World News Atlas
Post Soviet
2007
May
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| May.2 | Moscow | Estonia shuts consulate | ||||
| May.4 | Washington |
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U.S. missile shield talks still on The administration will launch negotiations to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe despite Russia's objections
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| May.7 | Ukraine |
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Gas pipeline hit by blast A blast has destroyed a section of one of the main gas pipelines exporting Russian gas to Europe
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| May.9 | Moscow | Malkin steers Russia to semifinals | ||||
| May.11 | Costa Rica |
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Russian ambassador taken hostage A 20-year-old Kazakhstan native turned himself over to police, ending a 3-hour standoff and safely releasing a man
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| May.12 | Turkmenistan |
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| Moscow | Koivu sends Finns into world final | |||||
| May.13 | Moscow |
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Canadians lift world hockey championship Nash scored twice as Canada lifted the hockey championship title for the 24th time with a 4-2 defeat of Finland
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| May.15 | Moscow |
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| May.17 | Estonia |
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Estonia hit by 'Moscow cyber war' The country's websites have been under heavy attack for the past 3 weeks. Many of the attacks are being hosted by Russian state servers
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| May.18 | Russia |
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EU-Russian talks end in acrimony German chancellor Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin have traded sharp criticism over human rights, at a summit exposed the divisions
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Russian prosecutors refuse to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, charged by Britain in the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko
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Russia
Litvinenko suspect denies charges
Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB officer, has denied any involvement and said the case is 'politically motivated'
Siberia
3 more missing after a methane gas explosion at a coal mine at the Yubileinaya mine in the Kemerovo region
Ukraine
Leaders spar over troops| Prime minister Yanukovych has denounced an attempt by President Yushchenko, to seize control of the country's interior ministry troops |
Ukraine
Yushchenko orders troops to Kiev
Ukrainian President has ordered several thousand interior ministry troops to head to the capital amid a political crisis
Ukraine 
President and prime minister agreed to hold an early parliamentary election, defusing a months-long political crisis
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Moscow
London
UK requests Lugovoi extradition
A formal extradition request has been made to Russia, for the ex-KGB agent wanted over Litvinenko's murder
Moscow
Ex-KGB spy: UK tried to recruit me 
| Andrei Lugovoy, charged by Britain with murdering Litvinenko is saying UK intelligence and a Russian multi-millionaire were far more likely suspects. Lugovoi told a news confere... |
Latvia
Moscow
Putin accuses U.S. of new arms race| Tensions between the USA and Russia ratcheted up another notch, with accusations flying over ballistic missiles and human rights |
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