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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• February 28th 2006 – April 21st 2006
• April 21st 2006 – June 5th 2006
• June 6th 2006 – July 10th 2006
• July 12th 2006 – August 16th 2006
• August 17th 2006 – September 26th 2006
• September 28th 2006 – October 21st 2006
• October 22nd 2006 – December 4th 2006
• December 4th 2006 – January 8th 2007
• January 8th 2007 – February 19th 2007
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• May 29th 2008 – July 22nd 2008
• July 24th 2008 – August 15th 2008
• August 15th 2008 – August 27th 2008
• August 28th 2008 – September 12th 2008
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• March 30th 2009 – May 6th 2009
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Russia: news

Iran sanctions 'depend on proof'

Friday, April 21st 2006, 11:48
related countries: Iran

Russia rules out sanctions against Iran without proof that its nuclear programme is not peaceful.
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Missile exports to Iran alarm US

Friday, April 21st 2006, 22:45
related countries: Iran, United States

Washington asks Russia to reconsider selling Iran anti-aircraft missiles as the nuclear row goes on.
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Iran 'has Russia enrichment deal'

Saturday, April 22nd 2006, 16:04
related countries: Iran

Iran's state radio says it has reached a deal with Russia for uranium enrichment, echoing a February claim.
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Russia to host Asian war drills

Wednesday, April 26th 2006, 11:05
related countries: China

China, Russia and four Central Asian countries announce joint anti-terrorism exercises in Russia next year.
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Putin orders oil pipeline shifted

Wednesday, April 26th 2006, 11:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the route of a new oil pipeline will be altered to avoid Lake Baikal.
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Putin criticises West over energy

Thursday, April 27th 2006, 15:29

President Putin accuses European countries of stoking up fears about the reliability of Russian energy supplies.
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Solzhenitsyn warns of Nato plot

Friday, April 28th 2006, 9:44

Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn accuses Nato of trying to control Russia.
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Work starts on Russian pipeline

Friday, April 28th 2006, 11:54

Work begins on a new oil pipeline linking Siberia to the Pacific days after it was rerouted from Lake Baikal.
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Russian racism 'out of control'

Thursday, May 4th 2006, 7:22

Racist killings in Russia are "out of control", says a report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
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Cheney chides Russia democracy

Thursday, May 4th 2006, 15:49
related countries: United States

The US vice president accuses Russia of reneging on democracy and using energy as a political tool.
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EU pushes for Kazakh pipeline

Friday, May 5th 2006, 9:35
related countries: Kazakhstan, United States

Top EU and US officials visit Kazakhstan to revive the idea of a gas pipeline which would bypass Russia.
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Russia bans Georgia mineral water

Friday, May 5th 2006, 10:33
related countries: Georgia
related places: Borjomi

Russia bans imports of Borjomi mineral water from Georgia, fuelling a bitter trade dispute.
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Chechens freed in Forbes killing

Friday, May 5th 2006, 22:26
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow, Forbes

A court in Moscow acquits two Chechens charged with killing US investigative journalist Paul Klebnikov.
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Criticism of UN Iran draft mounts

Saturday, May 6th 2006, 11:02
related countries: China, Iran

Russia and China criticise a draft UN resolution on Iran's nuclear plans, ahead of a key meeting on Monday.
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Putin faces up to racist scourge

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 16:43

Russian President Vladimir Putin attacks a rise in neo-Nazism in Russia as it marks victory in World War II.
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Putin to push foreign policy aims

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 0:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to put an emphasis on foreign policy in his seventh annual address.
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Putin warns on population decline

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 11:46

Russia's falling population is the biggest problem the nation faces, President Putin warns in a national address.
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Russian Orthodox rift healing

Friday, May 12th 2006, 12:50

The Russian Orthodox Church moves towards overcoming a schism that has divided it since 1927.
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Moscow hosts Aids conference

Monday, May 15th 2006, 12:12

The first European and Central Asian Aids conference opens in Russia, which has Europe's largest HIV epidemic.
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Abbas seeks help at Putin talks

Monday, May 15th 2006, 15:21

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas holds talks in Russia as he seeks financial aid for the Palestinian Authority.
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Terror verdict for Beslan suspect

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 11:27
related places: Beslan

The sole surviving suspect from the Beslan school siege committed terrorism, a judge at a court in Russia says.
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Three die in Dagestan gun battle

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 14:39

Two gunmen and a policeman die in a gun battle in the Dagestan region of southern Russia.
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Blast kills Ingush minister

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 6:01

The deputy interior minister of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is killed in an explosion.
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Blast kills Ingush minister

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 14:14

The deputy interior minister of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is killed in an explosion.
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Poland slams Russian fuel policy

Friday, May 19th 2006, 10:22
related countries: Poland

The Polish defence minister accuses Russia of using its energy reserves to blackmail its neighbours.
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Russia, US review uranium deal

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 4:42
related countries: United States

Russia and the US are to review a deal regulating the recovery of uranium from old Soviet nuclear weapons.
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Russia 'fails to meet gas need'

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 9:48

Russia will fail to meet future Western demand for its gas until it boosts investment and reform, a global body warns.
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Russia finds Airbus 'black box'

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 9:48
related countries: Armenia

Russia recovers a flight recorder from the Armenian airliner that crashed into the Black Sea, killing 113.
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Russian troops killed in Chechnya

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 12:36
related places: Vedeno

Four Russian soldiers die in an attack on a military base near Vedeno in the south of Chechnya.
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Russia plans wide military reform

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 18:14

Russia's defence minister announces widespread reform of the military including the axing of 300 senior posts.
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Gay march to defy Moscow ban

Thursday, May 25th 2006, 12:59
related places: Moscow

Moscow gay rights campaigners say they will hold a rally despite a ban by the city's mayor.
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Russia and EU soften gas rhetoric

Thursday, May 25th 2006, 15:25
related places: Sochi

The EU and Russia say they will try to avoid "misunderstandings" over energy policy in future.
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Arcelor to merge with Severstal

Friday, May 26th 2006, 12:32

Steel-maker Arcelor unveils a plan to merge with Russian firm Severstal to block a hostile takeover by Mittal.
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Russia to honour Iran arms deal

Friday, May 26th 2006, 16:27
related countries: Iran
related places: Moscow

Russia's defence minister confirms Moscow intends to honour a controversial missile deal with Iran.
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Banned Moscow gay rally broken up

Saturday, May 27th 2006, 15:11
related places: Moscow

More than 70 people are held in Moscow as activists try to hold the city's first gay rights rally despite a ban.
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Russia in arms talks with Chavez

Wednesday, May 31st 2006, 14:16
related countries: Venezuela
related places: Chavez

Russia is in talks with Venezuela to license rifle manufacture, Russia's state arms exporter confirms.
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Russia's chief prosecutor sacked

Friday, June 2nd 2006, 8:45

Russian prosecutor-general Vladimir Ustinov is dismissed at the behest of President Vladimir Putin.
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Russian diplomat 'killed in Iraq'

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 15:34
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

One Russian diplomat is killed and four kidnapped by gunmen in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Moscow confirms.
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Russian arms arrive in Venezuela

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 20:25
related countries: United States, Venezuela

The first batch of an order of 100,000 Russian assault rifles have arrived in Venezuela stoking US concerns.
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Confusion over abducted Russians

Sunday, June 4th 2006, 8:06
related countries: Iraq

The fate of four abducted Russian embassy staff is unclear amid conflicting reports from Iraq officials.
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Iran dissident allowed to Russia

Sunday, June 4th 2006, 20:24

Iran allows leading dissident Akbar Ganji to leave the country to receive a journalism award in Russia.
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Russian tycoon in punishment cell

Monday, June 5th 2006, 12:47

Jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is put in a punishment cell, his website reports.
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Putin grilled over press freedom

Monday, June 5th 2006, 18:34
related places: Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin is urged to do more for press freedom at a media gathering in Moscow.
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