World News Atlas
Russia
2001
January
| Russia, January 2001 Timeline | Saturday, October 11 | Author |
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| Jan.3 | Russia |
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Russia moves nuclear weapons Russia has shifted short-range nuclear weapons to Baltic base, U.S. say. Russia's defence ministry denied move
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| Jan.5 | Moscow |
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Court blow for media baron Court has reinstated a criminal fraud case against Vladimir Gusinsky. He is in Spain, free on $5.5 million bail
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| Jan.7 | Chechnya |
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11 killed in Chechnya Killed: 3 Chechen policemen, 3 Russian riot police in Grozny, 4 Russian soldiers, leader of a Moslem mosque
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| Jan.11 | North Caucasus |
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Kidnapping cause aid pullout U.N. and Medecins Sans Frontieres were suspending operations after masked gunmen seized the head of MSF mission
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| Jan.13 | North Caucasus |
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| Jan.15 | Chechnya |
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Pledge on Chechen human rights Moscow will prosecute troops charged with abuses and narrow the gap between complaints and court cases
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| Jan.16 | Moscow |
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Media baron's ally arrested Finance director Anton Titov was detained. The head of the media empire Gusinsky is facing fraud charges
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| Jan.19 | Moscow |
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| Jan.20 | Chechnya |
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Chechnya pullback announced Kremlin will rely more on local police and special forces
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Kournikova advanced to quarterfinal She won 6-3, 6-1 over Rittner and now faces Davenport, the defending titlist
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Poverty forces abortions Abortion accounts for 10 to 15% of secondary infertility
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| Jan.22 | Moscow |
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Cold kills 16 in Moscow||||
| 114 were hospitalized, 21 suffered from frostbite |
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Scientists: 2 blasts sank Kursk| Seismic analysis suggests 2 successive onboard explosions, not a collision, destroyed a Russian sub |
Chechnya | K. Gluck, regional head of the Doctors Without Borders, kidnapped on January 9, is being ransomed by a rebel group |
Moscow | Yeltsin had acute viral infection |
Spain | Media magnate Gusinsky will fight extradition to Russia to face fraud charges. He has been under effective house arrest |
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