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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Russian opposition demo quashed

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 2:20

Russian riot police break up a rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin - the second in recent weeks.
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Estonia rejects ex-agent's plea

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 14:34
related countries: Estonia

A court in Estonia dismisses an appeal against expulsion by a Russian who was in Stalin's secret police.
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Russia buries mine blast victims

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 12:39

Mass funerals take place in Russia, after a gas blast at a Siberian mine killed at least 108 people.
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Forbes pays out to Moscow tycoon

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 17:20
related places: Moscow

Russia's richest woman wins a libel case against business magazine Forbes, raising questions about press freedom.
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Russia mourns disasters' victims

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 10:43

Russia is holding a day of mourning for at least 176 people who died in three disasters over four days.
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Search at stricken Siberian mine

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 21:16

Rescuers are still trying to reach three trapped Russian coal miners after a blast killed 107 people at a Siberian pit.
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Russian elderly die in home fire

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 11:09

At least 63 are killed when a fire breaks out at night in an old people's home in southern Russia.
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Siberia mine blast deaths hit 78

Monday, March 19th 2007, 20:41

Rescuers are trying to reach trapped miners in Siberia after a methane blast killed at least 78, Russian officials say.
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Seven die in Russian air crash

Saturday, March 17th 2007, 15:53

At least seven people die and more than 20 are hurt after a passenger aircraft crash-lands in central Russia.
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Russia clinches Balkan oil deal

Thursday, March 15th 2007, 10:13
related countries: Bulgaria, Greece
related places: Athens, Balkan

Russia's President Putin signs a deal in Athens to build a Balkan oil pipeline with Bulgaria and Greece.
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Russia and Italy to sign gas pact

Wednesday, March 14th 2007, 10:20
related countries: Italy

Italy's Romano Prodi is expected to finalise a major gas deal with Russia at a meeting with President Putin.
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Putin in landmark Vatican visit

Tuesday, March 13th 2007, 21:51

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Pope Benedict in a new effort to heal the Vatican-Orthodox rift.
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Russian election manager ousted

Tuesday, March 13th 2007, 18:23

The head of Russia's election commission is removed ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls.
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Russia nuclear delay angers Iran

Tuesday, March 13th 2007, 14:58
related countries: Iran

Iran criticises Russia for holding up shipping nuclear fuel, delaying completion of its first nuclear power station.
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Kremlin parties lead Russian vote

Monday, March 12th 2007, 14:16

Kremlin-backed parties lead in all 14 Russian regions holding elections, preliminary results indicate.
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When vodka is your poison

Saturday, March 10th 2007, 11:28

After bootlegged vodka poisons thousands in Russia, John Sweeney looks at how the country is coping with the Yellow Death.
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No deal on UN sanctions for Iran

Saturday, March 10th 2007, 2:02
related countries: Iran

China and Russia express concern about further sanctions on Iran proposed by the UN Security Council.
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Russia restores Chechnya air link

Thursday, March 8th 2007, 11:15
related places: Moscow

Russia resumes regular passenger flights between Moscow and war-damaged Grozny in Chechnya.
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UN Russian guilty in bribe case

Wednesday, March 7th 2007, 22:55

A former Russian diplomat at the United Nations is found guilty of money laundering by a court in New York.
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Moscow burial for dead journalist

Wednesday, March 7th 2007, 14:24
related countries: Iran, Syria

The funeral is held of a journalist said to have been investigating alleged Russian plans to sell arms to Iran and Syria.
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Two women in Russia poisoning

Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 12:11
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

Two American women are being treated in a Moscow hospital for thallium poisoning, Russian media report.
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Russia probes new reporter death

Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 10:47

Russia probes the mysterious death of a journalist who covered military space technology for a major daily.
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Russian anti-Putin demo broken up

Saturday, March 3rd 2007, 16:35

Russian riot police break up a rare rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin in central St Petersburg.
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Torture 'systematic' in Chechnya

Thursday, March 1st 2007, 9:45

Europe's top human rights official says the pro-Russian authorities in Chechnya are systematically using torture.
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Hamas win Russia boycott pledge

Tuesday, February 27th 2007, 17:29
related places: Moscow

Moscow says it will work to lift sanctions imposed by Western governments against the Palestinian government.
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Space blast's huge debris field

Monday, February 26th 2007, 22:35
related countries: China

The explosion of a Russian rocket stage in space may have created as much debris as the destruction of a satellite by China last month.
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Hamas chief set for Moscow talks

Sunday, February 25th 2007, 22:53
related places: Moscow

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is to hold talks with Russia's foreign minister on a second visit to Moscow in a year.
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Litvinenko inquiry 'nearing end'

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 22:35
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK envoy in Russia says the probe into the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko should end within weeks.
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Russia's disappearing languages

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 18:24

The languages of Russia's indigenous peoples are gradually dying out as people abandon their traditional lifestyles, Chloe Arnold reports.
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Russia funds health crisis plan

Thursday, February 22nd 2007, 19:24

Russia sets aside $3bn (£1.53bn) to tackle falling life expectancy rates and an epidemic of ill-health.
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Iran, Russia in nuclear plant row

Monday, February 19th 2007, 18:33
related countries: Iran

Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.
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Explosion in Russian McDonald's

Monday, February 19th 2007, 0:35

An explosion at a McDonald's restaurant in the Russian city of St Petersburg injures at least six people.
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Ukraine crash due to pilot error

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 16:40
related countries: Ukraine

An official inquiry into the crash of a Russian passenger plane over Ukraine says pilot error is to blame
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Putin ally promoted in reshuffle

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 19:44

Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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Estonia split over WWII memorial

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 15:58
related countries: Estonia

Estonia's president rejects a law to remove a Soviet war memorial amid a bitter row with Russia.
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Tennis star named UN enovy

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 13:46

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova becomes a UN goodwill ambassador, focussing on Chernobyl.
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The bitter Baltic sprat spat

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 13:44

In Latvia, Laura Sheeter discovers why a recent ban by Russia threatened the production of an 'essential' party food.
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Piracy case collapses in Russia

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 13:07

A Russian court throws out a case against a headteacher accused of using pirated Microsoft software.
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'Big three' hold key Delhi talks

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 15:42
related countries: Afghanistan, India
related places: Delhi

The foreign ministers of India, China and Russia discuss terrorism, drug trafficking, and Afghanistan in Delhi.
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Russian soldiers 'used for sex'

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 13:32

The Russian military is reported to be probing claims that conscripts were made to work as male prostitutes.
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Putin in Jordan for talks

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 1:05
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares for talks in Amman with the Jordanian king and Palestinian leader.
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Putin in first Saudi state visit

Sunday, February 11th 2007, 19:12
related countries: Saudi Arabia

President Vladimir Putin begins a Middle East tour which includes the first visit of a Russian leader to Saudi Arabia.
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