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

Poisoned spy 'had death threats'

Tuesday, November 21st 2006, 18:59

A friend of a poisoned Russian dissident said they both received e-mail threats days before he was taken ill.
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Poisoned ex-spy 'slightly worse'

Monday, November 20th 2006, 13:35
related countries: United Kingdom

A former Russian KGB colonel poisoned by the chemical thallium is readmitted to intensive care.
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EU pushes for joint energy stance

Monday, November 20th 2006, 12:58

Top EU officials meet energy industry chiefs amid difficulties over key negotiations with Russia.
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UK investigates 'KGB poisoning'

Sunday, November 19th 2006, 19:48
related countries: United Kingdom

Police investigate after a former Russian KGB colonel living in Britain is poisoned by the toxic chemical thallium.
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US in WTO deal with Russia

Sunday, November 19th 2006, 15:26
related countries: United States

Russia and the US sign a trade agreement that allows Russia to join the WTO after 12 years of negotiations.
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UK investigates 'KGB poisoning'

Sunday, November 19th 2006, 14:55
related countries: United Kingdom

Police investigate the poisoning of a former Russian security official who was granted asylum in the UK.
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EU bid to end Polish-Russian row

Friday, November 17th 2006, 10:56
related countries: Finland, Poland
related places: Warsaw

Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen heads for Warsaw to try to defuse a confrontation over the EU's relationship with Russia.
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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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Small tsunamis hit northern Japan

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 20:53
related countries: Japan

Small tsunami waves hit a Japanese island after an earthquake, and Russia's Pacific coast remains on alert.
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US to back Russia's WTO entry bid

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 17:11
related countries: United States

President George W Bush and Russia's President Putin are to sign an agreement on Russia's WTO membership bid.
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Russian oil fund chief shot dead

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 12:46
related places: Moscow

The head of a Russian oil industry consultancy is shot dead in Moscow in an apparent contract killing.
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Poland holds up EU-Russia talks

Monday, November 13th 2006, 13:40
related countries: Belgium, Poland
related places: Brussels

Poland vetoes the start of talks between the EU and Russia on a new partnership agreement.
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Pasternak's grave hit by vandals

Saturday, November 11th 2006, 10:23

The grave of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who wrote Dr Zhivago, has been desecrated by vandals.
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Tennis: Sharapova's winning run

Friday, November 10th 2006, 22:26

Maria Sharapova thrashes Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-4 at the WTA Championships to claim a 19th straight win.
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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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Russian marchers defy ban

Saturday, November 4th 2006, 17:51
related places: Moscow

Ultra-nationalists demonstrate in the Russian capital, in defiance of a ban imposed on their march.
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The car craze sweeping Russia's rich

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 12:58

Rich Russians are finding ever more innovative ways to spend their money, the BBC's Chloe Arnold reports.
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Gazprom to double Georgia charges

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 11:30
related countries: Georgia

Russian energy giant Gazprom has said it will more than double the cost of gas to Georgia from 2007.
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Egypt and Russia strengthen ties

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 11:06
related countries: Egypt
related places: Moscow

The Russian and Egyptian presidents are expected to discuss nuclear co-operation and arms deals in Moscow.
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Football: Arsenal held by CSKA

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 21:38

Arsenal squander a whole host of chances in a frustrating Champions League night at the Emirates Stadium.
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Georgia seeks Russia partnership

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 22:21
related countries: Georgia

Georgia's top diplomat urges Russia to be a partner ahead of the first high-level talks since the current crisis began.
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Russian atomic firm in Bulgaria deal

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 11:09
related countries: Bulgaria

Russian firm Atomstroyexport is to build a nuclear power plant by the River Danube in Bulgaria.
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Russian diplomats hurt in brawl

Monday, October 30th 2006, 12:32
related countries: Macedonia
related places: Moscow, Skopje

Moscow protests to Macedonia after four Russian diplomats were beaten up in a Skopje cafe.
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Georgian art smashed in Moscow

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 11:08
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

An exhibition by an ethnic Georgian artist at a top gallery in Moscow is destroyed by a gang of masked men.
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US 'concern' over Russia reporter

Sunday, October 22nd 2006, 1:07
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state meets relatives of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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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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Georgian anger at Putin war claim

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 18:00
related countries: Georgia

Georgia's leader dismisses Russian claims that it is readying for war in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Putin firm on EU energy charter

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 2:22
related countries: Finland

Russian President Vladimir Putin resists calls to sign an energy treaty but signals willingness for further talks.
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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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Royal row over Russian bear fate

Friday, October 20th 2006, 18:03
related countries: Spain

The Spanish monarchy denies a claim by a Russian official that a tame bear was shot dead by King Juan Carlos on a hunting trip.
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NGOs face suspension in Russia

Wednesday, October 18th 2006, 10:40

Dozens of NGOs operating in Russia are required to suspend operations after a deadline to register passes.
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Georgian deportee dies in Moscow

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 18:30
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

A Georgian man dies from an asthma attack at a Moscow airport while awaiting deportation from Russia.
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Live: CSKA Moscow v Arsenal

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 15:51
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Arsenal are the first British team in action on Tuesday, with a 1730 BST Champions League kick-off in Moscow.
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Russian banker's killers 'found'

Monday, October 16th 2006, 14:11

Russian prosecutors say they have identified suspects in the murder of a top central bank official.
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Russia cadets hit in road carnage

Sunday, October 15th 2006, 15:07
related places: Ryazan'

Six Russian cadet soldiers die after being hit by a suspected drunken driver as they march along a road near Ryazan.
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Russia warns on N Korea sanctions

Saturday, October 14th 2006, 16:08

Russia says there should be no threat of force as a UN vote nears on sanctions for N Korea's claimed nuclear test.
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Kramnik is world chess champion

Friday, October 13th 2006, 17:56

Russia's Vladimir Kramnik becomes the first undisputed world chess champion for 13 years.
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Tennis: Mauresmo out in Russia

Friday, October 13th 2006, 16:29

World number one Amelie Mauresmo is knocked out of the Kremlin Cup by eighth seed Nicole Vaidisova.
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Vote on N Korea sanctions delayed

Friday, October 13th 2006, 0:38
related countries: China, North Korea, United States

China and Russia delay a vote on a new US-drafted UN resolution calling for sanctions on North Korea.
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Tennis: Mauresmo fights through

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 17:55

Top seed Amelie Mauresmo joins Russian trio Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova and Anna Chakvetadze in the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals.
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Plea to Putin over baby mystery

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 10:54
related countries: Germany

An east German family asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to help them find their child, abducted in 1984.
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Murdered Russian's final article

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 9:55

The last article by murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya exposes abuses in Chechnya.
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