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Zenit shuts out Rangers for UEFA Cup
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Tanks rejoin V-Day parade
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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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Captive woman had 7 children by father
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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
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Olympic torch extinguished
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Moscow |
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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 camp...
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Kosovo declares independence
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| Dec.10 |
Moscow |
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Putin backs Medvedev as successor
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Putin party leads Russia polls
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Turkey attacks Kurd rebels in Iraq
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea
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Anti-Syrian lawmaker dies in blast
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UEFA Champions League Final
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Zenit shuts out Rangers for UEFA Cup Zenit St. Petersburg won its first European trophy, and Russia's second, by beating Glasgow 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final
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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
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Russia expels US embassy staff |
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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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| May. 1 |
St. Petersburg |
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Zenit crush Bayern to reach UEFA final |
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| Apr. 30 |
NATO |
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Nato warns Russia over Georgia |
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| Apr. 29 |
Georgia |
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Georgia-Russia tensions ramped up |
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Captive woman had 7 children by father
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| Apr. 23 |
Georgia |
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Georgia denounces Russian 'harassment' |
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| Apr. 21 |
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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 | |
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Olympic torch extinguished
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| Apr.6 |
North Caucasus |
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Bush, Putin disagree on missile defense |
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Hope for end to cave siege |
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| Mar.21 |
Moscow |
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Journalist hanged, stabbed to death |
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bin Laden message condemns Europe
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Putin: 'No Russian thaw under Medvedev' |
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Thailand |
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Thailand holds Russian 'top arms dealer'
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Vote rig claim after Medvedev landslide
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Medvedev: I will work with Putin |
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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% o... | |
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Palestinians: Israel attacks kill dozens
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Official admits media bias |
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Kosovo declares independence
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Putin vows 'arms race' response
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Russia warned over 'intimidation' |
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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
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Monitors denounce Russia election |
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Putin: Vote victory is a mandate |
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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%
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Turkey attacks Kurd rebels in Iraq
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| Nov.24 |
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Kasparov held at anti-Kremlin rally |
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Putin attacks 'jackal' opponents |
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Cult awaits end of days in cave |
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Strike brings travel chaos
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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... | |
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Russian oil tanker breaks in two |
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| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
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'Chess Killer' sentenced to life
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| Oct.24 |
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'Chessboard killer' guilty |
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Iran |
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Putin arrived in Tehran for landmark visit |
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Rice holds Russia rights meetings |
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Putin warns U.S. in missile talks |
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Jury retraces Diana's fatal path
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| Oct.3 |
Moscow |
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Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik |
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| Oct.1 |
Moscow |
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Putin eyes prime minister's job |
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Anti-Syrian lawmaker dies in blast
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| Sep.12 |
Moscow |
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Putin names next prime minister
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
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Russia bomber flights 'permanent' |
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| Aug.6 |
Georgia |
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Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town |
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| Aug.3 |
Russian Far East |
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Quake leaves 2,000 homeless |
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| Jul.16 |
London |
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UK expels four Russian diplomats |
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| Jul.14 |
Moscow |
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Russia withdraws from arms treaty
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At least 105 killed in village market blast
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Guatemala |
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Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| Jun.3 |
Moscow |
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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
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| May.22 |
London |
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Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning |
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Islamic militants, security forces battle
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| Apr.26 |
Estonia |
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Estonia removes Soviet memorial  | The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead.
Estonians see memorial as a reminder of decades of Soviet rule.
Russia says it should not be removed.
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Putin gives no hint on successor |
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| Apr.25 |
Moscow |
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Boris Yeltsin buried |
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| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
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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
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Bombings kill almost 200
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| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
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Kasparov held at Russian demo |
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| Mar.19 |
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63 elderly die in home fire The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
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Siberia |
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Mine explosion kills more than 100 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
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| Mar.17 |
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Seven dead in plane crash |
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More than 120 die in blasts
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| Jan.8 |
European Union |
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Russia oil row hits Europe supply
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| Dec.8 |
Moscow |
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Hospital fire killed 45 women |
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| Nov.23 |
London |
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Poisoned former KGB spy dies Alexander Litvinenko, the longtime critic of the Russian government, died in a hospital 3 weeks after his suspected poisoning
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Saddam Hussein sentenced to death
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| Oct.7 |
Moscow |
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War critic writer murdered
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| Sep.29 |
Georgia |
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Russian officers on spying charge
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| Aug.22 |
Ukraine |
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Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes
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| Jul.16 |
St. Petersburg |
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G8 split on nuclear energy, climate change
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| Jul.10 |
North Caucasus |
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Most-wanted warlord Basayev killed |
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Italy wins World Cup over France
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Siberia |
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122 dead in airline crash
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| Jun.25 |
Iraq |
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Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages |
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| May.2 |
North Caucasus |
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Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board
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| Mar.7 |
Moscow |
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US, Russia reject Iran compromise |
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| Mar.3 |
Moscow |
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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
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| Feb.23 |
Moscow |
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64 dead in roof collapse
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Robbers take $44M to $88M in heist
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| Jan.20 |
Moscow |
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Freeze kills at least 40 |
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| Jan.3 |
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Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal |
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| Jan.1 |
Ukraine |
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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.27 |
Moscow |
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Illarionov, outspoken Putin aide, to quit |
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Sharon to quit Likud party
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| Oct.13 |
North Caucasus |
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100 die as city of Nalchik raided
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| Aug.17 |
Russian Far East |
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Russian-Chinese war games begin |
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| Aug.12 |
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Russia marks Kursk five years on |
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| Aug.6 |
Russian Far East |
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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
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Rescuers lifting disabled sub |
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88 died as explosions rock resort town
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| May.31 |
Moscow |
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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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| May.9 |
Moscow |
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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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| Mar.8 |
Chechnya |
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Rebel leader Maskhadov killed
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Huge blast kills ex-PM
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Beslan team accuses top officials |
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| Dec.19 |
Moscow |
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Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction |
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| Nov.17 |
Moscow |
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New missile systems tested |
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| Sep.29 |
Moscow |
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Russia 'to ratify climate treaty'
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| Sep.16 |
Chechnya |
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Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege |
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| Sep.13 |
Moscow |
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Putin tightens grip on security
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| Sep.7 |
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Footage shows drama in besieged school |
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Rally against terrorism |
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| Sep.6 |
Moscow |
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Putin under pressure over siege |
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Anger mounts as Russia mourns |
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Russia parades siege suspect |
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North Caucasus |
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350 dead after troops storm school Map of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:North_ossetia_map.png 1,200 hostages might have been inside the Beslan school. Hundreds of people were injured
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| Sep.1 |
North Caucasus |
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Standoff school siege |
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| Aug.24 |
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Two passenger jets crash 2 planes have crashed in nearly simultaneous incidents, with as many as 94 people feared killed
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Glittering opening for Olympics
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| Jun.21 |
Chechnya |
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Troops repel Chechen offensive |
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| May.9 |
Chechnya |
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Bomb kills Chechen president
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EU welcomes 10 new members
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| Mar.14 |
Moscow |
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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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| Feb.24 |
Moscow |
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Putin fires premier and Cabinet |
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| Feb.14 |
Moscow |
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Roof collapse kills 26 |
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| Feb.6 |
Moscow |
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Metro blast kills 39
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28,000 dead after earthquake
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| Dec.7 |
Moscow |
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Pro-Putin party set for victory
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| Dec.4 |
North Caucasus |
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40 dead as blast strikes train |
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| Oct.25 |
Siberia |
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Khodorkovsky held on fraud charge
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Aug.1 |
North Caucasus |
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Suicide blast kills 50 |
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| May.31 |
St. Petersburg |
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Bush talks with Putin |
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| May.12 |
Chechnya |
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Blast kills 37 |
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U.S. Launches War Against Iraq
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| Dec.27 |
Chechnya |
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41 killed in Grozny blasts
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| Oct.28 |
Moscow |
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Anger grows over gas tactics |
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| Oct.27 |
Moscow |
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Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid |
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| Oct.25 |
Moscow |
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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
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| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
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Chechen gunmen seize theater |
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| Aug.19 |
Chechnya |
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Crash: 115 servicemen dead
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| Jul.1 |
Germany |
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71 dead in midair collision |
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| May.24 |
Moscow |
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Putin and Bush sign nuclear arms deal |
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Euro mark celebrations
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| Dec.13 |
Washington |
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US withdraws from ABM treaty |
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US begins military strike
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| Aug.4 |
Moscow |
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Putin meets Kim Jong Il |
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| Mar.22 |
Oceania |
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Mir destroyed in fiery descent |
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Intifada started by Sharon visit
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| Aug.12 |
Arctic |
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Kursk submarine went down
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| Mar.27 |
Moscow |
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Putin elected president
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