian plan for Iran – Chechen leader sees off first flightChechen police die in Ingushetia – Crew 'welcomed' Russian 'pirates'Crimea lighthouse row escalates – Energy key at Shanghai summitEnergy prices 'threaten growth' – EU urges Russia to halt UK banEU verifies Russia's withdrawal – Fire out at Moscow TV towerFire tears through Russian hostel – Gay march to defy Moscow banGay protest broken up in Moscow – Georgia recalls Moscow ambassadorGeorgia reeling – High stakesHigh stakes – Iran eyes Russia nuclear proposalIran gives early date for reactor – KGB influence 'soars under Putin'Khodorkovsky 'on hunger strike' – Live text - Andreev v FedererLive text - CSKA Moscow v A Villa – Medvedev on first visit to WestMedvedev orders jail death probe – Moscow DiaryMoscow drug clinic fire kills 45 – Nato chief dismisses fearsNato chief reaches out to Russia – North Korea detains Russian shipNorthern hemisphere looks up for total ecl... – Poland 'may lift EU-Russia veto'Poland firm on US missile defence – Putin announces Lada rescue dealPutin attacks 'jackal' opponents – Putin opponents step up pressurePutin orders massive arts audit – Putin warns on population declinePutin warns Ukraine over arms – Row over Russia lawyer jail deathRoyal row over Russian bear fate – Russia admits police corruptionRussia agrees India nuclear deal – Russia blocks UK extradition pleaRussia boosts military spending – Russia eyes new Syria arms dealRussia faces fresh condemnation – Russia marks Beslan siege deathsRussia may back Iran sanctions – Russia probes Berezovsky 'plot'Russia probes new reporter death – Russia signs up to Georgia truceRussia soldier jailed for abuse – Russia to unveil spaceship plansRussia to upgrade nuclear systems – Russia's hold on eastern EuropeRussia's Ilchenko wins 10km gold – Russian anger at US missile dealRussian anti-Putin demo broken up – Russian drone 'hit over Georgia'Russian economy in sharp slowdown – Russian MPs act to 'curb' NGOsRussian MPs back Georgia's rebels – Russian ship seized off SomaliaRussian ships enter Cuban waters – Russians halt Nato co-operationRussians held in China spy probe – Seven die in south Russia battlesSeven killed in N Caucasus clash – Spy's death-bed Putin accusationStalin's grandson sues newspaper – Tennis: USA take hold on finalTennis: Win puts Russia into lead – Tributes to writer SolzhenitsynTroops 'kill' gunmen in Dagestan – Ukraine bars Moscow mayorUkraine braces for new coalition – US criticises Russia shield moveUS delivers aid to Georgian port – Violence flares in North CaucasusVote on N Korea sanctions delayed – Zenit overcome Man Utd to claim Super Cup