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 Arctic |
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Russia to sink flag in land grab| An expedition aimed at strengthening Russia's claim to much of the oil and gas wealth reached the North Pole | |
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| Aug.2 |
 Russian Far East |
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2 dead in island of Sakhalin quakes  The first earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 off Sakhalin. It was felt in Japan
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Russia |
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Gazprom hope for Belarus gas deal Russia's state-owned gas monopoly hopes to maintain supplies to Belarus after a spat between the countries appeared to calm
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| Aug.3 |
Russian Far East |
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Quake leaves 2,000 homeless Map of Sakhalin Russia| More than 2,000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on island of Sakhalin | |
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| Aug.6 |
 Georgia |
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Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town| Georgian Interior Minister: Jets flown from Russia fired an air-to-surface missile at Georgian territory in an 'act of aggression' | |
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| Aug.8 |
Georgia |
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Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack Georgia said it has proof that Russian jets violated its airspace and released a missile. Russia has denied the claim
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| Aug.9 |
 Guam |
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Russians resume Cold War air runs The 2 Tu-95 bombers have flown to the US island in a surprise manoeuvre reminiscent of the Cold War era
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Moscow |
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Russia accuses Georgia over attack Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the chief of Russia's military General Staff ccused Georgia of fabricating a report of a Russian missile attack
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| Aug.13 |
Moscow |
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'Maniac' on trial for 49 murders A court began trying a supermarket porter 33-year-old Alexander Pichushkin who prosecutors say murdered 49 people over a 14-year period
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Russia |
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Russia investigates train blast Map of MALAYA VISHERA Russia The prosecutors launched a terrorism investigation after an improvised bomb derailed an overnight express train, injuring dozens of passengers
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| Aug.14 |
Russia |
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Russia probes 'executions' video The officials are investigating a video which appears to show 2 men being murdered by far-right extremists
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
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Russia bomber flights 'permanent'| President Putin said Russia sent 14 aircraft on patrols far beyond its own territory, marking the permanent return to a Soviet-era practice | |
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| Aug.19 |
 Kazakhstan |
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President Nazarbayev wins flawed election Nursultan Nazarbayev's party won every available seat in a new parliament after a flawed vote that turned the clock back to Soviet rule
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| Aug.26 |
 Kiev |
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Fraud fear for elections Opposition leader Tymoshenko believes that the early parliamentary ballot due to be held in September will be rigged
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| Aug.27 |
Moscow |
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10 held over Politkovskaya murder| Russian prosecutors said that the killing was masterminded from abroad by anti-Kremlin forces trying to discredit Russia | |
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