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Tanks rejoin V-Day parade  Tanks and intercontinental missile launchers are to feature in annual Victory Day parade for the first time since the collapse of the USSR   Russia swears in new president
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Fri.  Georgia  EU: Ministers to visit Georgia
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  Dmitry Medvedev wasted no time, naming his predecessor Vladimir Putin as his new prime minister two hours after he was sworn in
May. 3   Belarus U.S. diplomats leave Belarus Apr. 30  NATO  Nato warns Russia over Georgia Apr. 29  Georgia  Georgia-Russia tensions ramped up Apr. 28  Ukraine  Gas company helicopter crash kills 19 Captive woman had 7 children by father Apr. 21   Georgia     Georgia accuses Russia of downing plane
  Georgia's air force commander: A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia
Apr.6  North Caucasus  Bush, Putin disagree on missile defense Apr.3   NATO     NATO denies Georgia and Ukraine
  NATO will not yet offer membership to Georgia or Ukraine after the alliance was split amid strong objections from Russia.    Albania and Croatia were given the green light. US and Czech off...
PM to quit over payments scandal Mar.6  Thailand  Thailand holds Russian 'top arms dealer' Mar.3   Moscow Vote rig claim after Medvedev landslide Mar.2  Moscow  Medvedev: I will work with Putin   Moscow     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% o...
Mar.1  Armenia  President declares state of emergency Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan Feb.28  Moscow  Official admits media bias Feb.8  Moscow  Putin vows 'arms race' response Militants overrun fort Jan.6   Georgia     Saakashvili claims majority in vote   Near-complete returns from presidential election show pro-western President Mikheil Saakashvili winning a majority of the vote Jan.5  Georgia  President Saakashvili 'wins election'

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Bhutto's son to lead her party Benazir Bhutto assassinated Dec.24  Uzbekistan  Karimov wins 'sham' election Dec.10   Moscow     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 Dec.3  Moscow  Monitors denounce Russia election Dec.2   Moscow     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% Nov.18   Ukraine   63 killed after coal mine blast   A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing Nov.11   Russia   Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing Map of Kerch Strait Russia
  At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea.    The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split, spilling up 560,000 (1,000 tons) gallons of fuel oil. Th...
 Russia  Russian oil tanker breaks in two Nov.7  Georgia  Georgia under state of emergency 8 dead in school shooting Oct.29   Moscow 'Chess Killer' sentenced to life Bombers target Bhutto's convoy, 136 killed Oct.12  Moscow  Rice holds Russia rights meetings  Moscow  Putin warns U.S. in missile talks Oct.1  Moscow  Putin eyes prime minister's job Sep.30  Ukraine  Strong showing for pro-West bloc Anti-Syrian lawmaker dies in blast Sep.12   Moscow Putin names next prime minister Israeli airstrike targeted nuclear reactor Aug.17  Moscow  Russia bomber flights 'permanent' Jul.16  London  UK expels four Russian diplomats Jul.14  Moscow  Russia withdraws from arms treaty Soldiers storm mosque Jun.3   Moscow Putin warns Europe in missile row May.26  Ukraine  Crisis calmed: election to hold on Sept. 30 May.25  Ukraine  Leaders spar over troops May.22  London  Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election Apr.26   Estonia   Estonia removes Soviet memorial   The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead  Moscow  Putin gives no hint on successor Apr.25  Moscow  Boris Yeltsin buried Apr.23   Moscow   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 Bombings kill almost 200 Apr.2   Ukraine President Yushchenko calls early poll Mar.19   Russia 63 elderly die in home fire   Siberia Mine explosion kills more than 100 Truck bomb kills more than 120 in market Jan.19   Istanbul   Outspoken journalist shot dead  Hrant Dink, 53, was a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist who spoke out against the killings of Armenians early last century Jan.8   European Union Russia oil row hits Europe supply

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Dec.20   Turkmenistan President Niyazov dies aged 66 Dec.8  Moscow  Hospital fire killed 45 women Nov.23   London     Poisoned former KGB spy dies  Alexander Litvinenko, the longtime critic of the Russian government, died in a hospital 3 weeks after his suspected poisoning Saddam Hussein sentenced to death Oct.12   Paris French in Armenia 'genocide' row Oct.7   Moscow War critic writer murdered Sep.29   Georgia Russian officers on spying charge Aug.22   Ukraine Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in effect Jul.16   St. Petersburg G8 split on nuclear energy, climate change Jul.9   Siberia 122 dead in airline crash Jun.25  Iraq  Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages May.2  North Caucasus  Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board Mar.23  Belarus  Police storm protest vigil Mar.21  Azerbaijan  Bird flu kills five Mar.19   Belarus Landslide win for Lukashenko Milosevic found dead in cell Mar.3   Moscow     Hamas visits Moscow  Russia's foreign minister has warned that Hamas faces no future if it fails to change itself into a political party Feb.23   Moscow 64 dead in roof collapse Robbers take $44M to $88M in heist Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze Jan.26  Georgia  Energy crisis as Georgia freezes Jan.3  Russia  Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal Jan.1   Ukraine   Russia cuts gas supplies  Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute

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Dec.4  Kazakhstan  Massive victory for President Nazarbayev Nov.26  Azerbaijan  Police break up mass rally Nov.14  Uzbekistan  Andijan suspects given jail terms Boys' electrocution starts riots Oct.13  North Caucasus  100 die as city of Nalchik raided Major quake kills thousands Sep.8  Ukraine  Yushchenko fires government Aug.6   Russian Far East     Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe  A mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean surfaced, and all 7 crew members are alive Bombs kill 52 May.31   Moscow   Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years  Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion May.20  Uzbekistan  Pressure grows for inquiry May.18   Uzbekistan Troops retake rebel town May.17  Uzbekistan  Opposition says 745 died May.13   Uzbekistan   Troops clash with protesters  Opposition says later 745 died in fighting that broken out after a night in which soldiers clashed with demonstrators May.9   Moscow     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 Ratzinger elected as new Pope Pope John Paul II dies at 84 Mar.24   Kyrgyzstan Government HQ seized. Akayev left Mar.8  Chechnya  Rebel leader Maskhadov killed Jan.28  Russia  Beslan team accuses top officials

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Dec.31  Ukraine  PM Yanukovych resigns Dec.26   Ukraine Yushchenko declares victory in re-vote Dec.19  Moscow  Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction Dec.11  Austria  Doctors: Yushchenko Was Poisoned Dec.3  Ukraine  Court Orders Re-Run of Rigged Poll Nov.28  Ukraine  Poll row threatens Ukraine unity Nov.27  Ukraine  Parliament rejects election results Nov.25  Ukraine  Court puts poll result on hold Nov.22   Ukraine   Storm of protest at poll result  At the start of the Orange Revolution the opposition camped out on the streets after crying foul in a runoff vote in presidential election Nov.17  Moscow  New missile systems tested Arafat died Oct.17  Belarus  Lukashenko wins new term vote Sep.29  Moscow  Russia 'to ratify climate treaty' Sep.16  Chechnya  Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege Sep.13  Moscow  Putin tightens grip on security Sep.6  Moscow  Putin under pressure over siege  Russia  Anger mounts as Russia mourns Sep.3   North Caucasus     350 dead after troops storm school   1,200 hostages might have been inside the Beslan school. Hundreds of people were injured Scarf ban comes into force Aug.24   Russia Two passenger jets crash Jun.21  Chechnya  Troops repel Chechen offensive May.9  Chechnya  Bomb kills Chechen president 6 Westerners killed in attack Mar.30  Uzbekistan  23 dead in 'terrorist' clash Mar.14   Moscow Putin claims second term Feb.24  Moscow  Putin fires premier and Cabinet Feb.6  Moscow  Metro blast kills 39

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Dec.7  Moscow  Pro-Putin party set for victory Nov.23  Georgia  Shevardnadze resigns Oct.25  Siberia  Khodorkovsky held on fraud charge Saddam's sons killed in raid U.S. Launches War Against Iraq

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Dec.27  Chechnya  41 killed in Grozny blasts Oct.25   Moscow   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 Oct.23  Moscow  Chechen gunmen seize theater Aug.19   Chechnya Crash: 115 servicemen dead Jul.27   Ukraine 83 die in worst airshow crash Jul.1  Germany  71 dead in midair collision May.24  Moscow  Putin and Bush sign nuclear arms deal Euro mark celebrations

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Intifada started by Sharon visit Aug.12   Arctic Kursk submarine went down Mar.27   Moscow Putin elected president