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

Arbour to press Russia on rights

Sunday, February 19th 2006, 6:56

The UN Human Rights Commissioner, Louise Arbour, begins a visit to Russia that will take in Chechnya.
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Winter Olympics - day six review

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 22:52

Russia's Evgeni Plushenko takes gold in the figure skating, while Shelley Rudman wins Team GB's first medal of the Games.
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Hamas leaders invited to Russia

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 17:01
related countries: Turkey
related places: Moscow

Hamas is formally invited for talks in Moscow, as it steps up its diplomatic initiative with a visit to Turkey.
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Top Chechen cardiologist killed

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 10:49

Chechnya's top cardiologist dies after a road crash involving a Russian military vehicle.
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Iran urged to halt uranium work

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 18:02
related countries: France, Iran
related places: Tehran

France and Russia urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment after Tehran confirms it has resumed work.
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Iran shelves Russia nuclear talks

Monday, February 13th 2006, 11:44
related countries: Iran

Iran postpones talks with Russia, and reportedly resumes small-scale uranium enrichment.
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Energy prices 'threaten growth'

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 13:43
related places: Moscow

G8 finance chiefs meeting in Moscow say high oil prices may threaten solid economic growth in 2006.
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G8 Moscow talks focus on energy

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 4:44
related places: Moscow

G8 finance chiefs are discussing energy security in Moscow amid controversy over Russia's role.
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Russia-Hamas talks anger Israel

Friday, February 10th 2006, 17:10
related countries: Israel
related places: Moscow

Israel accuses Russia of "stabbing it in the back" after Palestinian militant group Hamas is invited to Moscow.
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Fighting near Chechnya kills 19

Friday, February 10th 2006, 14:13
related places: Stavropol'

Twelve rebels and seven Russian policemen die in a clash in the southern Stavropol region, officials say.
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Putin ready for talks with Hamas

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 22:28
related places: Moscow

Russia's leader says he will invite Hamas to Moscow for talks, after the militants' victory in Palestinian polls.
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Tortured soldier flown to Moscow

Tuesday, February 7th 2006, 20:36
related places: Moscow

A Russian conscript, whose legs and genitals were amputated after a beating, is flown to hospital.
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Two killed in south Russia blasts

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 20:57
related places: Vladikavkaz

Two people are killed and several injured in three explosions in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, officials say.
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Russia officer fined for slavery

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 15:27

A military court in Russia convicts a senior officer serving in the elite forces of hiring out his troops as slave labour.
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Putin warning over 'puppet' NGOs

Tuesday, January 31st 2006, 13:46

President Putin warns foreign powers not to use non-governmental organisations in Russia as puppets.
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Solzhenitsyn in Russia film first

Monday, January 30th 2006, 0:42

The first Russian film based on a novel by the former dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn is shown in Russia.
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Russia resumes Georgia gas flow

Sunday, January 29th 2006, 14:17
related countries: Georgia

Russia resumes gas deliveries to neighbouring Georgia after last week's blasts but relations remain tense.
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Georgia cuts Russian embassy gas

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 22:10
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Georgian officials cut off gas supplies to the Russian embassy there after blaming Moscow for its energy crisis.
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Two held in Russia-UK 'spy' case

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 20:30
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Two people allegedly working as spies for UK intelligence are arrested in Moscow, a TV programme claims.
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Russia 'to close rights group'

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 17:55
related places: Moscow

The Russian government seeks to close one of Moscow's oldest human rights groups, reports say.
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Ukraine stealing gas, says Italy

Friday, January 27th 2006, 18:32
related countries: Italy, Ukraine

Italy joins Russia in condemning Ukraine for allegedly stealing gas intended for Europe.
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Bush backs Russian plan for Iran

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 19:55
related countries: Iran, United States

The US president welcomes a Russian idea to control Iran's nuclear fuel as a way out of the impasse.
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Russian soldiers held over attack

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 19:45

At least six Russian soldiers are detained in connection with the severe beating of a conscript.
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Spy scandal rocks Russia

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 12:57
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says that while Britain has denied any wrongdoing in the Russian spy scandal, the week's developments are causing some alarm in Russia.
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Russia ponders fate of UK 'spies'

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 14:22
related countries: United Kingdom

Russian President Vladimir Putin says officials are still considering how to respond to the alleged UK spy scandal.
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Ukraine and Russia delay gas deal

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 10:43
related countries: Ukraine

The signing of a controversial gas deal between Russia and Ukraine is delayed for a second time.
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Iran eyes Russia nuclear proposal

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 9:37
related countries: Iran

Iran is "positive" about a plan to enrich uranium in Russia in a bid to ease controversy over its nuclear programme.
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Iran and Russia in nuclear talks

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 15:23
related countries: Iran
related places: Moscow

Iran's top nuclear negotiator heads to Moscow for talks with senior officials, amid a row over its nuclear plans.
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Ukraine takes extra Russian gas

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 11:36
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine admits withholding some Russian gas intended for other European countries.
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Tennis: Sharapova clinches win

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 6:30
related countries: Aruba

Maria Sharapova defeats Russian compatriot Nadia Petrova to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
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Russian NGO rejects spy 'smear'

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 18:10
related countries: United Kingdom

A top Russian human rights group dismisses as a smear reports that it got funds from British intelligence.
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UK diplomats in Moscow spying row

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 11:49
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Russia backs a TV report allegedly showing footage of UK diplomats using a fake rock to spy in Moscow.
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Milosevic in Moscow health plea

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 11:16
related places: Moscow

Judges at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic study a request for him to visit Moscow for medical treatment.
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Desperate Georgia gets some gas

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 11:10
related countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia
related places: Moscow

Georgia's energy crisis is eased as it gets Russian gas from Azerbaijan, but the row with Moscow rages on.
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Russia blamed for 'gas sabotage'

Sunday, January 22nd 2006, 22:39
related countries: Armenia, Georgia

Georgia's leader says Russia is behind blasts on two gas pipelines that have completely cut off supplies.
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Gas blasts hit Caucasus supplies

Sunday, January 22nd 2006, 10:39
related countries: Armenia, Georgia

Two explosions halt Russia's main natural gas supply to Georgia and Armenia, as cold weather takes hold.
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Great Russian freeze spreads west

Saturday, January 21st 2006, 12:54
related countries: Belarus, Ukraine

Severe cold weather spreads west from Russia to Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states and Scandinavia.
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Russia-Ukraine gas deal on hold

Saturday, January 21st 2006, 12:18
related countries: Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine postpone the signing of a controversial gas deal from Saturday to next week.
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Russia's freeze claims more lives

Friday, January 20th 2006, 13:31
related places: Moscow

Seven more people die in Russia's capital, Moscow, as the cold snap continues to grip the country.
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Russians face freezing chaos

Thursday, January 19th 2006, 14:57
related places: Moscow

Moscow suffers its coldest winter since 1979 - a severe test even for frost-hardened Russians, Chloe Arnold reports.
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Dozens die in Russian cold snap

Thursday, January 19th 2006, 12:09

Some 24 people die of exposure in Russia, while the freezing cold forces a cut in gas exports to Europe.
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Italy hit by Russian gas shortage

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 16:16
related countries: Italy

Italy has dipped into its gas reserves after a shortfall in supplies from Russia, says energy group ENI.
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