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| Feb.12 |
Ukraine |
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Russia-Ukraine summit
| Feb.20 |
FBI |
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FBI agent charged with espionage R. Hanssen, 27-year veteran FBI agent, worked an assignment sniffing out Russian spies
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| Mar.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Hijack plane lands in Saudi
| Mar.16 |
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Russia seeks hijack extraditions |
| Mar.20 |
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Bitter winter claims reindeer |
| Mar.21 |
Washington |
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Russian diplomats leave U.S. 6 Russian diplomats accused of direct contact with Hanssen have left U.S. Additional 40 planned to be expelled
| Mar.22 |
Fiji |
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Mir destroyed in fiery descent After 15 years in space, station re-entered the atmosphere and plunged into the South Pacific | |
| Mar.23 |
Moscow |
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Moscow expels 4 U.S. diplomats
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20 dead in blasts 90 wounded in 2 separate blasts. Car exploded in a central market
| Mar.24 |
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Russia blames Chechens for blasts |
| Mar.25 |
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Security high after bombs |
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Russia talks islands with Japan |
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Car bomb arrests |
| Mar.27 |
Moscow |
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Russia orders 4 U.S. diplomats out
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Moscow |
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Russia blasts U.S.-Chechen meeting |
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| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
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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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Moscow |
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TV takeover sparks protest |
| Apr.4 |
Moscow |
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Ted Turner signs NTV deal
| Apr.6 |
Moscow |
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EU takes Kyoto fight to Moscow |
| Apr.7 |
Moscow |
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NTV rally
| Apr.9 |
Moscow |
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Putin steers clear of NTV row |
| Apr.10 |
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Schroeder enters NTV fray |
| Apr.11 |
Kosovo |
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Peacekeeper killed |
| Apr.12 |
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Russia remembers Gagarin mission |
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First Bush-Putin meeting planned |
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Chechnya |
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Bomb kills senior official |
| Apr.13 |
Moscow |
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Jordan claims control of NTV
| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
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NTV management wrested control The morning news was cut off mid-sentence. Renegade staff is broadcasting on a smaller channel
| Apr.18 |
Spain |
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Gusinsky awaits appeal |
| Apr.22 |
Istanbul |
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Gunmen took 100 hostages
| Apr.23 |
Istanbul |
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Hotel hostages released |
| Apr.28 |
Kazakhstan |
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First Tourist Blasts Off for Space |
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| May.2 |
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Russia calls for missile talks |
| May.8 |
Chechnya |
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Battle leaves dozens dead |
| May.10 |
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Fire at satellite centre |
| May.13 |
Arctic |
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Starving seals stranded on ice |
| May.15 |
Chechnya |
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Russia accused over mass grave |
| May.16 |
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Russia backs Annan 2nd term |
| May.17 |
Switzerland |
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Borodin silent before Swiss court |
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Kosovo |
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Peacekeepers in firefight |
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Moscow |
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EU wants Russia to trade in euros |
| May.18 |
Chechnya |
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Chechens kill Russian colonel |
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Moscow |
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Russia agrees deal to raise Kursk |
| May.19 |
Washington |
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Ivanov on high-intensity U.S. visit
| May.23 |
Moscow |
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Nuclear powers unite against NMD |
| May.29 |
Moscow |
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Court liquidates Gusinsky's empire |
| May.31 |
Belarus |
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Grenade attack on Russian embassy |
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| Jun.13 |
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Russia investigates U.S. lecturer |
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Switzerland |
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Trying to save sturgeon |
| Jun.19 |
Moscow |
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Putin vows to retain Chechnya |
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Chechnya |
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Car bombs
| Jun.23 |
Moscow |
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Putin renews nuclear arms warning |
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| Jul.2 |
Moscow |
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Chirac visits Putin
| Jul.3 |
Siberia |
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Plane crash kills 143 Passenger plane, Tupolev 154, crashed and burned in Siberia with 133 passengers and 10 crew members
| Jul.4 |
Moscow |
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Plane crash victims mourned |
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Kursk salvage operation gears up |
| Jul.6 |
Washington |
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FBI spy Hanssen pleads guilty |
| Jul.11 |
Siberia |
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8 die in Siberia floods |
| Jul.12 |
Moscow |
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Beijing is favorite for 2008 Games
| Jul.13 |
Moscow |
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10 killed in air crash |
| Jul.15 |
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Russia condemns U.S. missile test |
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Divers prepare for Kursk mission |
| Jul.16 |
Moscow |
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Russia and China sign alliance Presidents Zemin and Putin Good Neighbourly Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation to oppose to the U.S. plans
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Moscow |
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Rogge wins top Olympics job Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch
| Jul.17 |
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Kursk site tested |
| Jul.18 |
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First stage Kursk salvage complete |
| Jul.20 |
Chechnya |
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9 dead in crash |
| Jul.21 |
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Divers begin Kursk recovery |
| Jul.22 |
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Bush, Putin agree on missile talks Presidents unexpectedly have agreed to tie plans for a missile defence shield to reducing nuclear stockpiles
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Holes cut in to Kursk hull |
| Jul.24 |
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Kursk radiation threat denied |
| Jul.25 |
Siberia |
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Kim Jong-il on rail trip to Moscow |
| Jul.26 |
Moscow |
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U.S. pushes ahead with NMD plan |
| Jul.30 |
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Gunmen take 40 hostage 2 masked men have taken hostage people travelling on a bus in southern Russia
| Jul.31 |
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Gunfire at Russia hostage siege |
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| Aug.3 |
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Russia frees jailed U.S. student |
| Aug.4 |
Moscow |
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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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Chechnya |
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11 officers killed |
| Aug.5 |
Moscow |
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Kim tours space center |
| Aug.6 |
Chechnya |
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Russia seals off Grozny
| Aug.15 |
Siberia |
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Radioactive devices stolen |
| Aug.19 |
Moscow |
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Russia commemorates 1991 coup |
| Aug.25 |
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Race against time to raise Kursk |
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| Sep.3 |
Chechnya |
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Explosion at Chechen headquarters |
| Sep.13 |
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Kursk bow sawn off
| Sep.17 |
Chechnya |
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Rebels launch big offensive
| Sep.18 |
Chechnya |
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400 arrested after attacks |
| Sep.24 |
Moscow |
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Putin pledges support for US Russian President says country will support operations in Afghanistan and widen the cooperation with the alliance
| Sep.25 |
Berlin |
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Putin: We failed to see threat Russian President has said that because Cold War mentality East and West failed to spot terrorism
| Sep.26 |
Washington |
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Chechens told to break with Bin Laden |
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| Oct.1 |
Belgium |
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Putin talks tough on terrorism |
| Oct.2 |
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Russia needs no proof |
| Oct.3 |
European Union |
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Russia closes ranks with EU |
| Oct.4 |
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Jet explodes over Black Sea
Map of Black Sea Russia A Russian airliner travelling from Israel to Siberia has crashed into the sea with 76 people on board | |
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Moscow |
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Blair in terror talks with Putin UK Prime Minister has arrived in Moscow
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Ukraine |
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Sources: missile downed Russian jet |
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Black Sea crash wreckage located |
| Oct.5 |
Ukraine |
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Ukraine missile may have hit plane |
| Oct.6 |
England |
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England and Russia qualified
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Foreign objects in plane wreckage |
| Oct.7 |
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Raising of the Kursk begins Dutch salvage company Mammoet started the operation to raise the wreck of the sunken Russian sub
| Oct.12 |
Kiev |
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Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory Ukraine has accepted that its missiles may have shot down a Russian passenger plane travelling from Tel Aviv
| Oct.17 |
Cuba |
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Russia shuts Cuba spy base The Lourdes station, a radar base, with 1,500 Russians, is too expensive to maintain
| Oct.23 |
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Kursk investigators examine sub |
| Oct.25 |
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Kursk gives up its dead |
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| Nov.5 |
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Explosives halt Kursk lifting
| Nov.6 |
Moscow |
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Vajpayee held talks with Putin
| Nov.13 |
Washington |
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Putin visits Bush US and Russia Presidents are focusing on reducing nuclear arsenals and Afganistan | |
| Nov.15 |
Texas |
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Bush, Putin fail to agree on missiles After a 3-day summit both presidents have promised to keep talking on an agreement on missile defense
| Nov.16 |
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Kursk remains to be scrapped
| Nov.19 |
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24 dead in plane crash
| Nov.30 |
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AIDS sweeping eastern Europe
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| Dec.1 |
Moscow |
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Kursk inquiry punished admirals
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Russian Far East |
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Plane crash kills 17
| Dec.5 |
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Russia to cut oil exports
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Dotcom tycoon space bound
| Dec.7 |
NATO |
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Russia and NATO agree joint action Agreement is creating a new council on issues ranging from civil emergencies to missile defence
| Dec.10 |
Moscow |
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Russia, U.S. close on weapons cuts
| Dec.13 |
Washington |
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US withdraws from ABM treaty Bush has officially announced withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia | |
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Moscow |
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Putin: U.S. ABM move 'a mistake'
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2001 |
| Apr.11 |
Kosovo |
Peacekeeper killed |
| Apr.22 |
Istanbul |
Gunmen took 100 hostages
| May.2 |
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Russia calls for missile talks |
| May.8 |
Chechnya |
Battle leaves dozens dead |
| May.15 |
Chechnya |
Russia accused over mass grave |
| May.17 |
Kosovo |
Peacekeepers in firefight |
| May.18 |
Chechnya |
Chechens kill Russian colonel |
| May.23 |
Moscow |
Nuclear powers unite against NMD |
| Jun.23 |
Moscow |
Putin renews nuclear arms warning |
| Jul.4 |
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Kursk salvage operation gears up |
| Jul.15 |
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Russia condemns U.S. missile test |
| Jul.18 |
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First stage Kursk salvage complete |
| Jul.20 |
Chechnya |
9 dead in crash |
| Jul.22 |
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Bush, Putin agree on missile talks Presidents unexpectedly have agreed to tie plans for a missile defence shield to reducing nuclear stockpiles
| Jul.26 |
Moscow |
U.S. pushes ahead with NMD plan |
| Aug.4 |
Chechnya |
11 officers killed |
| Aug.6 |
Chechnya |
Russia seals off Grozny
| Sep.17 |
Chechnya |
Rebels launch big offensive
| Sep.18 |
Chechnya |
400 arrested after attacks |
| Sep.24 |
Moscow |
Putin pledges support for US Russian President says country will support operations in Afghanistan and widen the cooperation with the alliance
| Sep.26 |
Washington |
Chechens told to break with Bin Laden |
| Oct.4 |
Ukraine |
Sources: missile downed Russian jet |
| Oct.5 |
Ukraine |
Ukraine missile may have hit plane |
| Oct.6 |
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Foreign objects in plane wreckage |
| Oct.12 |
Kiev |
Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory Ukraine has accepted that its missiles may have shot down a Russian passenger plane travelling from Tel Aviv
| Oct.17 |
Cuba |
Russia shuts Cuba spy base The Lourdes station, a radar base, with 1,500 Russians, is too expensive to maintain
| Oct.23 |
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Kursk investigators examine sub |
| Nov.5 |
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Explosives halt Kursk lifting
| Nov.15 |
Texas |
Bush, Putin fail to agree on missiles After a 3-day summit both presidents have promised to keep talking on an agreement on missile defense
| Nov.16 |
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Kursk remains to be scrapped
| Dec.1 |
Moscow |
Kursk inquiry punished admirals
| Dec.7 |
NATO |
Russia and NATO agree joint action Agreement is creating a new council on issues ranging from civil emergencies to missile defence
| Dec.10 |
Moscow |
Russia, U.S. close on weapons cuts
| Dec.13 |
Washington |
US withdraws from ABM treaty Bush has officially announced withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia | |
| Dec.13 |
Moscow |
Putin: U.S. ABM move 'a mistake'
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2001 |
| Mar.20 |
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Bitter winter claims reindeer |
| May.10 |
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Fire at satellite centre |
| May.13 |
Arctic |
Starving seals stranded on ice |
| May.18 |
Moscow |
Russia agrees deal to raise Kursk |
| Jun.13 |
Switzerland |
Trying to save sturgeon |
| Jul.3 |
Siberia |
Plane crash kills 143 Passenger plane, Tupolev 154, crashed and burned in Siberia with 133 passengers and 10 crew members
| Jul.4 |
Moscow |
Plane crash victims mourned |
| Jul.4 |
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Kursk salvage operation gears up |
| Jul.11 |
Siberia |
8 die in Siberia floods |
| Jul.13 |
Moscow |
10 killed in air crash |
| Jul.15 |
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Divers prepare for Kursk mission |
| Jul.17 |
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Kursk site tested |
| Jul.18 |
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First stage Kursk salvage complete |
| Jul.20 |
Chechnya |
9 dead in crash |
| Jul.21 |
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Divers begin Kursk recovery |
| Jul.22 |
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Holes cut in to Kursk hull |
| Jul.24 |
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Kursk radiation threat denied |
| Aug.25 |
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Race against time to raise Kursk |
| Sep.13 |
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Kursk bow sawn off
| Oct.4 |
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Jet explodes over Black Sea
Map of Black Sea Russia A Russian airliner travelling from Israel to Siberia has crashed into the sea with 76 people on board | |
| Oct.4 |
Ukraine |
Sources: missile downed Russian jet |
| Oct.4 |
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Black Sea crash wreckage located |
| Oct.5 |
Ukraine |
Ukraine missile may have hit plane |
| Oct.6 |
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Foreign objects in plane wreckage |
| Oct.7 |
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Raising of the Kursk begins Dutch salvage company Mammoet started the operation to raise the wreck of the sunken Russian sub
| Oct.12 |
Kiev |
Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory Ukraine has accepted that its missiles may have shot down a Russian passenger plane travelling from Tel Aviv
| Oct.23 |
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Kursk investigators examine sub |
| Oct.25 |
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Kursk gives up its dead |
| Nov.5 |
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Explosives halt Kursk lifting
| Nov.16 |
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Kursk remains to be scrapped
| Nov.19 |
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24 dead in plane crash
| Nov.30 |
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AIDS sweeping eastern Europe
| Dec.1 |
Russian Far East |
Plane crash kills 17
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2001 |
| Jul.12 |
Moscow |
Beijing is favorite for 2008 Games
| Jul.16 |
Moscow |
Rogge wins top Olympics job Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch
| Oct.6 |
England |
England and Russia qualified
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2001 |
| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV A state-run gas giant Gazprom has taken control of only independent nationwide television station
| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
TV takeover sparks protest |
| Apr.4 |
Moscow |
Ted Turner signs NTV deal
| Apr.13 |
Moscow |
Jordan claims control of NTV
| May.17 |
Moscow |
EU wants Russia to trade in euros |
| May.29 |
Moscow |
Court liquidates Gusinsky's empire |
| Jun.13 |
Switzerland |
Trying to save sturgeon |
| Dec.5 |
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Russia to cut oil exports
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2001 |
| Feb.20 |
FBI |
FBI agent charged with espionage R. Hanssen, 27-year veteran FBI agent, worked an assignment sniffing out Russian spies
| Mar.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hijack plane lands in Saudi
| Mar.16 |
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Russia seeks hijack extraditions |
| Mar.21 |
Washington |
Russian diplomats leave U.S. 6 Russian diplomats accused of direct contact with Hanssen have left U.S. Additional 40 planned to be expelled
| Mar.23 |
Moscow |
Moscow expels 4 U.S. diplomats
| Mar.23 |
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20 dead in blasts 90 wounded in 2 separate blasts. Car exploded in a central market
| Mar.24 |
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Russia blames Chechens for blasts |
| Mar.25 |
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Security high after bombs |
| Mar.25 |
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Car bomb arrests |
| Apr.12 |
Chechnya |
Bomb kills senior official |
| Apr.18 |
Spain |
Gusinsky awaits appeal |
| Apr.22 |
Istanbul |
Gunmen took 100 hostages
| Apr.23 |
Istanbul |
Hotel hostages released |
| May.15 |
Chechnya |
Russia accused over mass grave |
| May.17 |
Switzerland |
Borodin silent before Swiss court |
| May.31 |
Belarus |
Grenade attack on Russian embassy |
| Jun.13 |
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Russia investigates U.S. lecturer |
| Jun.19 |
Chechnya |
Car bombs
| Jul.6 |
Washington |
FBI spy Hanssen pleads guilty |
| Jul.30 |
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Gunmen take 40 hostage 2 masked men have taken hostage people travelling on a bus in southern Russia
| Jul.31 |
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Gunfire at Russia hostage siege |
| Aug.3 |
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Russia frees jailed U.S. student |
| Aug.15 |
Siberia |
Radioactive devices stolen |
| Sep.3 |
Chechnya |
Explosion at Chechen headquarters |
| Sep.18 |
Chechnya |
400 arrested after attacks |
| Sep.25 |
Berlin |
Putin: We failed to see threat Russian President has said that because Cold War mentality East and West failed to spot terrorism
| Oct.1 |
Belgium |
Putin talks tough on terrorism |
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2001 |
| Feb.12 |
Ukraine |
Russia-Ukraine summit
| Mar.21 |
Washington |
Russian diplomats leave U.S. 6 Russian diplomats accused of direct contact with Hanssen have left U.S. Additional 40 planned to be expelled
| Mar.22 |
Fiji |
Mir destroyed in fiery descent After 15 years in space, station re-entered the atmosphere and plunged into the South Pacific | |
| Mar.23 |
Moscow |
Moscow expels 4 U.S. diplomats
| Mar.25 |
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Russia talks islands with Japan |
| Mar.27 |
Moscow |
Russia orders 4 U.S. diplomats out
| Mar.27 |
Moscow |
Russia blasts U.S.-Chechen meeting |
| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV A state-run gas giant Gazprom has taken control of only independent nationwide television station
| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
TV takeover sparks protest |
| Apr.6 |
Moscow |
EU takes Kyoto fight to Moscow |
| Apr.7 |
Moscow |
NTV rally
| Apr.9 |
Moscow |
Putin steers clear of NTV row |
| Apr.10 |
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Schroeder enters NTV fray |
| Apr.12 |
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Russia remembers Gagarin mission |
| Apr.12 |
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First Bush-Putin meeting planned |
| Apr.13 |
Moscow |
Jordan claims control of NTV
| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
NTV management wrested control The morning news was cut off mid-sentence. Renegade staff is broadcasting on a smaller channel
| Apr.28 |
Kazakhstan |
First Tourist Blasts Off for Space |
| May.10 |
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Fire at satellite centre |
| May.16 |
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Russia backs Annan 2nd term |
| May.19 |
Washington |
Ivanov on high-intensity U.S. visit
| Jun.19 |
Moscow |
Putin vows to retain Chechnya |
| Jul.2 |
Moscow |
Chirac visits Putin
| Jul.16 |
Moscow |
Russia and China sign alliance Presidents Zemin and Putin Good Neighbourly Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation to oppose to the U.S. plans
| Jul.25 |
Siberia |
Kim Jong-il on rail trip to Moscow |
| Aug.4 |
Moscow |
Putin meets Kim Jong Il North Korean leader intends to observe the moratorium on long-range missile testing until 2003 | |
| Aug.5 |
Moscow |
Kim tours space center |
| Aug.19 |
Moscow |
Russia commemorates 1991 coup |
| Oct.1 |
Belgium |
Putin talks tough on terrorism |
| Oct.2 |
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Russia needs no proof |
| Oct.3 |
European Union |
Russia closes ranks with EU |
| Oct.4 |
Moscow |
Blair in terror talks with Putin UK Prime Minister has arrived in Moscow
| Nov.6 |
Moscow |
Vajpayee held talks with Putin
| Nov.13 |
Washington |
Putin visits Bush US and Russia Presidents are focusing on reducing nuclear arsenals and Afganistan | |
| Dec.5 |
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Dotcom tycoon space bound
| Dec.7 |
NATO |
Russia and NATO agree joint action Agreement is creating a new council on issues ranging from civil emergencies to missile defence
| Dec.10 |
Moscow |
Russia, U.S. close on weapons cuts
| Dec.13 |
Moscow |
Putin: U.S. ABM move 'a mistake'