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| Jan.7 |
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Intourist Hotel closes |
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| Jan.11 |
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Independent TV-6 shut down |
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| Jan.21 |
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Safin destroys Sampras' dreams |
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| Jan.25 |
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Safin rallies to down Haas |
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| Jan.26 |
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Power cuts hit space centre |
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| Feb.7 |
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Atomic tests 'caused genetic damage' |
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| Feb.24 |
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Drugs test denies Lazutina gold |
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| Mar.9 |
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US chicken ban in force |
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| Mar.31 |
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Reformers scent victory in elections |
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| Apr.1 |
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Kuchma allies eye poll win |
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| Apr.3 |
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Robbers chased across 3 countries |
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| Apr.24 |
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Space tourist lifts off |
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| Apr.26 |
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Chernobyl radiation 'on the rise' |
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| Apr.27 |
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Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
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| May.9 |
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Deadly blast hits parade 34 people, including 12 children, have been killed in an explosion in a southern Russian town during a parade for the Victory Day
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Russia hunts for parade attackers |
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| May.12 |
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Russian cosmodrome roof collapses Part of the roof of space launch complex - Baikonur - has collapsed, injuring at least 8 people
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Rescue team races to cosmodrome |
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| May.13 |
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Russia and US agree arms cuts Bush says the United States and Russia have reached agreement on cutting their nuclear arsenals
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Space centre collapse kills six |
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| May.14 |
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Nato moves to embrace Russia Secretary General Robertson has urged to support a partnership with Russia and adapt to meet the threat of terrorism
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| May.22 |
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Pope begins visit |
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| 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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Russia, USA disagree over Iran |
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| May.28 |
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Nato-Russia Council established
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| May.31 |
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Crisis talks on military |
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| Jun.2 |
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Russia pushes for Kashmir talks
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| Jun.3 |
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Apartment building collapses |
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India and Pakistan trade harsh words
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| Jun.4 |
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Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy |
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Vajpayee proposes joint Kashmir patrol Indian Prime Minister has proposed that India should jointly monitor the Line of Control with longtime rival Pakistan
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| Jun.9 |
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Riot after World Cup defeat |
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| Jun.15 |
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Argentine shells Russian ship |
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| Jun.24 |
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Flood killed 50 |
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| Jun.27 |
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Russia joins G8 top table
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| Jul.1 |
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71 dead in midair collision| A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Jul.2 |
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71 mostly children killed in midair collision
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| Jul.3 |
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Anti-crash system switched off
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| Jul.5 |
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Pilot 'saw missile' over Ukraine |
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Plans to put people on Mars by 2015 |
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| Jul.7 |
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Mine fire kills 34 |
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| Jul.8 |
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Crash pilots given conflicting orders
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Putin mourns air crash victims |
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| Jul.11 |
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China-Russia wargames confirmed |
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| Jul.12 |
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Mid-air victims mourned
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| Jul.13 |
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Mid-air victims mourned |
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| Jul.24 |
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Sex row author faces jail |
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| Jul.26 |
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Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss |
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| Jul.27 |
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83 die in worst airshow crash| The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured | |
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Airshow dead mourned
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| Jul.28 |
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14 die in airport crash
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4 held over air show crash |
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| Jul.29 |
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Military blamed for crash
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Crash: Stabiliser suspected |
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| Jul.31 |
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Coal mine explosions kills at least 19
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| Aug.1 |
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Anger at Russia-Iran nuclear ties |
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| Aug.9 |
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Flash floods wreak havoc |
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| Aug.17 |
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Russia, Iraq close to $40b deal Iraq's ambassador said that Russia and Iraq are planning to sign a 5-year, $40 billion economic cooperation agreement
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President redefines ages of man |
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| Aug.19 |
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Kim begins train tour |
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| Aug.20 |
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Search on for survivors under the rubble |
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| Aug.21 |
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Hopes fade for blast survivors |
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| Aug.24 |
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OSCE says Russia did bomb Georgia |
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| Aug.25 |
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Troops enter Pankisi Gorge |
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| Aug.30 |
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U.S.: China separatists 'plotted attacks' |
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Russia balks at Kyoto pact |
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| Sep.2 |
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Russia warns against Iraq attack |
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| Sep.3 |
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Pop star's space trip off |
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| Sep.5 |
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Forest fire smog chokes Moscow |
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| Sep.6 |
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Putin: No grounds for Iraq attack
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| Sep.11 |
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Putin hardens stance on Georgia
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| Sep.17 |
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Russia, China welcome Iraq offer
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| Sep.20 |
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Bush appeals to Putin on Iraq
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| Sep.21 |
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Avalanche: 100 feared dead Avalanche roared through villages and resort camps in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia
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| Sep.22 |
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Search for 150 lost in avalanche |
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'No hope' for 150 mudslide victims |
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| Sep.26 |
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Russia mulls mothballing space station |
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| Sep.28 |
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Russia faces U.S. Iraq mission |
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| Oct.4 |
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Russia pushes for inspectors' return
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| Oct.7 |
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Putin celebrating 50th birthday
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| Oct.11 |
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Putin balks at U.S. resolution
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| Oct.12 |
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10,000 defy Kuchma march ban
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| Oct.14 |
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'Radar sale to Iraq' inquiry opens |
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| Oct.18 |
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Governor killed. Police hunt assassin |
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| Oct.19 |
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Explosion at McDonald's |
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| Oct.22 |
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Ship capsizes in Caspian Sea |
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| 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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'Loud blast' at theatre
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| Oct.24 |
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Theatre gunmen fire at escapees
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7 freed from theater
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| Oct.25 |
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Rebels threaten to kill hostages
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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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| Oct.26 |
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140 die in theatre siege climax |
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Putin sorrow over hostage toll
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| 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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Siege gas mystery unresolved
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| Oct.28 |
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No deals with terrorists - Putin 'Russia will not reach any agreements with terrorists and will not yield to any sorts of blackmail'
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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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US identifies deadly siege gas
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| Oct.29 |
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Siege gas 'was morphine spray' The Pentagon is quoting U.S. Embassy officials
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Tense vigil for survivors' relatives Relatives of hundreds of former hostages are still waiting for word on their condition. The first funerals were held
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Mass arrests follow siege Security forces have arrested 30 people, including several security officers, on suspicion of helping the Chechen rebels
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3-man crew blasts off to Space Station |
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| 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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| Oct.31 |
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Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes |
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Arrested with 18 pounds of mercury |
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| Nov.1 |
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Warlord admits Moscow theatre raid Shamil Basayev said on a Web site that his group was behind theatre siege in which 119 hostages died
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| Nov.4 |
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Theatre siege captured on video |
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| Nov.9 |
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Theatre honours hostage victims |
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| Nov.10 |
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Putin attacks Chechen peace calls |
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| Nov.12 |
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Putin rebuffs Europe on Chechnya |
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| Nov.22 |
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Bush meets Putin The United States and Russia urged Iraq to disarm. Bush reassures Putin that NATO's expansion poses no threat
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|
| Dec.1 |
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Russia wins Davis Cup over France |
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| Dec.15 |
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Chechen chief dead in labour camp Salman Raduyev serving a life sentence for terrorism and murder has died in a high security hard labour camp
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| Dec.18 |
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Russia 'regrets' Bush missile plan |
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| Dec.19 |
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Putin attacks 'terror' live on TV |
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| Dec.23 |
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Ukrainian plane crash kills 46 A plane was carrying senior Ukrainian aircraft industry officials travelling to the city of Isfahan to test a new plane
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| Dec.24 |
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Jet crash: 'Black box' found |
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| |
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Siege victims seek $40m |
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| Dec.27 |
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No nuclear arms for Iran |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Feb.7 |
Atomic tests 'caused genetic damage' |
|
| May.13 |
Russia and US agree arms cuts Bush says the United States and Russia have reached agreement on cutting their nuclear arsenals
|
| May.24 |
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 | |
|
| May.28 |
Nato-Russia Council established
|
| May.31 |
Crisis talks on military |
|
| Jun.2 |
Russia pushes for Kashmir talks
|
| Jun.4 |
Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy |
|
| Jun.4 |
Vajpayee proposes joint Kashmir patrol Indian Prime Minister has proposed that India should jointly monitor the Line of Control with longtime rival Pakistan
|
| Jun.15 |
Argentine shells Russian ship |
|
| Jul.5 |
Pilot 'saw missile' over Ukraine |
|
| Jul.11 |
China-Russia wargames confirmed |
|
| Jul.26 |
Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss |
|
| Jul.28 |
4 held over air show crash |
|
| Jul.29 |
Military blamed for crash
|
| Aug.1 |
Anger at Russia-Iran nuclear ties |
|
| Aug.24 |
OSCE says Russia did bomb Georgia |
|
| Aug.25 |
Troops enter Pankisi Gorge |
|
| Sep.2 |
Russia warns against Iraq attack |
|
| Sep.11 |
Putin hardens stance on Georgia
|
| Sep.17 |
Russia, China welcome Iraq offer
|
| Oct.4 |
Russia pushes for inspectors' return
|
| Oct.23 |
Chechen gunmen seize theater| Gunmen took more than 700 people hostage, threatening to kill some. They had mined portions of the building | | |
|
| Oct.25 |
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
|
| | |
|
| Oct.27 |
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
|
| Oct.30 |
Russia names siege gas Health Minister says the gas was based on fentanyl, a potent opium-based narcotic used as an anaesthetic
|
| Oct.31 |
Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes |
|
| Nov.1 |
Warlord admits Moscow theatre raid Shamil Basayev said on a Web site that his group was behind theatre siege in which 119 hostages died
|
| Nov.10 |
Putin attacks Chechen peace calls |
|
| Dec.18 |
Russia 'regrets' Bush missile plan |
|
| Dec.27 |
No nuclear arms for Iran |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.26 |
Power cuts hit space centre |
|
| Feb.7 |
Atomic tests 'caused genetic damage' |
|
| Apr.26 |
Chernobyl radiation 'on the rise' |
|
| Apr.27 |
Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
|
| May.12 |
Russian cosmodrome roof collapses Part of the roof of space launch complex - Baikonur - has collapsed, injuring at least 8 people
|
| May.12 |
Rescue team races to cosmodrome |
|
| May.13 |
Space centre collapse kills six |
|
| Jun.3 |
Apartment building collapses |
|
| Jun.24 |
Flood killed 50 |
|
| Jul.1 |
71 dead in midair collision| A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
|
| Jul.2 |
71 mostly children killed in midair collision
|
| Jul.3 |
Anti-crash system switched off
|
| Jul.5 |
Pilot 'saw missile' over Ukraine |
|
| Jul.7 |
Mine fire kills 34 |
|
| Jul.8 |
Crash pilots given conflicting orders
|
| Jul.8 |
Putin mourns air crash victims |
|
| Jul.26 |
Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss |
|
| Jul.27 |
83 die in worst airshow crash| The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured | |
|
| Jul.27 |
Airshow dead mourned
|
| Jul.28 |
14 die in airport crash
|
| Jul.28 |
4 held over air show crash |
|
| Jul.29 |
Military blamed for crash
|
| Jul.29 |
Crash: Stabiliser suspected |
|
| Jul.31 |
Coal mine explosions kills at least 19
|
| Aug.9 |
Flash floods wreak havoc |
|
| Aug.20 |
Search on for survivors under the rubble |
|
| Aug.21 |
Hopes fade for blast survivors |
|
| Sep.5 |
Forest fire smog chokes Moscow |
|
| Sep.21 |
Avalanche: 100 feared dead Avalanche roared through villages and resort camps in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia
|
| Sep.22 |
Search for 150 lost in avalanche |
|
| Sep.22 |
'No hope' for 150 mudslide victims |
|
| Oct.22 |
Ship capsizes in Caspian Sea |
|
| Oct.27 |
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
|
| Oct.28 |
US identifies deadly siege gas
|
| Oct.29 |
Siege gas 'was morphine spray' The Pentagon is quoting U.S. Embassy officials
|
| Dec.23 |
Ukrainian plane crash kills 46 A plane was carrying senior Ukrainian aircraft industry officials travelling to the city of Isfahan to test a new plane
|
| Dec.24 |
Jet crash: 'Black box' found |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.21 |
Safin destroys Sampras' dreams |
|
| Jan.25 |
Safin rallies to down Haas |
|
| Feb.24 |
Drugs test denies Lazutina gold |
|
| Jun.9 |
Riot after World Cup defeat |
|
| Dec.1 |
Russia wins Davis Cup over France |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.7 |
Intourist Hotel closes |
|
| Jan.11 |
Independent TV-6 shut down |
|
| Mar.9 |
US chicken ban in force |
|
| Aug.17 |
Russia, Iraq close to $40b deal Iraq's ambassador said that Russia and Iraq are planning to sign a 5-year, $40 billion economic cooperation agreement
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Apr.3 |
Robbers chased across 3 countries |
|
| May.9 |
Deadly blast hits parade 34 people, including 12 children, have been killed in an explosion in a southern Russian town during a parade for the Victory Day
|
| May.9 |
Russia hunts for parade attackers |
|
| Jun.9 |
Riot after World Cup defeat |
|
| Jul.24 |
Sex row author faces jail |
|
| Aug.30 |
U.S.: China separatists 'plotted attacks' |
|
| Oct.14 |
'Radar sale to Iraq' inquiry opens |
|
| Oct.18 |
Governor killed. Police hunt assassin |
|
| Oct.19 |
Explosion at McDonald's |
|
| Oct.23 |
Chechen gunmen seize theater| Gunmen took more than 700 people hostage, threatening to kill some. They had mined portions of the building | | |
|
| Oct.23 |
'Loud blast' at theatre
|
| Oct.24 |
Theatre gunmen fire at escapees
|
| Oct.24 |
7 freed from theater
|
| Oct.25 |
Rebels threaten to kill hostages
|
| Oct.26 |
140 die in theatre siege climax |
|
| Oct.29 |
Mass arrests follow siege Security forces have arrested 30 people, including several security officers, on suspicion of helping the Chechen rebels
|
| Oct.31 |
Arrested with 18 pounds of mercury |
|
| Nov.1 |
Warlord admits Moscow theatre raid Shamil Basayev said on a Web site that his group was behind theatre siege in which 119 hostages died
|
| Nov.4 |
Theatre siege captured on video |
|
| Dec.15 |
Chechen chief dead in labour camp Salman Raduyev serving a life sentence for terrorism and murder has died in a high security hard labour camp
|
| Dec.24 |
Siege victims seek $40m |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Mar.31 |
Reformers scent victory in elections |
|
| Apr.1 |
Kuchma allies eye poll win |
|
| Apr.24 |
Space tourist lifts off |
|
| Apr.27 |
Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
|
| May.14 |
Nato moves to embrace Russia Secretary General Robertson has urged to support a partnership with Russia and adapt to meet the threat of terrorism
|
| May.22 |
Pope begins visit |
|
| May.24 |
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 | |
|
| May.24 |
Russia, USA disagree over Iran |
|
| May.28 |
Nato-Russia Council established
|
| Jun.2 |
Russia pushes for Kashmir talks
|
| Jun.3 |
India and Pakistan trade harsh words
|
| Jun.4 |
Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy |
|
| Jun.27 |
Russia joins G8 top table
|
| Jul.5 |
Plans to put people on Mars by 2015 |
|
| Jul.8 |
Putin mourns air crash victims |
|
| Jul.12 |
Mid-air victims mourned
|
| Jul.13 |
Mid-air victims mourned |
|
| Jul.27 |
Airshow dead mourned
|
| Aug.17 |
President redefines ages of man |
|
| Aug.19 |
Kim begins train tour |
|
| Aug.30 |
Russia balks at Kyoto pact |
|
| Sep.3 |
Pop star's space trip off |
|
| Sep.6 |
Putin: No grounds for Iraq attack
|
| Sep.20 |
Bush appeals to Putin on Iraq
|
| Sep.26 |
Russia mulls mothballing space station |
|
| Sep.28 |
Russia faces U.S. Iraq mission |
|
| Oct.7 |
Putin celebrating 50th birthday
|
| Oct.11 |
Putin balks at U.S. resolution
|
| Oct.12 |
10,000 defy Kuchma march ban
|
| Oct.26 |
Putin sorrow over hostage toll
|
| Oct.27 |
Siege gas mystery unresolved
|
| Oct.28 |
No deals with terrorists - Putin 'Russia will not reach any agreements with terrorists and will not yield to any sorts of blackmail'
|
| Oct.28 |
Anger grows over gas tactics Calls are growing for an investigation into why doctors were not provided an antidote to the gas
|
| Oct.29 |
Tense vigil for survivors' relatives Relatives of hundreds of former hostages are still waiting for word on their condition. The first funerals were held
|
| Oct.29 |
3-man crew blasts off to Space Station |
|
| Oct.31 |
Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes |
|
| Nov.9 |
Theatre honours hostage victims |
|
| Nov.12 |
Putin rebuffs Europe on Chechnya |
|
| Nov.22 |
Bush meets Putin The United States and Russia urged Iraq to disarm. Bush reassures Putin that NATO's expansion poses no threat
|
| Dec.19 |
Putin attacks 'terror' live on TV |
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