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| 2013 May. 14 |
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Russia orders expulsion of U.S. diplomat 
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Russian agency: CIA member tried to recruit Russian FSB said that it briefly detained a suspected member of the CIA who was trying to recruit a staff member of one of the Russian special services
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| 2013 May. 7 |
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Russia and US agree to hold Syria conference Russia and the US have agreed to work towards convening an international conference to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria
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Kerry in Russia with Syria, terror on agenda Secretary of State John Kerry departed for Russia on Monday, as the conflict in Syria heads into a new and potentially more dangerous phase
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| 2013 May. 6 |
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Moscow anti-Putin rally draws thousands Thousands of people have gathered for a rally to mark the anniversary of a confrontation between opposition activists and police
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| 2013 Apr. 25 |
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Dozens die in Russia hospital fire| At least 36 people have been killed in a fire at psychiatric hospital in Ramenskiy village in the Moscow region, officials say | |
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Russia fines first NGO under new law Election watchdog Golos has become the first non-governmental organisation (NGO) to be fined in Russia under a controversial new law
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| 2013 Mar.29 |
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Russia warns of North Korea 'spiral' Russia has warned of tensions in North Korea slipping out of control, after Pyongyang said it was placing its missile units on stand-by
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| 2013 Mar.27 |
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NGO fears as Russian raids multiply Senior EU officials have voiced concern as checks by Russian tax inspectors on foreign-funded non-governmental organisations multiply
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| 2013 Mar.20 |
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Bolshoi ballet was 'giant brothel' The Bolshoi Ballet has been mired in further controversy after a former soloist claimed female dancers were forced to sleep with wealthy patrons
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| 2013 Mar.10 |
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Dead lawyer trial to open in Russia The trial of a Sergei Magnitsky is due to begin in Russia, despite criticism from the US and the European Parliament
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| 2013 Mar.6 |
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Gorbachev denounces Putin over laws Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has denounced new laws passed in Russia as an 'attack on citizens' rights'
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Bolshoi dancer 'confesses' to attack A Bolshoi Ballet soloist and two other men have confessed to an acid attack on the company's artistic director, Moscow police say
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| 2013 Feb.19 |
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Russia probes 'murder' of US adoptee Russia's top investigative body has opened a murder inquiry after Max Shatto, a three-year-old adoptee died in the US
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| 2013 Feb.15 |
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Countries join in tax reform plea The UK Chancellor George Osborne and his French and German counterparts are to call for global tax rules to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance
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| 2013 Feb.9 |
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Russian activist under house arrest A court in Russia has placed the prominent opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov under house arrest
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| 2013 Jan.31 |
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Russia concern at Israeli 'strike' Russia has expressed concern at an alleged Israeli attack on Syria, saying such a strike would be an unacceptable violation of the UN Charter
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| 2013 Jan.25 |
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MPs back 'gay propaganda' ban amid scuffles The Russian parliament has backed a ban on the promotion of homosexuality among children in its first reading, amid scuffles on the street outside
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| 2013 Jan.18 |
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Acid attack on Russian ballet director Doctors are fighting to save the sight of Sergei Filin, the artistic director of Bolshoi Ballet after a masked assailant threw acid in his face on a street
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| 2013 Jan.3 |
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Depardieu 'now a Russian citizen' French actor Gerard Depardieu has obtained Russian citizenship, according to a brief statement posted on the Kremlin website
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| 2012 Dec.29 |
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Plane crashes into road outside Moscow A Russian passenger plane Tupolev-204 has crashed into a main road after overshooting a runway at a Moscow airport, killing at least four people
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| 2012 Dec.28 |
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Putin signs anti-U.S. adoption bill Russian President has signed into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans. The law is a reaction to the US Magnitsky Act
| The U.S. State Department said it 'deeply regrets' the new Russian law
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| 2012 Dec.26 |
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Russian anti-U.S. adoption bill advances Russia's upper house of parliament has approved a controversial measure banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. families
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| 2012 Dec.20 |
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Putin backs ban on US adoptions Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, which has been proposed by the Russian parliament
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| 2012 Dec.15 |
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Russian opposition leaders arrested at anti-Putin rally Blogger and activist Alexei Navalny said on Twitter he had been detained at the rally in Lubyanka Square, which was banned by the authorities
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| 2012 Dec.13 |
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Russia: Syrian rebels may win conflict A Russian official has said for the first time that the Syrian government may be defeated by opposition forces
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| 2012 Nov.6 |
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Putin dismisses defence minister Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the defence minister after his ministry was caught up in a corruption scandal
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| 2012 Oct.23 |
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Russia strengthens treason laws Russia's parliament has voted to widen the definition of high treason in a move critics say is a further attempt to stifle dissent in the country
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| 2012 Oct.22 |
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Russia opposition elected online Voters opposed to Russia's President Vladimir Putin have chosen a new opposition leadership to fight for election reform
| Alexei Navalny won the most votes
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| 2012 Sep.22 |
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Moscow 'drunk driver' kills seven A drunk driver killed seven people and injured three others by crashing his car into a bus stop in Moscow, Russian police say
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| 2012 Aug.17 |
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Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism 3 members of female punk rock band were sentenced to 2 years in prison after they performed a song critical of President Putin in a church
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| 2012 Aug.3 |
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Russia condemns UN vote on Syria Russia has said a resolution on Syria passed by the UN General Assembly undermines peace efforts there, as fighting continues on the ground
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| 2012 Jun.12 |
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Putin opponents march in Moscow Thousands of Russian anti-government protesters are taking part in a major rally to demand fresh elections and a new president
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| 2012 Jun.1 |
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Putin stands firm on Syria crisis Russia's President Vladimir Putin has resisted diplomatic pressure from Western nations to support tougher action against Syria's government
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| 2012 May.7 |
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Putin sworn in as president amid protests Vladimir Putin, who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade, was sworn in as the country's president
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| 2012 Mar.25 |
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Annan is 'last chance' for Syria Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has offered full support for envoy Kofi Annan's peace mission in Syria, saying it may be the last chance
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| 2012 Mar.10 |
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Lower turnout at anti-Putin rally Protests have been held in Russia over Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory but turnout in Moscow was sharply down on earlier rallies
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| 2012 Mar.4 |
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Putin declares win in elections Vladimir Putin has declared victory in presidential elections, returning for a third term after spending the last four years as the country's PM
| Exit polls and preliminary results gave him about 60% of the vote
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Putin 'elected Russian president' Vladimir Putin has been elected Russian president for the third time, exit polls suggest, after spending the last four years as the country's PM
| The exit polls gave Putin about 60% of the vote, meaning that he should avoid a run-off with his nearest rival, Communist Zyuganov
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| 2012 Feb.4 |
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Thousands in rival Moscow marches Tens of thousands of people have marched in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power
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| 2011 Dec.24 |
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Thousands take to streets Thousands of people took to the street, braving bitterly cold weather to demand for fair elections after what they claim were rigged results
| They passed a resolution 'not to give a single vote to Vladimir Putin' at presidential election
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| 2011 Dec.12 |
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Billionaire Prokhorov to challenge Putin Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has said he will challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in next March's presidential election
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| 2011 Dec.11 |
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Medvedev orders probe into elections Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a probe into allegations of vote fraud in recent parliamentary elections
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| 2011 Dec.10 |
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Russian protests biggest in years Thousands of people have attended the biggest anti-government rally in the Russian capital since the fall of the Soviet Union
| 50,000 people gathered on an island near the Kremlin to condemn ballot-rigging in parliamentary elections and demand a re-run
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| 2011 Dec.8 |
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Putin blames Clinton for election unrest Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of being behind protests over the results of Russia's parliamentary elections
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| 2011 Dec.6 |
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Putin plays down election losses Russian Prime Minister has played down his party's losses at Sunday's parliamentary election as inevitable for a party in power
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| 2011 Dec.5 |
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Moscow protest after Russia vote Several thousand people have taken to the streets shouting 'Down with Putin' as international observers in parliamentary elections speak of violations
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| 2011 Sep.24 |
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Putin set to return as president Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has accepted a proposal to stand for president in March 2012. Medvedev backs Putin for president
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| 2011 Jan.24 |
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Blast rocks Moscow's main airport 
Map of Domodedovo Russia Domodedovo airport, the busiest in Russia's capital, has been rocked by an explosion that has killed at least 31 people
| More than 100 people were injured in the blast, which was the work of a suicide bomber
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| 2010 Dec.30 |
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Khodorkovsky jail term increased Imprisoned former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, has been sentenced to six more years in jail for fraud
| Khodorkovsky, 47, now faces imprisonment until 2017. The US and Germany deplored the verdict
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| 2010 Dec.28 |
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Khodorkovsky trial: Russia hits back Russia's foreign ministry has accused Western nations of exerting 'unacceptable' pressure over the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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| 2010 Dec.27 |
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Russian court finds Khodorkovsky guilty A judge in Moscow has found former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner guilty of corruption charges
| Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man and considered a political threat to PM Vladimir Putin, was convicted at a new trial of embezzlement
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| 2010 Sep.27 |
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Moscow's Mayor Luzhkov dismissed Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree firing powerful Yuri Luzhkov because he had lost 'the trust of the president'
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| 2010 Aug.12 |
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Moscow 'hiding heatstroke cases' Doctors in Moscow are being told not to diagnose heatstroke as a cause of death after a jump in the mortality rate during the heatwave
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| 2010 Aug.6 |
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Muscovites struggle to breathe The acrid smoke, from thousands of square miles of wildfires, drove carbon monoxide levels in Moscow 5 times higher than what is considered safe
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| 2010 Aug.2 |
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency Authorities have imposed a state of emergency around about 500 towns and villages because of wildfires burning across the west of the country
| 700 fires are burning, covering about 450 square miles.
Most of the fires were started accidentally by people burning garbage, dropping cigarettes, or failing to extinguish campfires or barbecues properly
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| 2010 Apr.8 |
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Obama, Medvedev sign arms treaty The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a major nuclear arms control , reduces the nuclear stockpiles of both nations
| The agreement cuts the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia by about a third
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| 2010 Apr.2 |
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Teen ID'd as Moscow subway bomber Russian investigators identified one of the female suicide bombers in the metro attacks that killed dozens of people as teenager Dzhennet Abdullayeva
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| 2010 Mar.28 |
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Dozens killed in subway blasts Explosions rocked a pair of central Moscow subway stations during morning rush hour, killing at least 37 people and wounding 10 others
| The first blast happened at the city's central Lubyanka station killing 25. A second explosion less than an hour afterwards happened at the Park Kultury station killing 12
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| 2009 Jul.6 |
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Obama moves to bolster U.S.-Russia ties U.S. President and Russian Medvedev concluded a series of agreements, including one on nuclear arms reduction
| Obama and Medvedev reach a deal to cut back their stockpiles of nuclear weapons
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| 2009 Mar.17 |
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Russia announces major arms buildup President Dmitry Medvedev: Russia is planning a 'comprehensive rearmament' of its military
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| 2009 Jan.27 |
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Russian church picks new head Russian Orthodox Church leaders selected Metropolitan Kirill, a 62-year-old modernizer, to be the next head of the church
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| 2009 Jan.17 |
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'Gas to flow' after deal Russian Prime Minister Putin has said agreement has been reached at talks to resume gas exports to Europe via Ukraine shortly
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| 2008 Dec.22 |
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Lawmakers back six-year presidency The upper house approved an extension of the presidential term from 4 years to 6
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| 2008 Dec.5 |
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Russia Orthodox Church's leader dies Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a post-Soviet revival of faith but was accused of making the church a force for nationalism, died at age 79
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| 2008 Nov.21 |
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Russia extends presidential term The parliament approved a constitutional amendment Friday to extend the presidential term from four to six years
| There is speculation that the change is aimed at paving the way for a return to the Kremlin by Prime Minister Putin
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| 2008 Aug.26 |
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Russia recognizes Georgian rebel regions Russian President Medvedev signed an order recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions
| Medvedev: 'This is not an easy choice to make, but it represents the only possibility to save human lives'. West condemns Russia over Georgia. President Saakashvili said it was 'clear around the world that Russia is acting as an aggressor state'
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| 2008 Aug.12 |
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Cease-fire, not peace reached in Georgia The Russian and French presidents announced a 6-point plan of principles for settling the immediate conflict
| Russian President Medvedev orders an end to military operations against Georgia after 5 days of fighting
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| 2008 Aug.3 |
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Russian novelist Solzhenitsyn dead Novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works detailed the horrors of Stalin's labor camps, has died of heart failure at 89
| The author of The Gulag Archipelago and One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich returned to Russia in 1994
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| 2008 May.21 |
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United victorious after shoot-out drama Manchester United have won the Champions League 6-5 on penalties over Chelsea after final finished 1-1 after a dramatic rainy night
| Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 42nd goal of the season with a header in the 26th minute. Chelsea tied it in the 45th when unmarked Frank Lampard scored from 12 yards. Chelsea captain John Terry had struck the post with his penalty; Substitute Nicholas Anelka's spot-kick was saved by Edwin van der Sar to hand United victory
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| 2008 May.7 |
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Russia swears in new president Dmitry Medvedev wasted no time, naming his predecessor Vladimir Putin as his new prime minister two hours after he was sworn in
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| 2008 Mar.3 |
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Vote rig claim after Medvedev landslide A Russian vote monitoring group has received allegations of multiple voting papers, falsified names on electoral registers, the stuffing of ballot boxes
| Western leaders have congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on becoming Russia's new president
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| 2008 Mar.2 |
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Medvedev 'heading for clear win' The outcome is not expected to be a surprise: A hand-picked successor is expected to win in a landslide, after hardly even bothering to campaig
| The state-owned pollster VTsIOM showed Medvedev with 69.6% of the vote. Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov gets nearly 20%
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| 2008 Feb.8 |
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Putin vows 'arms race' response Russia's President says the world is engaged in a new arms race and NATO is failing to accommodate Russia's concerns
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| 2007 Dec.10 |
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Putin backs Medvedev as successor Russian president has thrown his support behind deputy prime minister to replace him when he steps down as the country's leader next year
| Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by Putin's United Russia Party and three other pro-Kremlin parties. He was previously Putin's chief of staff and is chairman of the gas giant Gazprom
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| 2007 Dec.3 |
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Monitors denounce Russia election Foreign observers have said that parliamentary election, won by President Putin's party, was 'not fair'
| The statement was made by a joint observer team of the OSCE and the Council of Europe
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| 2007 Dec.2 |
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Putin party leads Russia polls United Russia has won a landslide victory in nationwide elections and had 63.3% of the vote, followed by the Communists at 11.3%
| 2 other pro-Kremlin parties looked set to pass the 7% threshold needed to win seats. Turnout has been 60%. UR's leader, Gryzlov, acknowledged there had been violations but dismissed them as insignificant.
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| 2007 Oct.29 |
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'Chess Killer' sentenced to life Serial murderer Alexander Pichushkin was given the maximum sentence of life in prison and ordered to undergo psychiatric therapy
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| 2007 Oct.12 |
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Rice holds Russia rights meetings US Secretary of State is meeting human rights activists as she continues a Russian visit that has so far been coolly received
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Putin warns U.S. in missile talks Addressing Secretary of State Rice and Defense Secretary Gates, the Russian president appeared to mock the U.S. missile defense plan
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| 2007 Oct.1 |
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Putin eyes prime minister's job Russian President has raised the possibility of becoming a future prime minister by agreeing to enter the December parliamentary polls
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| 2007 Sep.12 |
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Putin names next prime minister Russian President has accepted the resignation of Fradkov and nominated Victor Zubkov, a financial crime investigator to replace him
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| 2007 Aug.17 |
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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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| 2007 Jul.14 |
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Russia withdraws from arms treaty Russia suspended its participation in a key arms control treaty that governs deployment of troops in Europe
| President Vladimir Putin signed a decree citing exceptional circumstances affecting security as the reason for the move. The 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty limits the number of heavy weapons. Russia has been angered by plans to base parts of a missile defence system in the Czech Republic and Poland
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| 2007 Jun.3 |
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Putin warns Europe in missile row Russian President: Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds missile defence facilities in the region
| Putin said Iran was not a threat to the US, hinting that Russia was the target
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| 2007 Apr.26 |
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Putin gives no hint on successor In state of the nation address: Russia may stop implementing a key defence treaty because of concerns over US plans for a missile shield in Europe
| The President made his clearest rejection yet of speculation that he would try to seek a third term. Putin hit out at an influx of foreign money which he said was being used to meddle in Russia's internal affairs
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| 2007 Apr.25 |
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Boris Yeltsin buried The coffin was carried to it's final resting place at the Novodevichye cemetery on the shoulders of elite honor guard
| It was the first time in 100 years that a Russian leader was mourned in a church. Bill Clinton was in attendance
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| 2007 Apr.23 |
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Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies Boris Yeltsin was 76. In 1991 he famously triumphed against parliament hardliners in 1993. He had a history of heart trouble
| Yeltsin became Russia's first democratically elected head of state after Gorbachev resigned as Soviet leader in 1991. He defender of democracy when in August 1991 he mounted a tank in Moscow. Yeltsin ordered tanks to fire on parliament in 1993, when the building was occupied by hardline political opponents. He presided over mass privatization and launched the war in Chechnya in 1994
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| 2007 Apr.14 |
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Kasparov held at Russian demo Police detained the former world chess champion who has emerged as a political opposition leader
| Riot police beat and detained protesters as thousands defied an ban and attempted to stage a rally against President Putin's government
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| 2006 Dec.8 |
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Hospital fire killed 45 women A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts
| A suspicious fire was combined with a blocked exit. The fire erupted in a wooden cabinet in a kitchen
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| 2006 Oct.7 |
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War critic writer murdered Anna Politkovskaya was known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. Her body was found in an elevator
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| 2006 Mar.3 |
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Hamas visits Moscow Russia's foreign minister has warned that Hamas faces no future if it fails to change itself into a political party
| Sergey Lavrov was telling reporters: 'I don't think Hamas will have any future if Hamas doesn't change'.
Earlier, Khaled Mashaal, Hamas' exiled political leader,
was saying that organization's refusal to recognize Israel was not up for negotiation.
The trip is aimed at denting the militant group's international isolation.
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| 2006 Feb.23 |
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64 dead in roof collapse Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors after a snow-laden roof collapsed on the market
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| 2006 Jan.20 |
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Freeze kills at least 40 Arctic temperatures are gripping most of Russia. No major thaw is expected before February
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| 2005 Dec.27 |
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Illarionov, outspoken Putin aide, to quit Economic adviser Andrei Illarionov offered his resignation in protest against changes in government policy
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| 2005 May.31 |
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion
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| 2005 May.9 |
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Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead U.S. President was given a seat of honor for celebrations in Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory
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| 2004 Dec.19 |
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Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction Baikal Finance Group outbid favourite Gazprom to buy Yuganskneftegas. Yukos said that the auction was illegal
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| 2004 Nov.17 |
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New missile systems tested President Putin says Russia will have access to advanced nuclear missile systems unlike those held by other countries
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| 2004 Sep.29 |
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Russia 'to ratify climate treaty' The government is expected to announce that the country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol
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| 2004 Sep.13 |
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Putin tightens grip on security President has ordered a drastic overhaul of the way Russia is run in the wake of deadly attacks on civilians
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Rally against terrorism Thousands are staging a somber demonstration, protesting and mourning the victims of the school siege in the Caucasus
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| 2004 Sep.6 |
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Putin under pressure over siege Families in Beslan are facing a 3rd day burying their dead as the government comes under growing pressure
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| 2004 Mar.14 |
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Putin claims second term Voters overwhelmingly handed Vladimir Putin a second 4-year term as president in a widely-expected outcome
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| 2004 Feb.24 |
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Putin fires premier and Cabinet President has dismissed Kasyanov and his Cabinet just 2 weeks ahead of the country's presidential election
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| 2004 Feb.14 |
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Roof collapse kills 26 The glass roof was covering a bustling water park, the Transvaal Park. 110 injured
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| 2004 Feb.8 |
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Presidential candidate Rybkin missing State prosecutors have opened and cancelled a murder inquiry. Rybkin was linked to self-exiled tycoon Berezovsky
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| 2004 Feb.6 |
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Metro blast kills 39 An explosion has ripped apart a train car during morning rush hour. Putin condemns 'Chechen' bombing
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| 2003 Dec.8 |
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OSCE condemns Russia election International election observers are saying the pre-election process was biased towards the main pro-Kremlin party
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| 2003 Dec.7 |
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Pro-Putin party set for victory The United Russia party with 37% is leading rivals by a large margin in parliamentary elections
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| 2003 Sep.28 |
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Conference on climate change Putin has said his country remains undecided on whether or not to sign the Kyoto agreement
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| 2002 Oct.30 |
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Russia names siege gas Health Minister says the gas was based on fentanyl, a potent opium-based narcotic used as an anaesthetic
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| 2002 Oct.28 |
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Anger grows over gas tactics Calls are growing for an investigation into why doctors were not provided an antidote to the gas
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| 2002 Oct.27 |
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Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid Hostages died of health problems stemming from the gas used to end the siege, Moscow's chief doctor said
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| 2002 Oct.25 |
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Russian troops storm theater 36 of the Chechen hostage-takers were killed preventing the explosion of the building. Some of the captors may have escaped
| During a sold out performance of Nord-Ost, 42 heavily armed Chechen militants took 850 hostages and demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. 129 of the hostages, mainly children who overdosed on Fentanyl, were killed
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| 2002 Oct.23 |
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Chechen gunmen seize theater Gunmen took more than 700 people hostage, threatening to kill some. They had mined portions of the building
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| 2002 May.24 |
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Putin and Bush sign nuclear arms deal Landmark nuclear arms treaty slashes the two countries' arsenals by two-thirds. It's banishing the legacy of the Cold War
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| 2001 Aug.4 |
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Putin meets Kim Jong Il North Korean leader intends to observe the moratorium on long-range missile testing until 2003
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| 2001 Apr.3 |
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Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV A state-run gas giant Gazprom has taken control of only independent nationwide television station
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| 2000 Mar.27 |
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Putin elected president Putin had gained an unassailable lead over the Communist leader, Gennady Zyuganov, winning more than half of the votes
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