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| Feb.1 |
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Putin hails Russia's strong growth
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| Mar.26 |
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Hu heads to Russia to boost trade
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Iran high on agenda for Hu, Putin |
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| Mar.30 |
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Putin rejects call to serve longer |
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| Apr.8 |
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Safin the hero for holders Russia |
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| Apr.13 |
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Report: Berezovsky calls for coup |
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| Apr.14 |
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Kasparov held at Russian demo 
Police detained the former world chess champion who has emerged as a political opposition leader
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| Apr.23 |
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Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies Boris Yeltsin was 76. In 1991 he famously triumphed against parliament hardliners in 1993. He had a history of heart trouble
| Yeltsin became Russia's first democratically elected head of state after Gorbachev resigned as Soviet leader in 1991. He defender of democracy when in August 1991 he mounted a tank in Moscow. Yeltsin ordered tanks to fire on parliament in 1993, when the building was occupied by hardline political opponents. He presided over mass privatization and launched the war in Chechnya in 1994
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Putin leads tributes to Yeltsin
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| Apr.24 |
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Russians pay respects to Yeltsin
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| Apr.25 |
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Boris Yeltsin buried The coffin was carried to it's final resting place at the Novodevichye cemetery on the shoulders of elite honor guard
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| Apr.26 |
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Putin gives no hint on successor In state of the nation address: Russia may stop implementing a key defence treaty because of concerns over US plans for a missile shield in ...
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| Apr.27 |
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Putin steps up missiles warning
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Russian maestro Rostropovich dies |
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| May.2 |
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Estonia shuts consulate |
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| May.9 |
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Malkin steers Russia to semifinals |
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| May.12 |
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Koivu sends Finns into world final |
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| May.13 |
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Canadians lift world hockey championship
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| May.14 |
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Rice scorns 'new Cold War' talk |
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| May.15 |
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Rice: US to go ahead with missile plans
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| May.27 |
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Police detain gay activists |
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| May.31 |
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Ex-KGB spy: UK tried to recruit me Andrei Lugovoy, charged by Britain with murdering Litvinenko is saying UK intelligence and a Russian multi-millionaire were far more likely ...
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Putin accuses U.S. of new arms race
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| Jun.3 |
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Putin warns Europe in missile row| Russian President: Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds missile defence facilities in the region. Putin said Iran was not a threat to the... | |
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| Jun.7 |
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Moscow 'to cut migrant workers' |
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| Jun.9 |
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Russia warns US on missile plan |
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| Jul.4 |
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Russia issues new missile threat |
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| Jul.14 |
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Russia withdraws from arms treaty Russia suspended its participation in a key arms control treaty that governs deployment of troops in Europe
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| Jul.16 |
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Russia warns UK over expulsions
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| Jul.19 |
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Russia expels 4 British diplomats Russia has announced the tit-for-tat expulsion amid a mounting diplomatic row over Moscow's refusal to hand over a suspect in Litvinenko dea...
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New UK PM blamed for Russia row
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| Jul.31 |
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Russia downgrades ties with Hamas
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| Aug.9 |
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Russia accuses Georgia over attack
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| Aug.13 |
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'Maniac' on trial for 49 murders
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| Aug.17 |
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Russia bomber flights 'permanent' President Putin said Russia sent 14 aircraft on patrols far beyond its own territory, marking the permanent return to a Soviet-era practice
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| Aug.27 |
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10 held over Politkovskaya murder
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| Sep.12 |
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Putin names next prime minister Russian President has accepted the resignation of Fradkov and nominated Victor Zubkov, a financial crime investigator to replace him
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| Sep.14 |
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Serial killer lured victims with vodka
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| Sep.15 |
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Reporter killing: Chechen 'held'
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| Oct.1 |
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Putin eyes prime minister's job Russian President has raised the possibility of becoming a future prime minister by agreeing to enter the December parliamentary polls
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| Oct.3 |
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Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik
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| Oct.10 |
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Putin, Sarkozy bridge gap on Iran
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| Oct.12 |
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Putin warns U.S. in missile talks Addressing Secretary of State Rice and Defense Secretary Gates, the Russian president appeared to mock the U.S. missile defense plan
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US rejects Russian missile call
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Rice holds Russia rights meetings US Secretary of State is meeting human rights activists as she continues a Russian visit that has so far been coolly received
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| Oct.13 |
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Rice attacks Kremlin's power grip US Secretary of State has voiced concern about Russia's direction by saying too much power is concentrated within the Kremlin
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Ibragimov denies 5th heavyweight belt |
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| Oct.14 |
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Putin told of 'assassination bid' The Russian President has been warned of a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week
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| Oct.15 |
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Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead
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| Oct.17 |
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England sunk by Pavluchenko double |
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| Oct.18 |
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Putin: U.S. in Iraq is 'pointless'
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| Oct.20 |
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Gorbachev sets up political movement
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| Oct.24 |
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'Chessboard killer' guilty Alexander Pichushkin, shop assistant, has been found guilty of 48 murders, which he once said he recorded on a chessboard
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| Oct.29 |
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'Chess Killer' sentenced to life| Serial murderer Alexander Pichushkin was given the maximum sentence of life in prison and ordered to undergo psychiatric therapy | |
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| Oct.31 |
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Russia 'curbing poll observers'
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| Nov.15 |
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Oil spill may take months to clear
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| Nov.21 |
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Putin attacks 'jackal' opponents The president has accused opposition of scavenging like jackals for funds from foreign embassies and the West of meddling in Russian politic...
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| Nov.24 |
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Kasparov held at anti-Kremlin rally Riot police detained opposition protesters, including former chess champion, after the rally of a few thousand people
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| Nov.26 |
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Election date confirmed
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Putin says US behind poll boycott
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| Dec.2 |
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Putin party leads Russia polls United Russia has won a landslide victory in nationwide elections and had 63.3% of the vote, followed by the Communists at 11.3%
| 2 other pro-Kremlin parties looked set to pass the 7% threshold needed to win seats. Turnout has been 60%. UR's leader, Gryzlov, acknowledged there had been violations but dismissed them as insignificant.
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| Dec.3 |
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Monitors denounce Russia election Foreign observers have said that parliamentary election, won by President Putin's party, was 'not fair'
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Putin: Vote victory is a mandate Russian President has declared his party's parliamentary victory a mandate to cement power, according to remarks made on TV
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| Dec.10 |
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Putin backs Medvedev as successor| Russian president has thrown his support behind deputy prime minister to replace him when he steps down as the country's leader next year. Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by Putin's United Russia Party and three other pro-Kremlin ... | |
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| Dec.17 |
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Putin: I will agree to become PM
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