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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.
IraqRussia offers $10m (£5.4m) for information on the militants who killed four Russian diplomats in Iraq.
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Human rights abuses in the North Caucasus are giving the lie to Moscow's claims of normalisation, Amnesty says.
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Thailand, 
United StatesAlleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout arrives in New York, following his extradition from Thailand and a diplomatic row with Russia.
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Thailand, United StatesAlleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout appears in a Thai court to fight extradition to the US on terrorism charges.
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Afghanistan, 
IndiaThe foreign ministers of India, China and Russia discuss terrorism, drug trafficking, and Afghanistan in Delhi.
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A suicide bomber has blown herself up close to an interior ministry building in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say.
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A suicide bomber kills herself and five police officers in the troubled Russian region of Dagestan, weeks after security forces kill her husband, prosecutors say.
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Police in Russia hold three men suspected of killing a man, eating part of the body and selling other part to a kebab shop.
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A bomb blast caused a Russian express train to crash, killing at least 26 people, intelligence officials say.
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The Viasat-1 broadband spacecraft, one of the most powerful satellites ever built, rides to orbit on a Russian Proton rocket.
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The Russian stock market's meteoric rise over the last year sparks fears that a financial bubble is forming.
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Russian authorities detain a suspected serial killer who they believe ate parts of his victims.
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A Russian who said he wanted to kill 64 people to correspond with a chess board is charged with 49 murders.
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Sepp Blatter says there is a "cold war" between Fifa and the Football Association since Russia was awarded the 2018 World Cup.
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United KingdomRussian prosecutors urge the UK to extradite tycoon Boris Berezovsky, accusing him of a coup plot.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the 2009 death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in police custody was likely due to criminal actions.
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Thailand, United StatesAccused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout pleads not guilty to terrorism charges, a day after he was extradited to the US from Thailand.
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Kidnap and torture in Russian republic of Ingushetia
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Eight suspected rebels have been killed by Russian security forces in a shoot-out in the southern region of Dagestan, officials say.
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A Russian cargo plane crash in the remote far-east region of Magadan is believed to have killed all 11 people on board, prosecutors say.
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United KingdomRussian actors give London bitter taste of Stalinist terror
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Brazil, IndiaBrazil, India, China and Russia will enjoy an agricultural boom over the next decade as output stagnates in Western Europe.
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SomaliaTen suspected Somali pirates released by Russia may have perished at sea, reports from Moscow suggest.
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IranThe latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme in the Russian capital, Moscow, ends without a clear breakthrough.
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UkraineRussia and Ukraine's prime ministers close a late-night deal in Moscow to resume natural gas supplies to Europe.
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The bill dividing public opinion in Russia
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Russia and Europe fight pipeline 'war' with huge stakes
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The man expected to be Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants a reduced state role in the economy.
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Russian security forces at Moscow's Domodedovo airport arrest a man suspected of trying to hijack a plane.
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Sex used to smear Russian opposition in KGB-style ploy
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United KingdomA British man who claims he was married to alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman speaks about their relationship.
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There are claims of police brutality against ordinary citizens in Kstovo, a town in central Russia, with many people living in fear of the powers of the state and its police force.
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How Ukraine's election is playing out in Crimea
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Russia's space agency says its unsuccessful Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, will probably fall back to Earth early next month.
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Russia prompts crisis at European human rights court
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Police in the Russian region of Udmurtia arrest a woman at her wedding reception on suspicion of kicking a man to death the day before.
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The pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, takes an early lead in Moscow city elections.
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UkraineThe EU expresses relief at the end of Russia and Ukraine's gas dispute, but says lessons must be learned.
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Russian security forces report killing a top Islamist militant and nine of his followers in a siege in the southern region of Stavropol.
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International observers cite numerous violations in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Russia as protesters hold a rally in Moscow.
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Nine suspected militants are killed in southern Russia as security forces they have foiled planned terrorist attacks.
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Russian troops kill up to eight suspected militants in the southern republic of Dagestan, officials say.
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Russian police investigate the suspicious death of a colonel in Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, who apparently fell out of a window, media say.
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Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky faces new charges of money-laundering, his lawyer says.
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Russia's top investigative agency says it has proof that opposition supporters were trained overseas to help prepare an alleged coup in Russia.
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United KingdomOfficers investigating the death of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko pursue inquiries in London and Moscow.
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Russian authorities made no mistakes in the 2004 Beslan school siege in which 330 died, prosecutors say.
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United KingdomRussia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.
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Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West that ties will not be easier under Dmitry Medvedev.
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PolandMilitary prosecutors in Poland deny explosive traces were found on the jet which crashed in Russia two years ago, killing President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others.
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A Russian plane crash that killed 44 people, including an entire ice hockey team, in September was caused by pilot error, say investigators.
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The murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was ordered by a Russian politician, a defence lawyer says.
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United StatesSenior political figures from Russia and the US, meeting in Moscow, say they are hopeful relations can be improved.
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A mystery mass illness in Chechnya could be linked to psychological factors, Russian officials say.
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UkraineUkrainian security services have thwarted a plot to kill Russian PM Vladimir Putin, Russian officials say.
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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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UkraineUkraine postpones the extradition to Russia of a Chechen man suspected of plotting to kill Russian leader Vladimir Putin this year.
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Will Medvedev and Putin compete for the Russian presidency?
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FinlandFinnish police say a ransom demand has been made for a missing Russian-manned cargo vessel, the Arctic Sea.
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A group that hijacked the Arctic Sea threatened to blow up the ship if its ransom demand was not met, Russian officials say.
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A 'significant' cyber-attack that may have been stealing confidential documents since 2007 has been discovered by Russian researchers.
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