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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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| Feb.22 |
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Putin enters Olympic row
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| Mar.9 |
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US chicken ban in force
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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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| 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.31 |
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Crisis talks on military
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| Jun.9 |
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Riot after World Cup defeat
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| Jul.24 |
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Sex row author faces jail
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| Jul.28 |
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14 die in airport crash Ilyushin Il-86 crashed on take-off from Sheremetyevo-1, Moscow's biggest airport. Two people survived
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| Jul.29 |
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Crash: Stabiliser suspected
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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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| 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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| Sep.2 |
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Russia warns against Iraq attack
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| Sep.5 |
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Forest fire smog chokes Moscow
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| Sep.11 |
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Putin hardens stance on Georgia Russian President used the first anniversary of the terror attacks on the U.S. to issue an ultimatum to the ex-Soviet state
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| Sep.28 |
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Russia faces U.S. Iraq mission
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| Oct.7 |
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Putin celebrating 50th birthday The president has been showered with gifts, ranging from children's postcards to a jewel-encrusted tsarist crown
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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.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 A loud explosion has been heard at a theatre where Chechen rebels are holding up to 800 people hostage
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| Oct.24 |
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Theatre gunmen fire at escapees Chechen gunmen have fired bazookas at two women who escaped as medical personnel entered the building
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7 freed from theater Urgent negotiations are going on to try to secure the release of 75 foreign nationals
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| Oct.25 |
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Rebels threaten to kill hostages Chechens in a theatre have said they will begin shooting hostages if Moscow does not order the withdrawal of troops
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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 President has made a televised address to apologise to families of hostages killed. Putin praised the pre-dawn operation
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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 The authorities are under renewed pressure to provide details. A day of national mourning has been declared
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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 The sleep inducing substance was not a nerve gas, but an opiate which dulls the senses, the embassy said
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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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| 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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| Dec.11 |
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Lokomotiv derails Real in draw
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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.24 |
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Siege victims seek $40m
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