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 mulls rocket power 'first'

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 12:59

Russia's next-generation manned spacecraft might use thrusters to perform a precision landing on its return to Earth.
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Russia captures Somalia pirates

Tuesday, April 28th 2009, 23:59
related countries: Somalia

A Russian warship seizes a pirate vessel with 29 people on board near the coast of Somalia, Russian news reports say.
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Medvedev sacks Moscow police head

Tuesday, April 28th 2009, 21:45
related places: Moscow

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses Moscow's police chief a day after an officer shot dead three people.
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Welcome home?

Tuesday, April 28th 2009, 19:30

The Tajik migrants returning from Russia in droves
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Moscow police chief 'kills two'

Monday, April 27th 2009, 8:45
related places: Moscow

A senior Russian policeman opens fire in a southern district of Moscow while off duty, killing at least two people.
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Pro-Putin mayor elected in Sochi

Monday, April 27th 2009, 7:02
related places: Sochi

The pro-government candidate wins the mayoral election in the Russian city of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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High stakes

Friday, April 24th 2009, 23:38

Russian democracy under scrutiny for Olympic city election
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Russia military spy boss 'sacked'

Friday, April 24th 2009, 15:56

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses the head of the country's powerful GRU military intelligence service.
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Cutting back

Friday, April 24th 2009, 14:20
related countries: United States
related places: Why

Why the US and Russia want a new arms control treaty
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US and Russia hold nuclear talks

Friday, April 24th 2009, 13:27
related countries: Italy, United States
related places: Rome

Negotiators for the US and Russia meet in Rome to begin work on a new treaty to curb nuclear weapons.
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Russia military spy boss 'sacked'

Friday, April 24th 2009, 12:25

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses the head of the country's powerful GRU military intelligence service.
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N Korea in defiant nuclear stance

Friday, April 24th 2009, 10:12
related countries: North Korea

North Korea confirms it will not re-join international negotiations on its nuclear disarmament, despite Russian pressure.
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Russian minister to appeal to N Korea

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 8:47
related countries: North Korea

Russia's foreign minister is in North Korea, where he is expected to urge the leadership to return to disarmament talks.
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Moscow v Nato

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 23:56

Russia's foreign minister decries 'Cold War logic'
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Ex-Yukos chief pleads not guilty

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 10:46
related places: Moscow

Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky pleads not guilty to new embezzlement and money laundering charges in Moscow.
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Korans 'burned in Russian prison'

Monday, April 20th 2009, 15:28

A migrants organisation in Russia says a group of inmates has accused prison officials of burning copies of the Koran.
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Central Asia holds military drill

Saturday, April 18th 2009, 22:22
related countries: Tajikistan

Russia, China and three central Asian countries conduct a joint anti-terrorist military exercise in Tajikistan.
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Live text - Murray v Davydenko

Friday, April 17th 2009, 16:35
related places: Davydenko

Andy Murray takes on Russia's Nikolay Davydenko for a place in the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals.
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Dozens dead in Russian insurgency

Friday, April 17th 2009, 13:58

New figures show dozens of people have died in unrest in Russia's Ingushetia region just as peace is declared in neighbouring Chechnya.
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Nato exercises 'a dangerous move'

Friday, April 17th 2009, 12:42
related countries: Georgia

Russia's president condemns Nato's "dangerous decision" to hold military exercises in Georgia next month.
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Russia 'ends Chechnya operation'

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 17:04

Russia ends its decade-long "counter-terrorism operation" against separatist rebels in the republic of Chechnya.
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Russia angered by Nato exercises

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 13:32
related countries: Georgia

Russia asks Nato to cancel or postpone military exercises it plans to hold in Georgia next month.
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Nightmare over?

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 7:54

Chechnya may still come back to bite Russia
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Medvedev speaks to critical press

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 15:46

President Medvedev grants his first Russian newspaper interview to the employer of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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N Korea urged to return to talks

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 17:41
related countries: China, North Korea

China and Russia urge North Korea to reconsider its decision to abandon talks over its nuclear programme.
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Russian soldier shoots comrades

Monday, April 13th 2009, 10:07

A Russian soldier in Chechnya shot dead three comrades on Sunday before attempting to commit suicide, officials say.
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Russia 'will buy Israeli drones'

Friday, April 10th 2009, 15:41
related countries: Israel

Russia signs a deal to buy Israeli unmanned spy planes to help the country improve its own drones, reports say.
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Russia blamed for Turkmen pipeline blast

Friday, April 10th 2009, 13:29
related countries: Turkmenistan
related places: Moscow

Turkmenistan blames Russia for causing an explosion on a gas pipeline, saying Moscow cut its imports without notice.
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Turkmen-Russia gas supply halted

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 12:21
related countries: Turkmenistan
related places: Moscow

Gas supplies from Turkmenistan to Russia are halted after a pipeline explosion, but Moscow says its customers will not be affected.
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US space tourist lands on Earth

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 9:28
related countries: Kazakhstan, United States
related places: Earth

A Russian capsule carrying a US space tourist and two professional astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say.
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Kazakhstan in nuclear bank offer

Monday, April 6th 2009, 21:20
related countries: Kazakhstan, United States

Kazakhstan's president offers to build a nuclear fuel bank on its territory, a plan backed by the US and Russia.
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Putin says Russia can beat crisis

Monday, April 6th 2009, 12:20

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia will survive the current economic crisis if everyone works 'as one team'.
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Top Chechen 'behind Gulf murder'

Monday, April 6th 2009, 9:36
related places: Chechen

Dubai police say a senior Chechen official was behind the apparent killing of a rival of the Russian region's president.
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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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Russia may offer US Afghan access

Thursday, April 2nd 2009, 15:03
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Russia agrees to discuss the transit of American military supplies to Afghanistan across its territory.
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Fresh start

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 14:50
related countries: United States

US and Russia press reset button with nuclear deal
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Russia and US renew nuclear talks

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 13:11
related countries: United States

Russia and the US are to reopen negotiations about reducing their nuclear warheads, Presidents Medvedev and Obama say.
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Bomb blows hole in Lenin statue

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 12:29
related places: Lenin

One of Russia's most famous statues of Lenin is bombed, leaving the Bolshevik revolutionary with a gaping hole in his rear.
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'Toilet row' lowers morale on space station

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 10:14
related countries: United States

A Russian cosmonaut says the US toilet and exercise bike have been put out of bounds to non-American crew.
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Prominent Chechen killed in Dubai

Monday, March 30th 2009, 16:57

Russian authorities confirm a prominent opponent of the pro-Kremlin Chechen president has been shot dead in Dubai.
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Russia's poor 'need crisis help'

Monday, March 30th 2009, 11:13

Russia's economy will shrink by 4.5% this year and its poor need more help, the World Bank predicts.
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Leaders stress need for G20 unity

Sunday, March 29th 2009, 15:39
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

Key politicians from Australia, Russia, China and the UK urge a unified response to the economic crisis at the G20 summit.
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Charm offensive

Sunday, March 29th 2009, 10:48

Andrew Marr meets media-savvy Russian president
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Russia hints at Chechen changes

Friday, March 27th 2009, 21:08
related places: Chechen

Russia's president says the troubled republic of Chechnya may be stable enough to ease security restrictions there.
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Russian 'Arctic military' plan

Friday, March 27th 2009, 13:06

Russia announces plans to set up a military force to protect its Arctic interests, in a move which may worry its rivals.
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Space experiment

Friday, March 27th 2009, 8:12
related places: Mars

Russia to put humans through mock Mars mission
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Putin scorns EU-Ukraine gas deal

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 12:15
related countries: Ukraine

Russian Prime Minister Putin condemns as "unprofessional" an EU deal with Ukraine to secure stable gas supplies.
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Kremlin critic in ammonia attack

Monday, March 23rd 2009, 16:50
related places: Sochi

A prominent Kremlin critic, running for mayor of the Russian city of Sochi, says assailants squirted ammonia in his face.
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Should Russia rearm?

Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 12:37

Russian says it will begin a comprehensive military rearmament from 2011. Is this a new 'cold war'?
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Russia announces rearmament plan

Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 12:03
related places: Moscow

Russia's president unveils plans to modernise its armed forces, in response to regional instability and Nato expansion.
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Russia announces rearmament plan

Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 10:19
related places: Moscow

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow will begin a comprehensive rearmament of the country's military from 2011.
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Gravity satellite launch delayed

Monday, March 16th 2009, 17:00

The European Space Agency delays its gravity mapping satellite because of a technical problem at its Russian launch site.
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Russian football fans arrested

Sunday, March 15th 2009, 20:08
related places: Moscow

Police in Moscow arrest nearly 700 football fans after violence at a match at the start of the country's Premier League.
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Vietnam bus plunge 'kills 10'

Saturday, March 14th 2009, 15:03
related countries: Vietnam

At least nine Russian tourists and a Vietnamese national are killed in a bus crash in southern Vietnam, state media reports.
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The good old days of the Cold War

Saturday, March 14th 2009, 11:53

Tim Whewell meets a former Russian colonel with fond memories of his time guarding the Soviet nuclear deterrent.
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Siberian bank suspect shot dead

Friday, March 13th 2009, 16:58
related places: Leninsk

Russian security forces shoot dead a man suspected of holding up a bank in western Siberia and reportedly free five hostages.
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Lugovoi poised to run for mayor

Friday, March 13th 2009, 12:48
related places: Sochi

Andrei Lugovoi, the prime suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, is set to run for mayor of the Russian city of Sochi.
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Russia now 'top heroin consumer'

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 16:29

Russia says it is now the world's biggest consumer of heroin, which it calls a threat to national civilisation.
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US and Russia seek 2009 arms deal

Saturday, March 7th 2009, 12:52
related countries: United States

The US and Russia say they will seek to agree a new strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of 2009.
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Hillary Clinton left red-faced by Moscow gift translation gaffe

Saturday, March 7th 2009, 12:17
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

Russian media pokes fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to the Russian foreign minister.
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