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

Russia's '$10bn China power deal'

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 8:46
related countries: China

Chinese and Russian firms plan to spend $10bn (£5.4bn) on power plants in north east China, Beijing media says.
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Russian bank manager shot dead

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 12:18
related places: Moscow

A Russian bank manager is gunned down at his home in Moscow in an apparent contract killing.
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UN seeks unity on N Korea moves

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 6:58
related countries: North Korea

UN diplomats are still working to secure agreement on which sanctions N Korea should face after its claimed nuclear test.
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Funeral for shot Russian reporter

Tuesday, October 10th 2006, 16:29
related places: Moscow

Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of the investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow.
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Putin in Germany for Merkel talks

Tuesday, October 10th 2006, 4:35
related countries: Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Putin in Germany for Merkel talks

Tuesday, October 10th 2006, 4:35
related countries: Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Reporter's death 'tragic' - Putin

Monday, October 9th 2006, 17:02

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya "tragic".
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Chechens deplore reporter's death

Monday, October 9th 2006, 10:31
related places: Moscow

Chechnya's pro-Moscow leaders condemn reporter Anna Politkovskaya's murder, as mourning continues.
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Russians mourn murdered reporter

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 15:33
related places: Chechen, Moscow

Hundreds of Russians rally in central Moscow to condemn the murder of Chechen-war reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
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Russia hunts journalist's killer

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 7:52

Russian prosecutors say the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya may have been linked to her work.
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Chechen war reporter found dead

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 21:39

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a fierce critic of the Kremlin's actions in Chechnya, is shot dead.
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The winners and losers of modern Russia

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 10:38

The BBC's Kevin Connolly considers what has been won and lost during Russia's remarkable transition.
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Georgia chides Russia 'cleansing'

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 8:33
related countries: Georgia

Georgia likens Russia's treatment of its citizens in a spying row to a "mild form of ethnic cleansing".
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Putin calls for Georgia pressure

Friday, October 6th 2006, 22:14
related countries: Georgia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin urges international pressure on Georgia, as tensions continue to escalate.
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Georgians deported as row deepens

Friday, October 6th 2006, 20:39

Russia deports about 130 Georgians as a row sparked by the arrest in Tbilisi of alleged Russian spies escalates.
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Russians 'in N Korea test talks'

Friday, October 6th 2006, 2:48
related countries: North Korea

Russia says it is attempting to dissuade North Korea from carrying out its plan to test a nuclear weapon.
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Poles and Russia try to mend ties

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 10:01
related countries: Poland

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Poland in a bid to patch up strained relations.
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Putin fury at Georgia 'blackmail'

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 15:42
related countries: Georgia

President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row.
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EU urges Russia to end blockade

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 13:23
related countries: Georgia

The EU calls on Russia to lift economic sanctions it imposed on Georgia amid a bitter spying row.
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Georgia 'blockade' continues

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 0:35
related countries: Georgia

Russia keeps up a freeze on vital links with Georgia, despite the release of four alleged Russian spies.
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Georgia releases Russian 'spies'

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 18:57
related countries: Georgia

Four Russian officers held for spying in Georgia return to Moscow after being freed, as sanctions are imposed.
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Putin fury at Georgia 'terrorism'

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 7:30
related countries: Georgia

Russian leader Vladimir Putin says Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers for spying is "state terror".
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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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Russian officers on spying charge

Friday, September 29th 2006, 16:27
related countries: Georgia
related places: Tbilisi

Four Russian officers held in Georgia are charged with spying, as Moscow begins evacuating staff from Tbilisi.
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Russia urges UN to rebuke Georgia

Friday, September 29th 2006, 4:05
related countries: Georgia

Russia calls on the UN Security Council to censure Georgia as the spying row escalates.
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Tsar's mother reburied in Russia

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 12:46

The remains of the mother of Russia's last tsar are buried in St Petersburg, in line with her last wishes.
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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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Indian stabbed to death in Russia

Monday, September 25th 2006, 9:42
related countries: India

An Indian student is killed in St Petersburg, in what Russian police say may have been a racist attack.
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Tennis: Russia into Cup final

Sunday, September 24th 2006, 14:05
related countries: United States

Dmitry Tursunov beats American Andy Roddick to send Russia into the Davis Cup final.
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Russia in European energy pledge

Saturday, September 23rd 2006, 17:49
related countries: France

Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to reassure France and Germany about the security of energy supplies.
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Mother of tsar makes last voyage

Saturday, September 23rd 2006, 12:42
related countries: Denmark

The remains of the mother of the last Russian tsar are being taken by ship from Denmark to Russia.
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Tennis: Russia leads US

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 16:06
related countries: United States

Mikhail Youzhny and Marat Safin give Russia a 2-0 lead over the US in their Davis Cup semi-final.
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Japan warns Russia over Sakhalin

Tuesday, September 19th 2006, 6:59
related places: Moscow, Sakhalin

Japan says relations with Russia could be hurt by Moscow withdrawing approval for the Sakhalin 2 energy project.
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Lift-off for woman space tourist

Monday, September 18th 2006, 12:50
related countries: United States

The first woman space tourist, US citizen Anousheh Ansari, blasts off on a Russian Soyuz rocket.
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Trans-Dniester votes for split

Monday, September 18th 2006, 8:34
related countries: Moldova

Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region back a plan to unite with Russia, officials say.
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Mass arrests at Moscow race rally

Friday, September 15th 2006, 11:45
related places: Moscow

More than 100 people are detained at a Moscow protest rally against migrants from the Caucasus.
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Russia jails Moscow knifeman

Friday, September 15th 2006, 11:35
related places: Moscow

A Russian court jails a man for 16 years for stabbing worshippers at a Moscow synagogue in January.
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Russia central banker shot dead

Thursday, September 14th 2006, 9:54
related places: Moscow

Top Russian Central Bank official Andrei Kozlov dies after being shot by gunmen in Moscow.
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Madonna sings on cross in Russia

Wednesday, September 13th 2006, 8:19

Madonna sings suspended from a cross in Russia despite objections of blasphemy by the Orthodox church.
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Crimea lighthouse row escalates

Tuesday, September 12th 2006, 18:13
related countries: Ukraine

A Ukrainian court rules the country should take control of 22 Crimean lighthouses used by the Russian navy.
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Three killed in Russian air crash

Monday, September 11th 2006, 17:28

A Russian army helicopter crashes in the North Caucasus, killing at least three people.
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Russian gold mine fire kills 21

Saturday, September 9th 2006, 17:57
related countries: United Kingdom

At least 21 miners are known to have died after Thursday's gold mine fire in eastern Russia.
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