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.

World news related to Russia – overview

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• January 19th 2008 – December 10th 2007
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• September 26th 2006 – August 17th 2006
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• December 29th 2005 – November 23rd 2005
• November 22nd 2005 – November 12th 2005

Russia: news

Russian in US extradition U-turn

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 14:34
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

A former Russian nuclear energy minister is to be extradited to Moscow instead of the US on corruption charges.
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Seven dead in Moscow clinic fire

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 11:35
related places: Moscow

Seven people die and 12 are injured in a fire at a Russian home for the mentally ill, reports say.
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Beslan rescue 'full of failures'

Wednesday, December 28th 2005, 16:13
related places: Beslan

Police failed to follow orders that could have prevented the Beslan school siege that left 331 dead, a report finds.
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Ukraine ups ante over Russian gas

Wednesday, December 28th 2005, 13:58
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Moscow

Ukraine says it may take its gas dispute with Russia to international arbitration as its energy minister visits Moscow.
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Russian oil smugglers return home

Wednesday, December 28th 2005, 11:26
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Moscow

Twelve Russian sailors convicted of smuggling crude oil from Nigeria arrive back in Moscow from Africa.
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Putin aide resigns over policies

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 21:19

The Kremlin accepts the resignation of President Putin's economic adviser in protest at curbs on freedom.
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Russia-Ukraine gas row heats up

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 18:42
related countries: Ukraine

New talks are scheduled as Ukraine seeks a deal on gas prices amid a worsening row with Russia.
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'No mistakes', Beslan report says

Monday, December 26th 2005, 23:32
related places: Beslan

Russian authorities made no mistakes in the 2004 Beslan school siege in which 330 died, prosecutors say.
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Russia shoppers 'poisoned' by gas

Monday, December 26th 2005, 14:51

Dozens of people are taken ill after a gas is released in a shop in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
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Russia closes Ukraine ex-PM case

Monday, December 26th 2005, 10:24
related countries: Ukraine

Russia closes a case against ex-Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko because statute of limitation has expired.
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Murder of African alarms Russia

Monday, December 26th 2005, 6:30

Fears of racist violence in Russia take a new urgency after an African is stabbed to death in St Petersburg.
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Siberian fortune of Russia's gas giant

Saturday, December 24th 2005, 12:04

On the edge of the Arctic Circle, Emma Simpson braves freezing temperatures to visit the Russian gas workers keeping Europe warm.
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No extradition for Yukos official

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 15:29
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A court in London rules that the former vice-president of oil giant Yukos cannot be extradited to Russia.
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Russia MPs back NGO controls

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 10:30

Russian MPs pass a controversial bill to tighten state control over non-governmental organisations.
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'Psychology' clue to Chechen ill

Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 13:08
related places: Chechen

A mystery mass illness in Chechnya could be linked to psychological factors, Russian officials say.
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Toxic leak reaches Russian city

Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 11:02
related places: Khabarovsk

A chemical river spill reaches the Russian town of Khabarovsk but officials say pollution is negligible.
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Russia MPs discuss key NGO bill

Wednesday, December 21st 2005, 7:56

Russian MPs are to resume debates on a controversial bill aimed to tighten state control over non-governmental organisations.
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Ukraine rejects Russia gas threat

Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 15:48
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine dismisses threats by Russia's Gazprom to cut off its gas supplies unless new prices are agreed.
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Toxic leak set to hit Russia city

Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 13:47
related countries: China
related places: Khabarovsk

Residents of Khabarovsk brace for the arrival of a chemical river spill from China to the south.
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'Putin foe' leadership bid fails

Saturday, December 17th 2005, 16:10

Russian ex-PM Mikhail Kasyanov fails to win the leadership of a liberal party and accuses the Kremlin of using dirty tricks.
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Radiation alert at Chechen plant

Friday, December 16th 2005, 19:41
related places: Chechen

Prosecutors investigate the discovery of "catastrophic" levels of radioactivity at a factory in Chechnya.
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Toxic leak reaches Russian river

Friday, December 16th 2005, 11:41
related countries: China
related places: Moscow

A toxic river spill from a chemical explosion in China reaches Russian waters, Moscow says.
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Putin resists foreign bank moves

Thursday, December 15th 2005, 1:24

President Putin says Russia will not allow foreign banks to open their own branches, citing security concerns.
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Amnesty urges Russia to end abuse

Wednesday, December 14th 2005, 16:00

Rights watchdog Amnesty International calls for urgent action to combat domestic violence in Russia.
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Schroeder attacks new job critics

Tuesday, December 13th 2005, 11:57
related countries: Germany

Ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder rejects criticism of his new job heading a German-Russian gas company.
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Putin in surprise Chechen visit

Monday, December 12th 2005, 15:55
related places: Chechen

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Chechen capital Grozny to open the province's new parliament.
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Schroeder attacked over gas post

Saturday, December 10th 2005, 8:06
related countries: Germany

German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is criticised for taking a top job in a Russian-led gas consortium.
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Russian-German gas link launched

Friday, December 9th 2005, 12:37
related countries: Germany

A ceremony is held to launch construction of a gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea.
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Russian sit-in radicals convicted

Thursday, December 8th 2005, 15:32
related places: Moscow

A court in Moscow convicts 39 activists from the National Bolshevik Party who staged a sit-in at an official building last year.
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Russia accuses groups of spying

Thursday, December 8th 2005, 14:42

Foreign spies are using charities and other groups as a cover, says Russia's intelligence service chief.
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Russia busts fake Kremlin ID gang

Tuesday, December 6th 2005, 16:50

A group of Russians are arrested on suspicion of forging passes to get in to the Kremlin and other documents.
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Russia confirms Iran missile deal

Monday, December 5th 2005, 17:52
related countries: Iran

Russia says it is selling surface-to-air missiles to Iran and insists they are only defensive.
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Russia pool accident toll climbs

Monday, December 5th 2005, 10:52

A swimming pool roof collapses near the Russian city of Perm killing at least 14 people, officials say.
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'Kremlin' party leads Moscow poll

Sunday, December 4th 2005, 23:50
related places: Moscow

The pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, takes an early lead in Moscow city elections.
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Russian general's widow convicted

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 18:10

The wife of a Russian general receives a suspended sentence after being convicted of his murder at a retrial.
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State forces blamed over Beslan

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 14:01
related places: Beslan

An inquiry finds Russian security forces partly to blame for the Beslan school siege in which hundreds died.
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Chechens vote for new parliament

Monday, November 28th 2005, 5:46
related places: Moscow

The Caucasus republic of Chechnya elects its first parliament since Russia regained control in 1999.
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Russians prepare for toxic leak

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 23:46
related countries: China

Russia is to airlift chemicals to try to tackle a toxic spill expected to flow into its rivers from China.
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China apologises for river spill

Saturday, November 26th 2005, 18:04
related countries: China

China apologises to Russia for a massive toxic leak which is set to reach Russian rivers within two weeks.
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Pollution fear grips Russian city

Friday, November 25th 2005, 11:37
related places: Khabarovsk

A pollution threat to Khabarovsk in eastern Russia sparks a rush for bottled water and a plea for calm.
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Toxic spill to hit Russian city

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 10:44
related places: Khabarovsk

A state of emergency is imposed in the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk as a chemical spill approaches.
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Russian MPs act to 'curb' NGOs

Wednesday, November 23rd 2005, 10:58

The Duma backs in principle a contentious bill that will give the state more control over non-governmental bodies.
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