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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

UK funds Russia gay rights campaign

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 23:31
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK government is to give extra funding for gay rights campaigners in Russia amid growing concerns over the introduction of legislation outlawing the promotion of homosexuality.
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Madonna to introduce Riot at concert

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 17:36

Pop star Madonna will introduce two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot at a concert promoting human rights in New York City.
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Russia literature row's fatal ending

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 16:59

A drunken row over the merits of literary forms in Russia ended in a poetry-lover stabbing a champion of prose to death, investigators say.
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Should Russia have surrendered Leningrad?

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 16:40

Twitter storm in Russia over poll on WWII siege
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Russian diplomat stabbed in Sudan

Tuesday, January 28th 2014, 22:38
related countries: Central African Republic, Sudan

A Russian diplomat and his wife have been stabbed in Sudan by a man anguished over the death of his brother in Central African Republic, police say.
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VIDEO: 'On the frontline' of Kiev protests

Tuesday, January 28th 2014, 21:01
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

Ukraine's capital has seen a series of protests, some violent, since November, when President Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of a trade deal with the EU in favour of a $15bn (£9bn) bailout from Russia.
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Garlic picking near Olympics 'banned'

Monday, January 27th 2014, 15:02

Residents in parts of Chechnya will be banned from picking garlic, possibly to protect them from Russian security forces.
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UK warns Olympics attacks 'likely'

Monday, January 27th 2014, 2:00
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Sochi, Whitehall

Whitehall officials are warning that more terrorist attacks in Russia are "very likely to occur" before or during the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Ukraine protests 'spread eastward'

Monday, January 27th 2014, 0:07
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

Protests in Ukraine spread further beyond Kiev and into the Russian-influenced east, as activists seize the justice ministry building in the capital.
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Russia frees Khodorkovsky ex-partner

Friday, January 24th 2014, 19:37

Russia has freed Platon Lebedev - the former business partner of ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky - after 10 years in jail, officials say.
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Parcel block hits Russian consumers

Friday, January 24th 2014, 18:05

The express delivery services DHL and FedEx suspend shipments of parcels to private individuals in Russia, blaming stricter customs rules.
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VIDEO: McCain and Pushkov clash over Syria

Friday, January 24th 2014, 16:19
related countries: Syria, United States

US Senator John McCain has criticised Russia for supplying arms to the Assad regime in Syria but Russia's Alexei Pushkov said there had been foreign interference in Syria from the start.
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Senegal frees Russian fishing ship

Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 13:12
related countries: Senegal

Senegal frees a Russian ship after its owner pays a $1.2m (£720,000) fine for fishing illegally in Senegal's waters, a government minister tells the BBC.
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Former Russian tycoon to be freed

Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 10:44

Russia's Supreme Court orders the release of Platon Lebedev, the former business partner of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, with whom he was jailed in 2005.
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Russia hunts suspected Sochi bomber

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 15:42
related places: Sochi

Russian police in Sochi put out wanted posters for a woman they fear is planning to carry out a suicide bomb attack on the Olympic Games.
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Rescued expedition in Australia port

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 4:14
related countries: Antarctica, Australia

Passengers rescued from a Russian research ship that became trapped in thick pack ice in Antarctica last month finally arrive in Australia.
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Russia expands border zone for Games

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 22:33
related countries: Georgia
related places: Sochi

Georgia protests as Russia temporarily expands its security zone into the breakaway Georgian territory of Abkhazia for the Sochi games.
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Pussy Riot to appear in NYC concert

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 21:03

Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser says.
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Abramovich's partner in race row

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 17:44

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's partner, Dasha Zhukova, apologises for a photo showing her perched on a chair in the form of a half-naked black woman.
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‘Russia role' in spy death suggested

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 15:55

The coroner investigating the murder of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko said there was a prima facie case that the Russian state was involved, it emerges.
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Twitter storm over Sochi twin toilet

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 14:30
related places: Sochi

A BBC photo of a men's cubicle featuring twin toilets at a venue for the Sochi Olympics causes a Twitter storm in Russia.
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Snowden 'may have had Russian help'

Monday, January 20th 2014, 11:15
related countries: United States

Several senior US lawmakers allege that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden may have been working with a foreign power, possibly Russia.
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Putin 'friendly' with gay people

Sunday, January 19th 2014, 11:24

President Vladimir Putin defends Russia's law on "gay propaganda" ahead of the Sochi Olympics but insists he is not prejudiced against homosexuals.
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Seven killed in Dagestan siege

Saturday, January 18th 2014, 16:28

Russian security forces kill seven people suspected of attacking a restaurant in Dagestan, officials say, amid a crackdown before the Winter Olympics.
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Homophobia and intimacy in a Russian sauna

Saturday, January 18th 2014, 0:45

Homophobia and intimacy in a Russian sauna
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VIDEO: Putin cautions gay visitors to Sochi

Friday, January 17th 2014, 23:25
related places: Sochi

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said homosexuals will be welcome in Sochi for the Olympics but warned them against spreading "gay propaganda".
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Putin cautions gay visitors to Sochi

Friday, January 17th 2014, 17:52
related places: Sochi

Russian President Vladimir Putin says homosexuals will be welcome in Sochi for the Olympics but warns them against spreading "gay propaganda".
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VIDEO: Putin: 'We must show terrorists no fear'

Friday, January 17th 2014, 17:31
related places: Sochi

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told journalists that he will 'show no fear to terrorists' as he outlines security measures ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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McKellen protest at Russia gay law

Tuesday, January 14th 2014, 12:16

An open letter from actor Sir Ian McKellen and 27 Nobel laureates demands Russian President Vladimir Putin repeal the law banning homosexual "propaganda" in the country.
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US journalist barred from Russia

Tuesday, January 14th 2014, 11:39
related countries: United States

A US journalist, accused of visa violations, is barred from Russia, in what his employers say is a "fundamental violation of the right of free speech".
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Kerry gives Lavrov Idaho potatoes

Monday, January 13th 2014, 23:51
related countries: France, United States
related places: Paris, Idaho

US Secretary of State John Kerry presents his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov with two Idaho potatoes as a gift during a meeting in Paris.
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Possible Syria ceasefires discussed

Monday, January 13th 2014, 12:13
related countries: Syria, United States
related places: Geneva

The US and Russia say they have discussed the possibility of "localised ceasefires" in Syria ahead of peace talks in Geneva next week.
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Cambodia suspends Russia extradition

Monday, January 13th 2014, 11:09
related countries: Cambodia
related places: Moscow

A court in Cambodia suspends extradition proceedings against a Russian property tycoon wanted in Moscow over an alleged scam.
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Russia arrests 'terror suspects'

Sunday, January 12th 2014, 1:38

Russia says it has arrested five terror suspects in the restive North Caucus region, which will host the Winter Olympics next month.
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France to extradite Kazakh tycoon

Thursday, January 9th 2014, 17:22
related countries: France, Ukraine

A French court rules Kazakh tycoon and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov should be extradited to Russia or Ukraine, where he is wanted on fraud charges.
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Russia hunts shooting suspects

Thursday, January 9th 2014, 15:04
related places: Sochi

Police in southern Russia hunt suspected Islamist militants after five people are found shot dead in cars, a month before the Sochi Winter Olympics.
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VIDEO: Antarctic ships escape from ice trap

Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 6:17
related countries: China

The Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Xue Long have broken free from Antarctic ice where they have been stranded for several days.
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Russia ramps up Sochi security

Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 15:39
related places: Sochi

Russia launches one of the biggest security operations in Olympic history a month before Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi begin.
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Antarctic ships escape from ice trap

Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 12:10
related countries: China

Two ships - a Russian research vessel and a Chinese icebreaker- break free from Antarctic pack ice after being stuck for days.
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Senegal seizes Russian fishing ship

Monday, January 6th 2014, 17:40
related countries: Senegal

Senegal seizes a Russian vessel accused of fishing illegally and detains more than 80 sailors - action condemned by Russia's foreign ministry.
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Khodorkovsky arrives in Switzerland

Sunday, January 5th 2014, 19:16
related countries: Switzerland

Ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was freed from a Russian jail last month, arrives in Switzerland which has granted him a three-month visa.
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First new year rally in Ukraine

Sunday, January 5th 2014, 17:04
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

Several thousand people turn out in central Kiev for the first Ukrainian opposition protest of the new year against the president's pro-Russia policy.
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Putin relaxes ban on Sochi protests

Saturday, January 4th 2014, 23:57
related places: Sochi

The Russian authorities relax a ban on protest rallies at the Sochi Winter Olympics but set strict conditions for demonstrations.
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Many held after Volgograd attacks

Thursday, January 2nd 2014, 18:46
related places: Volgograd

Russian security forces detain hundreds of people in the southern city Volgograd following the deadly bomb attacks there.
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Russia blasts indefensible - Putin

Wednesday, January 1st 2014, 8:24
related places: Volgograd

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the two recent suicide attacks in Volgograd are "indefensible", during an unannounced visit to the city.
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Putin vows to 'destroy terrorists'

Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 14:42
related places: Volgograd

Russian President Vladimir Putin vows to "complete annihilate" terrorists, following two suicide attacks on the city of Volgograd.
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RT editor to head news agency

Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 13:59

The editor of Russian international broadcaster RT, Margarita Simonyan, is to head a new news agency as the Kremlin consolidates its media hold.
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Air rescue plan for ice-bound ship

Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 3:06
related countries: Antarctica

Passengers on a ship stuck in thick ice in Antarctica are to be taken off by helicopter once the weather permits, Russian officials say.
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IOC 'confident' despite Russia bombs

Monday, December 30th 2013, 20:18
related places: Sochi, Volgograd

The International Olympic Committee expresses confidence Russia will deliver a secure Games in Sochi, after two deadly bombings hit Volgograd.
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VIDEO: Second deadly blast strikes Volgograd

Monday, December 30th 2013, 19:46
related places: Volgograd

At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd.
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Khodorkovsky granted Swiss visa

Monday, December 30th 2013, 16:03
related countries: Switzerland

Switzerland grants a three-month visa to former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was recently freed after 10 years in a Russian jail.
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Second suicide bomb hits Russia city

Monday, December 30th 2013, 14:52
related places: Volgograd

At least 14 people are killed in a blast in the Russian city of Volgograd, in what officials say is the second suicide attack there in two days.
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Detainee proposed hour after reunion

Monday, December 30th 2013, 13:31

Freed video journalist Kieron Bryan, held with the crew of a Greenpeace ship in Russia, proposed to his girlfriend an hour after they were reunited.
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VIDEO: Second blast in Russia's Volgograd

Monday, December 30th 2013, 6:39
related places: Volgograd

At least 14 people have been killed and 23 others hurt in a suspected suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, officials say.
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'Suicide bomber' hits Russia station

Sunday, December 29th 2013, 22:05
related places: Volgograd

A suicide bomber carried out an attack at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that killed 16 people, officials say.
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VIDEO: Deadly train station blast in Russia

Sunday, December 29th 2013, 18:10
related places: Volgograd

An explosion at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 15 people, according to reports.
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Freed Greenpeace activists back home

Friday, December 27th 2013, 19:35
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom

Five British Greenpeace activists, held in Russia for 100 days, are reunited with loved ones after being granted an amnesty from protest charges.
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VIDEO: On board chemical weapons removal ship

Friday, December 27th 2013, 5:54
related countries: Syria, United States
related places: Moscow, Friday

Representatives from Russia, the United States, Syria and the UN are meeting in Moscow on Friday to work out how to safely remove Syria's chemical stockpile.
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Greenpeace protester returning home

Thursday, December 26th 2013, 16:58
related countries: United Kingdom

A Greenpeace activist who has been in Russia since being held in a protest against Arctic oil drilling is preparing to return home to Wales.
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Russia cargo plane crash kills nine

Thursday, December 26th 2013, 15:21

A Russian cargo plane crashes into warehouses in Siberia, killing all nine people on board, officials say.
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Russia says Arafat was not poisoned

Thursday, December 26th 2013, 13:26

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, not radiation poisoning, Russian scientists who examined his remains have concluded.
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Christmas in Antarctica's pack ice

Thursday, December 26th 2013, 11:00
related countries: Antarctica

BBC producer on Russian ship stuck in pack ice off Antarctica
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Russia drops more Greenpeace charges

Wednesday, December 25th 2013, 14:48

Russia is in the process of dropping charges against the remaining 29 Greenpeace crew members, arrested during a protest in the Arctic oil fields.
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Science and environment news highlights of 2013

Wednesday, December 25th 2013, 1:53

From a big space rock crashing into Russia to the 3D printed gun
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Greenpeace man 'relief' over charges

Tuesday, December 24th 2013, 19:47

The first Greenpeace activist to have charges against him dropped by Russian authorities says he is "relieved but not happy" to be freed.
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Khodorkovsky applies for Swiss visa

Tuesday, December 24th 2013, 17:46
related countries: Switzerland

Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has applied for a visa to travel to Switzerland, the Swiss foreign ministry says.
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Russia drops first Greenpeace case

Tuesday, December 24th 2013, 17:25

A British man arrested by Russia over Greenpeace protests in the Arctic has charges dropped, with the others expected to be freed soon.
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Pussy Riot in Olympics boycott call

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 23:46
related places: Sochi

A member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, freed from jail earlier, says foreign countries should boycott February's Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Petrova pulls out of Australian Open

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 19:44
related countries: Aruba
related places: Moscow

Nadia Petrova withdraws from the Australian Open after the death of her mother in a car crash in Moscow this month.
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VIDEO: 'Pussy Riot's activism is not for me'

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 18:44

Former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spoken to the BBC's Hardtalk following his release from prison after 10 years.
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Creator of Kalashnikov rifle dies

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 18:41
related places: Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the man who designed the AK47 assault rifle that bears his name, has died at the age of 94, Russian officials say.
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Russia frees jailed Pussy Riot pair

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 14:56

Both jailed members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot, whose imprisonment sparked global outrage, are released as part of an amnesty.
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Russian lorries to remove Syria arms

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 12:59
related countries: Syria

Russia sends 75 vehicles to Syria to assist the international operation to destroy or remove its chemical weapons.
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Khodorkovsky vows to help prisoners

Sunday, December 22nd 2013, 19:21

Pardoned former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he will do all he can to free political prisoners but will not enter politics.
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Khodorkovsky 'won't enter politics'

Sunday, December 22nd 2013, 10:14

Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was released from jail on Friday, tells a Russian magazine he will not enter politics.
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Khodorkovsky reunited with family

Sunday, December 22nd 2013, 0:01
related countries: Germany
related places: Berlin

Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is reunited with his son and parents in Berlin after being freed from a decade in jail.
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Freed Khodorkovsky flies to Germany

Friday, December 20th 2013, 18:07
related countries: Germany

Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrives in Germany, hours after being pardoned by President Putin from a decade in jail.
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Khodorkovsky free after Putin pardon

Friday, December 20th 2013, 12:44

Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is released following a decade in jail, after receiving a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Sacked US general 'drank on trip'

Friday, December 20th 2013, 11:14
related countries: United States

The US general in charge of nuclear missiles was fired because he drank too much and met "suspect" women on a Russia trip, a report reveals.
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VIDEO: Putin 'to pardon Khodorkovsky'

Thursday, December 19th 2013, 20:04

Vladimir Putin has said Russia's most famous prisoner and the president's biggest political enemy, could soon be freed.
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Putin 'to pardon Khodorkovsky'

Thursday, December 19th 2013, 15:54

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will soon pardon jailed ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a day after MPs backed a wide-ranging amnesty.
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Yanukovych tells West to keep out

Thursday, December 19th 2013, 12:22
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine's Russian-backed President, Viktor Yanukovych, says he is categorically opposed to Western politicians intervening in Ukraine's crisis.
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VIDEO: Russia passes new amnesty law

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 22:38

Russian parliament has approved an amnesty law which could lead to the release of some of the country's best known prisoners, including members of the protest band, Pussy Riot.
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Ukraine saved from bankruptcy - PM

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 16:47
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

Ukraine PM Mykola Azarov says a multi-billion investment deal with Russia helped it avoid bankruptcy, as pro-EU protests continue.
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Russia approves prisoner amnesty

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 14:53

Some of Russia's best-known prisoners including Pussy Riot and Greenpeace Arctic protesters may be included in an amnesty passed by parliament.
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Missile deployment signals a more assertive Russia

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 13:37

Jonathan Marcus assesses Russia's border deployment
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Gay stars to represent US at Sochi

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 12:21
related countries: United States
related places: Sochi

The US includes two openly gay sports stars in its official Sochi Olympics delegation, a move seen as a challenge to Russia's anti-gay laws.
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Russian lorries to move Syria arms

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 11:46
related countries: Syria, United States

The world chemical weapons watchdog says Syria's arsenal will be removed overland by Russian lorries before being destroyed on a US Navy ship.
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Ukraine protesters decry Russia deal

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 5:10
related countries: Ukraine

Opposition leaders in Ukraine have demanded to know what President Viktor Yanukovych has offered Russia in return for a major economic lifeline.
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Russia woos Ukraine with major offer

Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 22:12
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev, Moscow

Russia pledges billions to help Ukraine as it attempts to stop it moving towards the European Union - a key demand of weeks of protests.
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