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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

US condemns Russia over Georgia

Thursday, September 4th 2008, 14:57
related countries: Georgia, United States
related places: Tbilisi

US Vice-President Dick Cheney visits Georgia and says Russia's actions there are an "illegitimate" attempt to alter borders.
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BP moves to settle Russia dispute

Thursday, September 4th 2008, 10:21

BP signs an agreement with its Russian partner aimed at solving a festering dispute at joint venture TNK-BP.
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US gives $1bn to rebuild Georgia

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 21:08
related countries: Georgia, United States

Washington announces $1bn (£564m) to help Georgia's reconstruction after the conflict with Russia.
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Georgia negotiates $750m IMF loan

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 15:34
related countries: Georgia

The IMF is set to give Georgia a $750m loan to help tackle the economic damage from its conflict with Russia.
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Live text - Andreev v Federer

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 20:42
related countries: United States

Defending champion Roger Federer takes on Russia's Igor Andreev in the fourth round of the US Open.
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Saakashvili a 'political corpse'

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 20:04
related countries: Georgia

President Medvedev says Russia will no longer recognise Georgia's President Saakashvili, calling him a "political corpse".
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Police 'break up Ingush protest'

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 12:14

Police in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region break up a protest at the funeral of a shot journalist, media reports say.
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Show of unity

Monday, September 1st 2008, 21:54

EU leaders overcome divisions to condemn Russia
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EU suspends talks on Russia pact

Monday, September 1st 2008, 21:02
related countries: Georgia

EU leaders agree to suspend talks on a new partnership agreement with Moscow until Russian troops withdraw from Georgia
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EU will send monitors to Georgia

Monday, September 1st 2008, 14:37
related countries: Belgium, Georgia
related places: Brussels

The EU's foreign policy chief says it plans to send hundreds of ceasefire monitors to Georgia, as an emergency summit opens.
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Russian rules

Monday, September 1st 2008, 11:57
related places: Moscow

Moscow's five new principles on foreign policy
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Anger at death of Kremlin critic

Monday, September 1st 2008, 9:51

Opposition leaders in Russia's Ingushetia region condemn the killing of an anti-Kremlin journalist shot in police custody.
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Spurs sign striker Pavlyuchenko

Monday, September 1st 2008, 6:43

Spurs sign Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow for £14m.
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Kremlin critic shot in Ingushetia

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 19:37

The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities is shot dead in police custody in the volatile region of Ingushetia.
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Russia stands by Georgia actions

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 18:32
related countries: Georgia, United Kingdom

Russia upholds its decision to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway provinces as EU leaders prepare to meet.
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UK warns over 'Russia aggression'

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 13:06
related countries: United Kingdom

UK PM Gordon Brown says Nato and the EU must reassess their relations with the Kremlin to prevent "Russian aggression".
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Russia moves to calm Georgia row

Saturday, August 30th 2008, 18:15
related countries: Georgia

Russia takes a series of diplomatic steps in an apparent effort to ease tensions with the West over the conflict in Georgia.
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Sign of the times

Saturday, August 30th 2008, 10:41
related places: Moscow

Humphrey Hawksley visits one of Moscow's old nuclear bunkers, as Russia and the West accuse each other of risking a new Cold War.
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Georgia breaks ties with Russia

Friday, August 29th 2008, 23:10
related places: Moscow

Georgia is to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, days after Moscow recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent.
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Zenit overcome Man Utd to claim Super Cup

Friday, August 29th 2008, 20:40

Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny score as Zenit St Petersburg beat Man Utd in the European Super Cup in Monaco.
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Super Cup live - Man Utd v Zenit

Friday, August 29th 2008, 18:15
related countries: Monaco

Man Utd face Russian side Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco.
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Russia hits back at G7 criticism

Friday, August 29th 2008, 10:49
related countries: Georgia

Criticism of Russia's actions in Georgia by the G7 group of nations is biased and groundless, Russian officials say.
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US rejects 'false' Russia claim

Friday, August 29th 2008, 6:02
related countries: Georgia, United States

The US dismisses accusations by Russia that it helped provoke the conflict in Georgia for domestic political reasons.
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Putin blames US for Georgia role

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 21:20
related countries: Georgia, United States

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of provoking the conflict in Georgia.
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EU considers sanctions on Russia

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 14:41
related countries: France, Georgia

EU leaders are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Georgia, the French foreign minister says.
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Russia faces fresh condemnation

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 21:13
related countries: Georgia

Seven of the world's top industrialised nations deplore Russia's decision to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions.
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UK urges tough response to Russia

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 19:17
related countries: Ukraine, United Kingdom

The UK foreign secretary calls for "hard-headed engagement" with Russia in response to its actions in Georgia.
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UK FM in Ukraine for Russia talks

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 8:50
related countries: Ukraine, United Kingdom

British Foreign Secretary David Miliban is visiting Ukraine in an effort to build a "coalition against Russian aggression".
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Pavlyuchenko heads for Tottenham

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 8:21

Spartak Moscow tell BBC Sport that striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is poised to join Tottenham.
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West condemns Russia over Georgia

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 22:35
related countries: Georgia

Western leaders condemn Russia's decision to recognise the independence of two breakaway Georgian regions.
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Ivanovic survives US Open scare

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 17:54
related countries: United States
related places: Top

Top seed Ana Ivanovic overcomes Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-1 4-6 6-4 in the first round of the US Open.
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Russia recognises Georgian rebels

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 17:07
related countries: Georgia

Russia recognises the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions, prompting international condemnation.
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Russia recognises Georgian rebels

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 13:31
related countries: Georgia

President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia recognises the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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US anger at Russian Georgia vote

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 9:42
related countries: Georgia, United States

President Bush urges Russia not to recognise Georgia's rebel enclaves as independent, as US ships head to Russian-held Poti.
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Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels

Monday, August 25th 2008, 22:05
related countries: Georgia

Russia's parliament urges President Medvedev to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions.
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Russia urged to quit Georgia port

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 22:45
related countries: France, Georgia
related places: Moscow

France's president urges Moscow to remove its troops from a Georgian port as Russian troops settle in.
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Russia to keep forces at key port

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 18:40
related countries: Georgia

Russia insists its plans to keep forces in a key Georgian port do not break the terms of the ceasefire.
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Russia accused of abusing truce

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 3:40
related countries: France, Georgia, United States

The US and France accuse Russia of failing to comply with the terms of its ceasefire with Georgia by creating buffer zones.
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Russia says withdrawal complete

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 18:18
related countries: Georgia

Russia says its withdrawal from Georgia is complete, but the US says Moscow is "not in compliance" with a ceasefire deal.
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Investors pulling out of Russia

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 15:44
related countries: Georgia

Russia sees foreign investment fall as investors become more nervous following the recent conflict with Georgia.
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Russia claim surprise relay gold

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 13:33
related countries: Jamaica, United Kingdom

Russia claim a surprise gold in the women's 4x100m relay as Britain and Jamaica fail to pass on the baton.
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Yukos boss parole plea rejected

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 9:32

A Russian court rejects an appeal for parole from former Yukos boss Mikhail Khordokovsky.
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UN split over Georgia resolutions

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 9:09
related countries: Georgia

The UN Security Council splits over efforts to resolve the Georgia crisis hours before Russia is due to complete its pullback.
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Russians halt Nato co-operation

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 0:53
related countries: Georgia

Russia tells Nato it is halting military co-operation over the continuing crisis in Georgia, the alliance says.
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Own interests

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 23:05
related places: Moscow

Why few ex-Soviet states are backing Moscow on Ossetia
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Russia eyes new Syria arms deal

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 22:34
related countries: Syria

Moscow is ready to sell new weapons of "a defensive character" to Syria, Russia's foreign minister says.
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Russians halt Nato co-operation

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 20:05
related countries: Georgia

Russia tells Nato it is halting military co-operation over the continuing crisis in Georgia, the alliance says.
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Cold front?

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 1:23
related countries: Poland, United States

Polish missile deal heightens Russia and US tensions
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Russia tables own UN Georgia text

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 23:04
related countries: France, Georgia

Russia introduces its own draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, a day after rejecting a rival French document.
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Russia condemns US missile deal

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 19:52
related countries: Poland, United States

Russia says a US-Polish missile defence deal creates a new arms race, warning it will react beyond "diplomatic demarches".
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Russia scales down Georgia toll

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 15:27
related countries: Georgia

Russia says it has evidence of 133 civilians killed in the conflict over South Ossetia - far lower than its initial estimate of 1,600.
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Russia rejects UN Georgia draft

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 11:52
related countries: Georgia

Russia rejects a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted last week's truce terms.
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New reality

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 9:05

How conflict reshaped Georgia's restive regions
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Russia's Ilchenko wins 10km gold

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 3:27
related places: Keri

Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten win silver and bronze in the 10km swim as Russian Larisa Ilchenko takes gold with a late surge.
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Russia hits back at Nato warning

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 23:02
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Russia accuses Nato of bias after the alliance warns Moscow that normal relations are impossible while its troops remain in Georgia.
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Nato cools relations with Russia

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 16:07
related countries: Georgia
related places: Moscow

Nato says there will be "no business as usual" with Russia, demanding Moscow withdraw troops from Georgia immediately.
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Nato holds Georgia crisis talks

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 12:18
related countries: Georgia

Nato prepares to hold an emergency summit on how it should respond to Russia's military action in Georgia.
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Russian rocket in return to flight

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 8:40

A Russian Proton rocket successfully launches one of the biggest commercial satellites ever built - the Inmarsat-4 (I4-F3).
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Russia 'starts Georgia pull-back'

Monday, August 18th 2008, 18:49
related countries: Georgia

There is disagreement between Russia and Georgia over whether Moscow has begun withdrawing troops from Georgia, as promised.
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Isinbayeva wins with new record

Monday, August 18th 2008, 15:40

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own women's pole vault world record in winning Olympic gold.
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