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| Jan.7 |
Moscow |
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Intourist Hotel closes |
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| Jan.11 |
Moscow |
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Independent TV-6 shut down |
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| Jan.21 |
Melbourne |
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Safin destroys Sampras' dreams |
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| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
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Safin rallies to down Haas |
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| Jan.26 |
Russian Far East |
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Power cuts hit space centre |
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| Jan.27 |
Chechnya |
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Top Russians die in crash
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| Feb.14 |
Utah |
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Yagudin takes gold |
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| Feb.22 |
Moscow |
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Putin enters Olympic row |
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| Feb.24 |
Utah |
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Drugs test denies Lazutina gold |
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| Mar.9 |
Moscow |
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US chicken ban in force |
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| Apr.27 |
Siberia |
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Former presidential candidate Lebed died
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| May.9 |
North Caucasus |
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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 |
Kazakhstan |
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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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| |
Kazakhstan |
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Rescue team races to cosmodrome |
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| May.13 |
Moscow |
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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.14 |
NATO |
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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.24 |
Moscow |
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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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| |
Moscow |
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Russia, USA disagree over Iran |
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| May.28 |
NATO |
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Nato-Russia Council established
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| May.31 |
Moscow |
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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 |
St. Petersburg |
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Apartment building collapses |
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| Jun.4 |
Kazakhstan |
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Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy |
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| Jun.9 |
Moscow |
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Riot after World Cup defeat
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| |
Japan |
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Japan 1-0 Russia in first Cup win |
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| Jun.15 |
Argentina |
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Argentine shells Russian ship |
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| Jun.24 |
North Caucasus |
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Flood killed 50 |
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| Jun.27 |
Canada |
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Russia joins G8 top table
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|
| Jul.1 |
Germany |
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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 |
Germany |
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71 mostly children killed in midair collision
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| Jul.3 |
Switzerland |
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Anti-crash system switched off
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| Jul.5 |
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Plans to put people on Mars by 2015 |
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| Jul.8 |
Germany |
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Crash pilots given conflicting orders
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| |
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Putin mourns air crash victims |
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| Jul.11 |
China |
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China-Russia wargames confirmed |
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| Jul.12 |
Germany |
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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 |
Moscow |
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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.28 |
Moscow |
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14 die in airport crash
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| Jul.29 |
Moscow |
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Crash: Stabiliser suspected |
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| Jul.31 |
Italy |
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'Mafia boss' held for Olympic fixing |
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| Aug.1 |
Washington |
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Anger at Russia-Iran nuclear ties |
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| Aug.2 |
Italy |
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'Farce,' says skating-fix accused |
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| Aug.9 |
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Flash floods wreak havoc |
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
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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.19 |
Chechnya |
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Crash: 115 servicemen dead| Soldiers and crew are feared dead after a military helicopter crash-landed. Indications that a fire had broken out | | |
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| |
Siberia |
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Kim begins train tour |
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| Aug.20 |
Moscow |
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Search on for survivors under the rubble |
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| Aug.21 |
Moscow |
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Hopes fade for blast survivors |
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| Aug.24 |
Georgia |
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OSCE says Russia did bomb Georgia |
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| Aug.25 |
Georgia |
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Troops enter Pankisi Gorge |
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| Aug.30 |
Chechnya |
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Missile downed Russian helicopter |
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| |
South Africa |
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Russia balks at Kyoto pact |
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| Sep.2 |
Moscow |
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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 |
Moscow |
|
Forest fire smog chokes Moscow |
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| Sep.6 |
England |
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Putin: No grounds for Iraq attack
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| Sep.11 |
Moscow |
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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 |
Washington |
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Bush appeals to Putin on Iraq
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| Sep.21 |
North Caucasus |
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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 |
North Caucasus |
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Search for 150 lost in avalanche |
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| |
North Caucasus |
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'No hope' for 150 mudslide victims |
|
| Sep.26 |
Chechnya |
|
Dozens die in battle
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| |
|
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Russia mulls mothballing space station |
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| Sep.28 |
Moscow |
|
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 |
Moscow |
|
Putin celebrating 50th birthday
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| Oct.10 |
Chechnya |
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9 killed in explosion |
|
| Oct.11 |
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Putin balks at U.S. resolution
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| |
Chechnya |
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Dozens missing in blast |
|
| Oct.18 |
Moscow |
|
Governor killed. Police hunt assassin |
|
| Oct.19 |
Bahrain |
|
Man and machine chess ends in stalemate |
|
| |
Moscow |
|
Explosion at McDonald's |
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| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
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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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| |
Moscow |
|
'Loud blast' at theatre
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| Oct.24 |
Moscow |
|
Theatre gunmen fire at escapees
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| |
Moscow |
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7 freed from theater
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| Oct.25 |
Moscow |
|
Rebels threaten to kill hostages
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| |
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
| 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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| | |
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| Oct.26 |
Moscow |
|
140 die in theatre siege climax |
|
| |
Moscow |
|
Putin sorrow over hostage toll
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| Oct.27 |
Moscow |
 |
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
|
| |
Moscow |
|
Siege gas mystery unresolved
|
| Oct.28 |
Moscow |
 |
No deals with terrorists - Putin 'Russia will not reach any agreements with terrorists and will not yield to any sorts of blackmail'
|
| |
Moscow |
 |
Anger grows over gas tactics Calls are growing for an investigation into why doctors were not provided an antidote to the gas
|
| |
Moscow |
|
US identifies deadly siege gas
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| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
 |
Siege gas 'was morphine spray' The Pentagon is quoting U.S. Embassy officials
|
| |
Chechnya |
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Rebels down Russian helicopter |
|
| |
Moscow |
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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
|
| |
Moscow |
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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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| |
Kazakhstan |
|
3-man crew blasts off to Space Station |
|
| Oct.30 |
Moscow |
 |
Russia names siege gas Health Minister says the gas was based on fentanyl, a potent opium-based narcotic used as an anaesthetic
|
| Oct.31 |
Moscow |
|
Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes |
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| |
Moscow |
|
Arrested with 18 pounds of mercury |
|
|
| Nov.1 |
Chechnya |
 |
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.3 |
Chechnya |
 |
Helicopter down - '9 dead' Rebels shot down a Russian military helicopter, after Moscow forces had launched new military action against terrorists
|
| Nov.4 |
Moscow |
|
Theatre siege captured on video |
|
| Nov.9 |
Moscow |
|
Theatre honours hostage victims |
|
| Nov.10 |
Moscow |
|
Putin attacks Chechen peace calls |
|
| Nov.12 |
Norway |
|
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.1 |
France |
|
Russia wins Davis Cup over France
|
| Dec.11 |
Spain |
|
Lokomotiv derails Real in draw |
|
| 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.18 |
Moscow |
|
Russia 'regrets' Bush missile plan |
|
| Dec.19 |
Moscow |
|
Putin attacks 'terror' live on TV |
|
| Dec.24 |
Moscow |
|
Siege victims seek $40m |
|
| Dec.27 |
Chechnya |
 |
41 killed in Grozny blasts| 2 powerful explosions have rocked the Chechen capital, wrecking a major pro-Kremlin government building | |
|
| |
|
|
No nuclear arms for Iran |
|
| Dec.28 |
Chechnya |
|
Moscow points to Grozny's Arab tie |
|
| Dec.29 |
Chechnya |
|
Grozny blast: No more survivors |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.27 |
Chechnya |
Top Russians die in crash
|
| May.13 |
Moscow |
Russia and US agree arms cuts Bush says the United States and Russia have reached agreement on cutting their nuclear arsenals
|
| May.24 |
Moscow |
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 |
Nato-Russia Council established
|
| May.31 |
Moscow |
Crisis talks on military |
|
| Jun.2 |
|
Russia pushes for Kashmir talks
|
| Jun.4 |
Kazakhstan |
Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy |
|
| Jun.15 |
Argentina |
Argentine shells Russian ship |
|
| Jul.11 |
China |
China-Russia wargames confirmed |
|
| Jul.26 |
|
Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss |
|
| Aug.1 |
Washington |
Anger at Russia-Iran nuclear ties |
|
| Aug.19 |
Chechnya |
Crash: 115 servicemen dead| Soldiers and crew are feared dead after a military helicopter crash-landed. Indications that a fire had broken out | | |
|
| Aug.24 |
Georgia |
OSCE says Russia did bomb Georgia |
|
| Aug.25 |
Georgia |
Troops enter Pankisi Gorge |
|
| Aug.30 |
Chechnya |
Missile downed Russian helicopter |
|
| Sep.2 |
Moscow |
Russia warns against Iraq attack |
|
| Sep.11 |
Moscow |
Putin hardens stance on Georgia
|
| Sep.17 |
|
Russia, China welcome Iraq offer
|
| Sep.26 |
Chechnya |
Dozens die in battle
|
| Oct.4 |
|
Russia pushes for inspectors' return
|
| Oct.10 |
Chechnya |
9 killed in explosion |
|
| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
Chechen gunmen seize theater| Gunmen took more than 700 people hostage, threatening to kill some. They had mined portions of the building | |
|
| 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
| 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 |
Moscow |
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.29 |
Chechnya |
Rebels down Russian helicopter |
|
| Oct.30 |
Moscow |
Russia names siege gas Health Minister says the gas was based on fentanyl, a potent opium-based narcotic used as an anaesthetic
|
| Oct.31 |
Moscow |
Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes |
|
| Nov.1 |
Chechnya |
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.3 |
Chechnya |
Helicopter down - '9 dead' Rebels shot down a Russian military helicopter, after Moscow forces had launched new military action against terrorists
|
| Nov.10 |
Moscow |
Putin attacks Chechen peace calls |
|
| Dec.18 |
Moscow |
Russia 'regrets' Bush missile plan |
|
| Dec.27 |
|
No nuclear arms for Iran |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.26 |
Russian Far East |
Power cuts hit space centre |
|
| Jan.27 |
Chechnya |
Top Russians die in crash
|
| Apr.27 |
Siberia |
Former presidential candidate Lebed died
|
| May.12 |
Kazakhstan |
Russian cosmodrome roof collapses Part of the roof of space launch complex - Baikonur - has collapsed, injuring at least 8 people
|
| May.12 |
Kazakhstan |
Rescue team races to cosmodrome |
|
| Jun.3 |
St. Petersburg |
Apartment building collapses |
|
| Jun.24 |
North Caucasus |
Flood killed 50 |
|
| Jul.1 |
Germany |
71 dead in midair collision| A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
|
| Jul.2 |
Germany |
71 mostly children killed in midair collision
|
| Jul.3 |
Switzerland |
Anti-crash system switched off
|
| Jul.8 |
Germany |
Crash pilots given conflicting orders
|
| Jul.8 |
|
Putin mourns air crash victims |
|
| Jul.26 |
|
Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss |
|
| Jul.28 |
Moscow |
14 die in airport crash
|
| Jul.29 |
Moscow |
Crash: Stabiliser suspected |
|
| Aug.9 |
|
Flash floods wreak havoc |
|
| Aug.19 |
Chechnya |
Crash: 115 servicemen dead| Soldiers and crew are feared dead after a military helicopter crash-landed. Indications that a fire had broken out | | |
|
| Aug.20 |
Moscow |
Search on for survivors under the rubble |
|
| Aug.21 |
Moscow |
Hopes fade for blast survivors |
|
| Sep.5 |
Moscow |
Forest fire smog chokes Moscow |
|
| Sep.21 |
North Caucasus |
Avalanche: 100 feared dead Avalanche roared through villages and resort camps in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia
|
| Sep.22 |
North Caucasus |
Search for 150 lost in avalanche |
|
| Sep.22 |
North Caucasus |
'No hope' for 150 mudslide victims |
|
| Oct.11 |
Chechnya |
Dozens missing in blast |
|
| Oct.27 |
Moscow |
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 |
Moscow |
US identifies deadly siege gas
|
| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
Siege gas 'was morphine spray' The Pentagon is quoting U.S. Embassy officials
|
| Dec.29 |
Chechnya |
Grozny blast: No more survivors |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.21 |
Melbourne |
Safin destroys Sampras' dreams |
|
| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
Safin rallies to down Haas |
|
| Feb.14 |
Utah |
Yagudin takes gold |
|
| Feb.22 |
Moscow |
Putin enters Olympic row |
|
| Feb.24 |
Utah |
Drugs test denies Lazutina gold |
|
| Jun.9 |
Moscow |
Riot after World Cup defeat
|
| Jun.9 |
Japan |
Japan 1-0 Russia in first Cup win |
|
| Jul.31 |
Italy |
'Mafia boss' held for Olympic fixing |
|
| Aug.2 |
Italy |
'Farce,' says skating-fix accused |
|
| Oct.19 |
Bahrain |
Man and machine chess ends in stalemate |
|
| Dec.1 |
France |
Russia wins Davis Cup over France
|
| Dec.11 |
Spain |
Lokomotiv derails Real in draw |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.7 |
Moscow |
Intourist Hotel closes |
|
| Jan.11 |
Moscow |
Independent TV-6 shut down |
|
| Mar.9 |
Moscow |
US chicken ban in force |
|
| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
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 |
|
| May.9 |
North Caucasus |
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 |
Moscow |
Riot after World Cup defeat
|
| Jul.24 |
Moscow |
Sex row author faces jail |
|
| Jul.31 |
Italy |
'Mafia boss' held for Olympic fixing |
|
| Aug.2 |
Italy |
'Farce,' says skating-fix accused |
|
| Oct.18 |
Moscow |
Governor killed. Police hunt assassin |
|
| Oct.19 |
Moscow |
Explosion at McDonald's |
|
| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
Chechen gunmen seize theater| Gunmen took more than 700 people hostage, threatening to kill some. They had mined portions of the building | |
|
| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
'Loud blast' at theatre
|
| Oct.24 |
Moscow |
Theatre gunmen fire at escapees
|
| Oct.24 |
Moscow |
7 freed from theater
|
| Oct.25 |
Moscow |
Rebels threaten to kill hostages
|
| Oct.26 |
Moscow |
140 die in theatre siege climax |
|
| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
Mass arrests follow siege Security forces have arrested 30 people, including several security officers, on suspicion of helping the Chechen rebels
|
| Oct.31 |
Moscow |
Arrested with 18 pounds of mercury |
|
| Nov.1 |
Chechnya |
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 |
Moscow |
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 |
Moscow |
Siege victims seek $40m |
|
| Dec.27 |
Chechnya |
41 killed in Grozny blasts| 2 powerful explosions have rocked the Chechen capital, wrecking a major pro-Kremlin government building | |
|
| Dec.28 |
Chechnya |
Moscow points to Grozny's Arab tie |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Apr.27 |
Siberia |
Former presidential candidate Lebed died
|
| May.14 |
NATO |
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.24 |
Moscow |
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 |
Moscow |
Russia, USA disagree over Iran |
|
| May.28 |
NATO |
Nato-Russia Council established
|
| Jun.2 |
|
Russia pushes for Kashmir talks
|
| Jun.4 |
Kazakhstan |
Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy |
|
| Jun.27 |
Canada |
Russia joins G8 top table
|
| Jul.5 |
|
Plans to put people on Mars by 2015 |
|
| Jul.8 |
|
Putin mourns air crash victims |
|
| Jul.12 |
Germany |
Mid-air victims mourned
|
| Jul.13 |
|
Mid-air victims mourned |
|
| Aug.19 |
Siberia |
Kim begins train tour |
|
| Aug.30 |
South Africa |
Russia balks at Kyoto pact |
|
| Sep.3 |
|
Pop star's space trip off |
|
| Sep.6 |
England |
Putin: No grounds for Iraq attack
|
| Sep.20 |
Washington |
Bush appeals to Putin on Iraq
|
| Sep.26 |
|
Russia mulls mothballing space station |
|
| Sep.28 |
Moscow |
Russia faces U.S. Iraq mission |
|
| Oct.7 |
Moscow |
Putin celebrating 50th birthday
|
| Oct.11 |
|
Putin balks at U.S. resolution
|
| Oct.26 |
Moscow |
Putin sorrow over hostage toll
|
| Oct.27 |
Moscow |
Siege gas mystery unresolved
|
| Oct.28 |
Moscow |
No deals with terrorists - Putin 'Russia will not reach any agreements with terrorists and will not yield to any sorts of blackmail'
|
| Oct.28 |
Moscow |
Anger grows over gas tactics Calls are growing for an investigation into why doctors were not provided an antidote to the gas
|
| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
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 |
Kazakhstan |
3-man crew blasts off to Space Station |
|
| Oct.31 |
Moscow |
Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes |
|
| Nov.9 |
Moscow |
Theatre honours hostage victims |
|
| Nov.12 |
Norway |
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 |
Moscow |
Putin attacks 'terror' live on TV |