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Bolshoi star jailed for acid attack
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 Russia calls for order in Ukraine Russia called for 'stability and orde' in neighboring Ukraine as thousands of protesters kept up their demonstrations against the government...
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| Dec.6 |
New York |
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Russian diplomats charged in alleged Medicaid fraud scheme
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Russia investigates crash jet pilot
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| Dec.9 |
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German president will not attend Olympics in Russia
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Kremlin dissolves Russia's news agency
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| Dec.15 |
Sochi |
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President Francois Hollande to shun Sochi games
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| Dec.16 |
Russia |
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Russian missile reports spark fears
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| Dec.17 |
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Ukraine, Russia sign economic deal despite protests| The cost of Russian gas supplied to Ukraine has been slashed from more than $400 (£245; 291 euros) per 1,000 cubic metres to $268.5 | |
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Ukraine opposition demands Russia agreement details Opposition leaders in Ukraine have demanded to know what President Viktor Yanukovych has offered Russia in return for a major economic lifel...
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| Dec.18 |
Moscow |
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Russia approves prisoner amnesty MPs have backed an amnesty that may include some of the best-known prisoners including Pussy Riot and the Greenpeace Arctic protesters
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| Dec.19 |
Moscow |
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 Putin 'to pardon' jailed former oil tycoon Khodorkovsky Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will soon pardon jailed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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| Dec.20 |
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Khodorkovsky leaves Russian prison after Putin signs pardon  Map of Segezha Karelia Russia| Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has arrived in Germany after Putin released him Friday following more than 10 years in prison | |
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 Freed Khodorkovsky flies to Germany  Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Germany, hours after being pardoned by President Vladimir Putin and freed from a decade in jail
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| Dec.21 |
Berlin |
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Freed Khodorkovsky reunited with son Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been reunited with his son after being freed from jail
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| Dec.22 |
Berlin |
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Khodorkovsky vows to help prisoners Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said he will do all he can to free other political prisoners
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| Dec.23 |
Siberia |
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Russia releases jailed Pussy Riot band members Map of Krasnoyarsk Russia Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were serving 2-year jail terms for their part in a performance critical of Putin, have been released
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 Inventor of Kalashnikov rifle dies The inventor of Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died aged 94, Russian TV reports
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Pussy Riot in Olympics boycott call
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| Dec.24 |
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Russia drops first Greenpeace case Russian authorities have dropped criminal charges against the first of 30 people accused of taking part in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic
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| Dec.25 |
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More Greenpeace charges dropped Russia is in the process of dropping charges against the remaining 29 Greenpeace crew members who were detained in the Russian Arctic
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Russian ship stuck in ice near Antarctica Map of Dumont D%27Urville Antarctica| The polar expedition ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 people aboard, got trapped in ice and is waiting for other ships for ice-breaking | |
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| Dec.26 |
Siberia |
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Russia cargo plane crash kills nine The Antonov An-12 plane has crashed into warehouses at a military facility in Siberia, killing all nine people on board, officials have said
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 Eco-activist shared Russian cell with killer The exit visa will put an end to Frank Hewetson's chilling saga that began in the icy waters surrounding an Arctic oil rig by Greenpeace
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  Trapped Antarctic ship to get help A Chinese icebreaker is expected to reach a scientific mission ship trapped in dense pack ice off East Antarctica since Christmas Day
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| Dec.29 |
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'Suicide bomber' hits Russia's Volgograd train station Map of Volgograd Russia| A suicide attack on a train station in Russia's southern city of Volgograd has killed 16 people, officials say. Moscow is concerned militant groups could be ramping up violence in the... | |
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 Rescue boat still trying to reach trapped ship in Antarctica An Australian icebreaker ship Aurora Australis is moving closer to the Russian-flagged vessel and was expected to break through early Monday local time
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2nd deadly explosion hits Volgograd Map of Volgograd Russia| At least 15 people have been killed and 23 others hurt in a suspected terrorist attack on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd | |
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| Dec.30 |
Russia |
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IOC 'confident' Games will be safe The International Olympic Committee president says he has confidence that Russian authorities will deliver a 'safe and secure' Games in Soch...
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Helicopter rescue for ice-bound ship Akademik Shokalskiy Most of the 74 people aboard a Russian research ship stuck in the frozen Antarctic may be airlifted out, Russia said on Monday
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Russian terror attacks could be prelude to Olympic violence, say experts
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| Dec.31 |
Volga Region |
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Dozens detained by Russian police after Volgograd attacks Police made an anti-terror sweep in Volgograd, the southern city where two suspected suicide bombings killed more than 30 people this week
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