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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

Isinbayeva wins pole vault gold

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 18:54

Home favourite Yelena Isinbayeva sends the Russian fans wild as she claims pole vault gold at the Moscow World Championships.
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Surgeon 'took heroin from drug mule'

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 12:05
related places: Krasnoyarsk

Russian police arrest a surgeon suspected of stealing heroin he removed from the stomach of a drug courier in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
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Ohuruogu relishes 'special' victory

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 7:52
related places: Moscow

World champion Christine Ohuruogu says her body has gone "through a war" after she wins the 400m in dramatic fashion in Moscow.
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Ohuruogu snatches world 400m gold

Monday, August 12th 2013, 18:07
related places: Moscow

Christine Ohuruogu regains her 400m title in a photo finish to become the first British woman to win two world titles.
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Russia seeks to calm Sochi gay fears

Monday, August 12th 2013, 16:50
related places: Sochi

Russian officials say gay athletes will not face discrimination in the Sochi winter Olympic games, despite a controversial new law on gay propaganda.
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Navalny faces 'foreign cash' inquiry

Monday, August 12th 2013, 9:48
related places: Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is accused of accepting illegal foreign campaign donations - an allegation he flatly denies.
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Father to visit Snowden in Russia

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 20:56
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden

Lon Snowden, father of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, has a Russian visa and will visit his son "very soon", his lawyer says.
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Daegu heartbreak inspired win - Farah

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 5:47
related places: Moscow

Britain's Mo Farah says missing out on gold in 2011 inspired his 10,000m World Championships victory in Moscow.
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Farah wins 10,000m gold at Worlds

Saturday, August 10th 2013, 15:25
related places: Moscow

Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah wins his first world title over 10,000m with a brilliant sprint finish in Moscow.
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PM rejects Fry Olympic boycott call

Saturday, August 10th 2013, 10:21

The Prime Minister rejects calls from broadcaster Stephen Fry to boycott Russia's Winter Olympics because of the country's new anti-gay laws.
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IOC asks Russia to clarify gay law

Saturday, August 10th 2013, 0:03
related places: Sochi

The head of the International Olympic Committee asks Russia to explain how its new law on gay propaganda might affect the Sochi games.
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VIDEO: Can sport bring change in Russia?

Friday, August 9th 2013, 19:45

Moscow is getting ready to host the World Athletics Championships - but the competition is already being overshadowed by controversy both on and off the track.
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Q&A: Gay rights in Russia

Friday, August 9th 2013, 18:46
related places: Gay

Tough battle for gay equality in Russia
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VIDEO: Russia on US: 'Solid work foundation'

Friday, August 9th 2013, 16:28
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

As high level talks begin between the US and Russia in Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there is "solid foundation for future co-operation".
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US and Russia 'must find progress'

Friday, August 9th 2013, 15:55
related countries: United States

The US and Russia must find progress on key issues despite "collisions and disagreement", US Secretary of State John Kerry says.
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VIDEO: Georgia Russia conflict anniversary

Thursday, August 8th 2013, 8:25
related countries: Georgia

Five years after losing a war with Russia, Georgia is still counting the cost of the conflict. In an interview, Russian Prime Minister Medvedev said he would not shake hands with the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and called him a "war crimin
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Russia 'disappointed' at Obama snub

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 21:10
related countries: United States
related places: Kremlin

The Kremlin says it is "disappointed" the US cancelled a bilateral summit in September, after Russia granted asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
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VIDEO: Obama cancels Putin meeting

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 20:51
related countries: United States
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia's decision to grant asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the White House said.
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Fry calls for Russian Olympics ban

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 16:42

Broadcaster Stephen Fry urges David Cameron to support moves to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics because of its new anti-gay laws.
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VIDEO: Obama cancels meeting with Putin

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 15:34
related countries: United States
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia's decision to grant asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the White House said.
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Obama cancels meeting with Putin

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 15:04
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama cancels a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in the wake of Russia's decision to grant asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
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US-Russia talks despite Snowden

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 0:59
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow, Snowden, Friday

The US says it will go ahead with high-level talks with Russia on Friday despite Moscow's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden.
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Fuel shortage strands Kenya athletes

Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 10:01
related countries: Kenya
related places: Moscow

Kenya's athletics team heading for the World Championships in Moscow are among 2,000 passengers stranded by a shortage of fuel at Kenya's main international airport.
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Top court cuts Khodorkovsky sentence

Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 9:50

Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is due to walk free in August of next year after his latest prison sentence was cut by two months.
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VIDEO: Old meets new in Moscow mall

Monday, August 5th 2013, 14:29
related places: Moscow

A shopping mall in the heart of Moscow which has undergone nearly as many changes as the country's politics is celebrating the 120th anniversary of its opening.
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Bolt ready to reclaim 100m world title

Monday, August 5th 2013, 13:19
related places: Moscow

Usain Bolt says it is "very important" he regains the 100m title at the World Championships in Moscow, which start this weekend.
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Russia bans rockers over flag stunt

Saturday, August 3rd 2013, 17:13
related countries: United States

US rock group Bloodhound Gang is banned from a Russian music festival after a band member stuffs the Russian flag into his underpants during a gig.
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US condemns Snowden's Russian asylum

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 22:00
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden

Edward Snowden's successful asylum bid in Russia is "extremely disappointing", the US says, and casts doubt on a US-Russian summit.
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Snowden thanks Russia for asylum

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 17:33
related countries: United States

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden thanks Russia for granting him asylum, but accuses the US of showing "no respect" for international law.
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Edward Snowden leaves Moscow airport

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 16:16
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow, June

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden leaves the Moscow airport where he has been staying since June after being granted asylum in Russia.
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Moscow sets up illegal migrants camp

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 12:00
related places: Moscow

Russian civil emergencies staff build a camp in Moscow to house nearly 1,400 illegal migrants, amid a wave of raids.
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VIDEO: Gay activists target Russian vodka

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 5:28
related places: Gay

Gay rights activists in New York have dumped vodka onto the street as part of a growing global protest over new laws in Russia that target homosexuals.
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Russia brings in anti-net piracy law

Wednesday, July 31st 2013, 23:01

Russia's new net piracy law sparks controversy
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VIDEO: Snowden 'should stay in Russia' - Dad

Wednesday, July 31st 2013, 15:35
related countries: United States

The father of US fugitive Edward Snowden said he believed the best option for his son was to stay in Russia.
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Snowden's father 'approached by FBI'

Wednesday, July 31st 2013, 14:37
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

The father of US fugitive Edward Snowden says the FBI asked him to travel to Moscow and see his son, who he advises to "stay in Russia".
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Injured Ennis-Hill out of Worlds

Wednesday, July 31st 2013, 13:45
related places: Moscow

Jessica Ennis-Hill withdraws from the Great Britain team for next month's World Championships in Moscow.
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Strauss-Kahn: 'Politics over for me'

Wednesday, July 31st 2013, 12:10
related countries: France

Scandal-hit French Socialist and ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he is now an economic advisor to Russian firms and his political career is over.
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Gay activists shun Russian vodka

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 16:02
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Gay, London

Gay protest against Russian crackdown spreads to London
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Co-founder of Russia's Yandex dies

Sunday, July 28th 2013, 15:18
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

The man who set-up Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, with his school friend dies in a London hospital aged 48.
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Russia and US 'discussing Snowden'

Saturday, July 27th 2013, 0:02
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden

The American FBI and Russian FSB security services are "in talks" over US fugitive Edward Snowden, Russian officials say.
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Pussy Riot member denied parole

Friday, July 26th 2013, 9:37

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot is refused parole, after another group member suffered a similar fate two days ago.
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Mixed ruling in Khodorkovsky case

Thursday, July 25th 2013, 10:33

The ECHR rules that the first trial of jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was not political, but says his rights were violated.
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Snowden still stuck in airport

Thursday, July 25th 2013, 1:54
related places: Moscow

US fugitive Edward Snowden has not received Russian travel papers and will stay at Moscow's airport, his lawyer confirms.
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VIDEO: What is inside Snowden lawyer's bag?

Wednesday, July 24th 2013, 16:36
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden

An appearance by the lawyer of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden raised speculation at Moscow Airport on Wednesday that the fugitive was to receive documents allowing him to leave the transit zone after one month.
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No parole for Pussy Riot woman

Wednesday, July 24th 2013, 15:35

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina loses a new bid for parole from her two-year prison sentence in Russia.
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Politkovskaya family boycott trial

Wednesday, July 24th 2013, 10:39

The alleged killers of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya go on trial in Moscow, with her family boycotting proceedings over jury selection.
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Hiddink resigns as Anzhi coach

Monday, July 22nd 2013, 15:54

Guus Hiddink resigns as manager of Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala, prompting speculation he could take over at Barcelona.
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Fishing trip Britons die in crash

Sunday, July 21st 2013, 15:36
related countries: United Kingdom

Two British men in their 60s are killed in a helicopter crash while on a salmon-fishing trip in northern Russia.
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Freed Kremlin critic vows poll win

Saturday, July 20th 2013, 7:59
related places: Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny tells supporters he will fight and win the Moscow mayoral vote, after being freed from jail pending appeal.
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VIDEO: Hero's welcome for Kremlin critic

Saturday, July 20th 2013, 7:51
related places: Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has told supporters he will fight and win the Moscow mayoral vote, after he was freed from jail pending an appeal against a five-year jail term.
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Kremlin critic Navalny freed on bail

Friday, July 19th 2013, 15:55

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is freed from jail pending an appeal, a day after he was given a five-year jail sentence for embezzlement.
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Russian activist jail term condemned

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 21:43

The five-year jail term handed down to Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny for embezzlement is heavily criticised, and thousands of his supporters gather in central Moscow.
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Russian activist Navalny jailed

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 12:03

Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny is sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement, in a case which he says is politically motivated.
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Navalny verdict: Russia's Mandela moment?

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 23:26

Verdict could make Alexei Navalny an anti-Kremlin martyr
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Bolshoi violinist dies in pit fall

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 16:34

A senior violinist at Russia's Bolshoi Theatre dies after falling into the orchestra pit below the stage.
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Putin: US ties outweigh 'squabbles'

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 11:18
related countries: United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin says relations with the US outweigh intelligence "squabbles", in his latest comments on the Edward Snowden case.
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VIDEO: Snowden applies for Russia asylum

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 4:06
related countries: United States

The former US intelligence analyst, Edward Snowden, has applied for temporary asylum in Russia.
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Snowden applies for asylum in Russia

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 20:03
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia from inside Moscow's airport, officials say.
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Chechens fuel Germany asylum surge

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 12:46
related countries: Germany

The number of people seeking political asylum in Germany has soared, many of them Chechens who fled Russia, officials say.
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Putin inspects massive war games

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 11:06

Russian President Vladimir Putin views the country's biggest military drills since Soviet times, involving around 160,000 troops.
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VIDEO: 'Forced labour' at World Student Games

Monday, July 15th 2013, 23:03
related places: Kazan'

Teachers and nurses say they were put under pressure to help build and clean a number of venues for the World Student Games in the eastern Russian city of Kazan.
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England 1-1 Russia

Monday, July 15th 2013, 18:39
related countries: United Kingdom

Toni Duggan scores a stoppage-time equaliser against Russia to give England hope of qualifying from Euro 2013 Group C.
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Snowden trapped in Russia - Putin

Monday, July 15th 2013, 16:31
related countries: United States

Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has in effect been trapped in Russia by the US authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin says.
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VIDEO: National record for Russian skydivers

Monday, July 15th 2013, 15:41

One hundred and one female skydivers have set a new Russian record after forming the pattern of a flower in mid-air.
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VIDEO: Making the Winter Olympics medals

Saturday, July 13th 2013, 23:01
related places: Moscow, Sochi

A jewellery factory in Moscow is making 1,300 medals to adorn the necks of the winning sportsmen and women of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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Russian bus and lorry crash kills 18

Saturday, July 13th 2013, 20:34

At least 18 people are killed and 25 injured when a lorry carrying gravel crashes into a passenger bus, breaking it in half.
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Snowden 'yet to seek' Russia asylum

Saturday, July 13th 2013, 12:15
related countries: United States
related places: Friday

Russia has not yet received an asylum bid from Edward Snowden, officials say, a day after the fugitive US intelligence leaker vowed to do so.
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US castigates Russia on Snowden case

Saturday, July 13th 2013, 9:14
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow, Snowden

The US accuses Russia of giving fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a "propaganda platform", as he meets rights groups at a Moscow airport.
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Snowden re-emerges at Moscow airport

Friday, July 12th 2013, 22:14
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden surfaces after three weeks to say he wants asylum in Russia until he can travel to Latin America.
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Meteor's debris seen close up

Friday, July 12th 2013, 17:00
related places: Chelyabinsk

Scientists release microscopic images of fragments of the meteorite that struck Russia near the city of Chelyabinsk in February.
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Russia buys typewriters 'over leaks'

Friday, July 12th 2013, 3:30

Russia's agency responsible for the Kremlin security is buying typewriters - a move reportedly prompted by recent leaks by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden.
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Magnitsky found guilty of fraud

Thursday, July 11th 2013, 12:24
related countries: United States
related places: Moscow

A Moscow court finds late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky guilty of tax fraud in a case which has strained US-Russian ties.
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Navalny enters Moscow mayor race

Wednesday, July 10th 2013, 16:54
related places: Moscow

Russian anti-corruption activist and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny registers to stand in September's election for mayor of Moscow.
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Syria rebels accused of sarin use

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 19:18
related countries: Syria

Russia says it has evidence showing a projectile that hit a northern Syrian village contained the nerve agent sarin and was most likely fired by rebels.
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Journalist shot dead in Dagestan

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 16:18

A journalist known for investigating security forces in the violent Russian region of Dagestan has been shot dead.
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Russia sacks head of Bolshoi ballet

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 9:00

The head of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre is removed from his post, following a series of scandals including an acid attack on a director.
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VIDEO: China and Russia hold joint naval drills

Friday, July 5th 2013, 18:47
related countries: China, Japan

China and Russia are holding their largest-ever joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan in a bid to improve the two country's efforts at military cooperation.
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Call to jail Navalny for six years

Friday, July 5th 2013, 15:17

Russian prosecutors call for a six-year prison sentence for opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a controversial charge of embezzlement.
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Russian billionaire gives away bonus

Friday, July 5th 2013, 13:17

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska gives away his $3m bonus and asks for it to be used to buy shares to reward up to 120 employees.
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China and Russia conduct joint drill

Friday, July 5th 2013, 5:06
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

China and Russia are beginning joint naval drills which Beijing has described as the country's largest with a foreign partner.
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Russia cited for 'illegal rendition'

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 11:44

Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet states are colluding in an illegal rendition programme, a new report from Amnesty International claims.
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Russia spy couple jailed in Germany

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 15:01
related countries: Germany

A married couple are sent to jail in Germany after being found guilty of spying for Russia for about 20 years.
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Children die in Russian air crash

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 14:32

Rescuers battle to reach the site of a helicopter crash in Siberia, in which at least 21 people including children are feared dead.
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Putin critic Lebedev escapes jail

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 13:41
related places: Lebedev

Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev is convicted after punching a fellow guest on a television show, but escapes a jail sentence.
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'Progress made' on Syria peace talks

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 10:55
related countries: Syria, United States

The US and Russia have made progress on plans to convene a conference to find a solution to the conflict in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry says.
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VIDEO: Rocket explodes seconds after launch

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 7:03
related countries: Kazakhstan

An unmanned Russian Proton-M rocket crashes just seconds after its launch from the Russian Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan.
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Russian rocket crashes in Kazakhstan

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 4:56
related countries: Kazakhstan

An unmanned Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites crashes seconds after its launch from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan.
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Snowden 'seeks asylum in Russia'

Monday, July 1st 2013, 22:07
related countries: United States

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden applies to Russia for political asylum, a Russian official says, after a week in the transit area of a Moscow airport.
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Putin: Snowden 'must stop US leaks'

Monday, July 1st 2013, 16:46
related countries: United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin tells fugitive former CIA-analyst Edward Snowden to stop leaking US secrets if he wants to remain in the country.
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Meteor shockwave circled globe twice

Friday, June 28th 2013, 1:29

The shock wave from an asteroid that burned up over Russia in February was so powerful that it travelled twice around the globe, scientists say.
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