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| Jan.8 |
European Union |
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Russia oil row hits Europe supply 
| Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine have been cut amid a row between Belarus and Moscow. Transneft's pipeline were completely sh... | |
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| Jan.24 |
Melbourne |
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Sharapova eases past Clijsters |
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| Feb.1 |
Moscow |
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Putin hails Russia's strong growth |
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| Feb.10 |
Germany |
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Putin: U.S. force fostering nukes
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| Feb.11 |
Germany |
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Gates calls for Russia partnership |
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| Feb.13 |
St. Petersburg |
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Russian soldiers 'used for sex' |
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| Mar.17 |
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Seven dead in plane crash
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| Mar.19 |
Siberia |
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Mine explosion kills more than 100 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
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63 elderly die in home fire The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
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| Mar.20 |
Siberia |
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Search for miners after 100 killed |
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| Mar.26 |
Moscow |
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Hu heads to Russia to boost trade |
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| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
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Kasparov held at Russian demo
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| Apr.15 |
St. Petersburg |
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Anti-Kremlin demos end in clashes |
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| Apr.20 |
European Union |
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EU-Russia relations 'at low ebb' |
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| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
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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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Moscow |
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Putin leads tributes to Yeltsin |
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| Apr.24 |
Moscow |
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Russians pay respects to Yeltsin |
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| Apr.25 |
Moscow |
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Boris Yeltsin buried
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| Apr.26 |
Moscow |
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Putin gives no hint on successor
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NATO |
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Russia's treaty threat irks NATO |
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Estonia |
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Estonia removes Soviet memorial 
The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead
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Estonians see memorial as a reminder of decades of Soviet rule.
Russia says it should not be removed.
The move provoked a condemnation from Russian officials and lawmakers.
40 people were injured and 300 arrested during clashes as police used tear gas to disperse ethnic Russian demonstrators
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| Apr.27 |
Moscow |
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Putin steps up missiles warning |
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Chechnya |
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Downed Russian helicopter kills 17 |
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Moscow |
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Russian maestro Rostropovich dies |
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| Apr.28 |
Estonia |
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Estonia blames Russia for unrest |
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| May.2 |
Moscow |
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Estonia shuts consulate |
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| May.4 |
Washington |
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U.S. missile shield talks still on |
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| May.11 |
Costa Rica |
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Russian ambassador taken hostage |
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| May.12 |
Turkmenistan |
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Russia clinches gas pipeline deal |
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| May.13 |
Moscow |
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Canadians lift world hockey championship |
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| May.14 |
Moscow |
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Rice scorns 'new Cold War' talk |
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Cafe blast turns deadly |
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| May.15 |
Moscow |
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Rice: US to go ahead with missile plans |
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| May.17 |
Estonia |
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Estonia hit by 'Moscow cyber war' |
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Rows overshadow EU-Russia talks |
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| May.18 |
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EU-Russian talks end in acrimony |
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| May.22 |
London |
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Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning
Russian prosecutors refuse to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, charged by Britain in the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko
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Litvinenko suspect denies charges |
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| May.24 |
Siberia |
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35 die in mine gas blast |
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| May.27 |
Moscow |
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Police detain gay activists |
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| May.28 |
London |
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UK requests Lugovoi extradition |
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| May.31 |
Moscow |
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Ex-KGB spy: UK tried to recruit me
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Moscow |
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Putin accuses U.S. of new arms race |
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| Jun.3 |
Moscow |
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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
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| Jun.4 |
NATO |
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NATO condemns Putin missile vow |
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| Jun.5 |
Czech Republic |
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Bush chides Kremlin over democracy
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| Jun.7 |
Paris |
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Ivanovic routs Sharapova |
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Moscow |
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Moscow 'to cut migrant workers' |
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| Jun.8 |
NATO |
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NATO cautious on Russia shield offer |
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| Jun.9 |
Moscow |
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Russia warns US on missile plan |
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| Jun.14 |
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'Aftershave drink' kills Russians |
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| Jul.1 |
New England |
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Bush and Putin in informal talks
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| Jul.4 |
Moscow |
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Russia issues new missile threat |
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Guatemala |
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Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics
The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
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| Jul.14 |
Moscow |
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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 |
London |
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UK expels four Russian diplomats
The UK is to expel 4 diplomats from the Russian embassy after Moscow refused to extradite the suspect in the murder of Litvinenko
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Moscow |
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Russia warns UK over expulsions |
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| Jul.19 |
Moscow |
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Russia expels 4 British diplomats
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Moscow |
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New UK PM blamed for Russia row
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| Jul.31 |
Moscow |
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Russia downgrades ties with Hamas |
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| Aug.1 |
Arctic |
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Russia to sink flag in land grab
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| Aug.2 |
Russian Far East |
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2 dead in island of Sakhalin quakes |
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Gazprom hope for Belarus gas deal |
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| Aug.3 |
Russian Far East |
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Quake leaves 2,000 homeless
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| Aug.6 |
Georgia |
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Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town Georgian Interior Minister: Jets flown from Russia fired an air-to-surface missile at Georgian territory in an 'act of aggression'
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| Aug.8 |
Georgia |
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Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack |
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| Aug.9 |
Moscow |
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Russia accuses Georgia over attack |
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Guam |
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Russians resume Cold War air runs |
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| Aug.13 |
Moscow |
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'Maniac' on trial for 49 murders |
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Russia investigates train blast |
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| Aug.14 |
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Russia probes 'executions' video |
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
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Russia bomber flights 'permanent'
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| Aug.27 |
Moscow |
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10 held over Politkovskaya murder |
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| Sep.7 |
New York |
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Henin, Kuznetsova reach Open final |
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| Sep.12 |
Moscow |
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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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Russia tests 'dad of all bombs' |
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| Sep.14 |
Moscow |
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Serial killer lured victims with vodka |
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| Sep.15 |
Moscow |
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Reporter killing: Chechen 'held' |
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| Sep.20 |
Arctic |
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Arctic seabed 'belongs to Russia' |
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| Sep.23 |
UN |
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Mid-East Quartet holds key talks
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| Oct.1 |
Moscow |
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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 |
Moscow |
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Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik
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| Oct.10 |
Moscow |
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Putin, Sarkozy bridge gap on Iran |
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Kazakhstan |
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Landmark lift-off for space crew |
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| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
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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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Moscow |
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US rejects Russian missile call
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Moscow |
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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 |
Moscow |
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Rice attacks Kremlin's power grip
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| Oct.14 |
Moscow |
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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 |
Moscow |
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Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead |
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Iran |
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Putin arrived in Tehran for landmark visit
Russian President has arrived for a historic visit which will include talks on Iran's nuclear standoff with the West
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| Oct.18 |
Moscow |
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Putin: U.S. in Iraq is 'pointless' |
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| Oct.20 |
Moscow |
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Gorbachev sets up political movement |
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| Oct.24 |
Moscow |
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'Chessboard killer' guilty
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| Oct.26 |
Portugal |
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Putin: 'U.S. plan is Cuban missile crisis'
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| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
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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 |
Moscow |
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Russia 'curbing poll observers' |
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| Nov.5 |
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29 die in nursing home blaze |
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| Nov.11 |
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Russian oil tanker breaks in two
A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing
Map of Kerch Strait Russia| At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split, spilling up 560,000 (1,000 tons) gallons of fuel oil. Th... | |
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| Nov.12 |
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Death toll rises in oil disaster
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| Nov.15 |
Moscow |
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Oil spill may take months to clear |
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Cult awaits end of days in cave
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| Nov.16 |
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Watchdog cancels poll plan |
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| Nov.21 |
Moscow |
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Putin attacks 'jackal' opponents
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Washington |
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U.S. submits missile defense plans
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| Nov.23 |
London |
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Litvinenko family mark death anniversary |
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| Nov.24 |
Moscow |
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Kasparov held at anti-Kremlin rally
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| Nov.25 |
St. Petersburg |
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More activists arrested |
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| Nov.26 |
Moscow |
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Putin says US behind poll boycott |
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Moscow |
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Election date confirmed |
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| Dec.1 |
Oregon |
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U.S. claim Davis Cup over Russia |
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Voting starts in election
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| Dec.2 |
Moscow |
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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 ... | |
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| Dec.3 |
Moscow |
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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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Moscow |
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Putin: Vote victory is a mandate
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| Dec.10 |
Moscow |
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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
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| Dec.17 |
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Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iran
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| |
Moscow |
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Putin: I will agree to become PM |
|
| Dec.20 |
London |
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Russia halts London art display |
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| 2007 |
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| Feb.10 |
Germany |
Putin: U.S. force fostering nukes
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| Feb.11 |
Germany |
Gates calls for Russia partnership |
|
| Feb.13 |
St. Petersburg |
Russian soldiers 'used for sex' |
|
| Apr.26 |
NATO |
Russia's treaty threat irks NATO |
|
| Apr.27 |
Moscow |
Putin steps up missiles warning |
|
| Apr.27 |
Chechnya |
Downed Russian helicopter kills 17 |
|
| May.4 |
Washington |
U.S. missile shield talks still on |
|
| May.14 |
Moscow |
Rice scorns 'new Cold War' talk |
|
| May.15 |
Moscow |
Rice: US to go ahead with missile plans |
|
| May.31 |
Moscow |
Putin accuses U.S. of new arms race |
|
| Jun.3 |
Moscow |
Putin warns Europe in missile row Russian President: Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds missile defence facilities in the region
|
| Jun.4 |
NATO |
NATO condemns Putin missile vow |
|
| Jun.8 |
NATO |
NATO cautious on Russia shield offer |
|
| Jun.9 |
Moscow |
Russia warns US on missile plan |
|
| Jul.4 |
Moscow |
Russia issues new missile threat |
|
| Jul.14 |
Moscow |
Russia withdraws from arms treaty
Russia suspended its participation in a key arms control treaty that governs deployment of troops in Europe
|
| Aug.6 |
Georgia |
Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town Georgian Interior Minister: Jets flown from Russia fired an air-to-surface missile at Georgian territory in an 'act of aggression'
|
| Aug.8 |
Georgia |
Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack |
|
| Aug.9 |
Moscow |
Russia accuses Georgia over attack |
|
| Aug.9 |
Guam |
Russians resume Cold War air runs |
|
| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
Russia bomber flights 'permanent'
|
| Sep.12 |
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Russia tests 'dad of all bombs' |
|
| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
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
|
| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
US rejects Russian missile call
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| Oct.26 |
Portugal |
Putin: 'U.S. plan is Cuban missile crisis'
|
| Nov.21 |
Washington |
U.S. submits missile defense plans
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.17 |
|
Seven dead in plane crash
|
| Mar.19 |
Siberia |
Mine explosion kills more than 100 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
|
| Mar.19 |
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63 elderly die in home fire The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
|
| Mar.20 |
Siberia |
Search for miners after 100 killed |
|
| May.24 |
Siberia |
35 die in mine gas blast |
|
| Jun.14 |
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'Aftershave drink' kills Russians |
|
| Aug.2 |
Russian Far East |
2 dead in island of Sakhalin quakes |
|
| Aug.3 |
Russian Far East |
Quake leaves 2,000 homeless
|
| Aug.13 |
|
Russia investigates train blast |
|
| Nov.5 |
|
29 die in nursing home blaze |
|
| Nov.11 |
|
Russian oil tanker breaks in two
A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea
|
| Nov.11 |
|
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing
Map of Kerch Strait Russia| At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split, spilling up 560,000 (1,000 tons) gallons of fuel oil. Th... | |
|
| Nov.12 |
|
Death toll rises in oil disaster
|
| Nov.15 |
Moscow |
Oil spill may take months to clear |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.24 |
Melbourne |
Sharapova eases past Clijsters |
|
| May.13 |
Moscow |
Canadians lift world hockey championship |
|
| Jun.7 |
Paris |
Ivanovic routs Sharapova |
|
| Jul.4 |
Guatemala |
Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics
The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
|
| Sep.7 |
New York |
Henin, Kuznetsova reach Open final |
|
| Dec.1 |
Oregon |
U.S. claim Davis Cup over Russia |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.8 |
European Union |
Russia oil row hits Europe supply 
| Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine have been cut amid a row between Belarus and Moscow. Transneft's pipeline were completely sh... | |
|
| Feb.1 |
Moscow |
Putin hails Russia's strong growth |
|
| Mar.26 |
Moscow |
Hu heads to Russia to boost trade |
|
| Apr.27 |
Moscow |
Russian maestro Rostropovich dies |
|
| May.12 |
Turkmenistan |
Russia clinches gas pipeline deal |
|
| Aug.2 |
|
Gazprom hope for Belarus gas deal |
|
| Dec.20 |
London |
Russia halts London art display |
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Feb.13 |
St. Petersburg |
Russian soldiers 'used for sex' |
|
| May.11 |
Costa Rica |
Russian ambassador taken hostage |
|
| May.14 |
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Cafe blast turns deadly |
|
| May.17 |
Estonia |
Estonia hit by 'Moscow cyber war' |
|
| May.22 |
London |
Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning
Russian prosecutors refuse to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, charged by Britain in the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko
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| May.22 |
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Litvinenko suspect denies charges |
|
| May.28 |
London |
UK requests Lugovoi extradition |
|
| May.31 |
Moscow |
Ex-KGB spy: UK tried to recruit me
|
| Aug.13 |
Moscow |
'Maniac' on trial for 49 murders |
|
| Aug.13 |
|
Russia investigates train blast |
|
| Aug.14 |
|
Russia probes 'executions' video |
|
| Aug.27 |
Moscow |
10 held over Politkovskaya murder |
|
| Sep.14 |
Moscow |
Serial killer lured victims with vodka |
|
| Sep.15 |
Moscow |
Reporter killing: Chechen 'held' |
|
| Oct.14 |
Moscow |
Putin told of 'assassination bid'
The Russian President has been warned of a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week
|
| Oct.24 |
Moscow |
'Chessboard killer' guilty
|
| Oct.29 |
Moscow |
'Chess Killer' sentenced to life Serial murderer Alexander Pichushkin was given the maximum sentence of life in prison and ordered to undergo psychiatric therapy
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Feb.1 |
Moscow |
Putin hails Russia's strong growth |
|
| Feb.10 |
Germany |
Putin: U.S. force fostering nukes
|
| Feb.11 |
Germany |
Gates calls for Russia partnership |
|
| Mar.26 |
Moscow |
Hu heads to Russia to boost trade |
|
| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
Kasparov held at Russian demo
|
| Apr.15 |
St. Petersburg |
Anti-Kremlin demos end in clashes |
|
| Apr.20 |
European Union |
EU-Russia relations 'at low ebb' |
|
| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
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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|
| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
Putin leads tributes to Yeltsin |
|
| Apr.24 |
Moscow |
Russians pay respects to Yeltsin |
|
| Apr.25 |
Moscow |
Boris Yeltsin buried
|
| Apr.26 |
Moscow |
Putin gives no hint on successor
|
| Apr.26 |
NATO |
Russia's treaty threat irks NATO |
|
| Apr.26 |
Estonia |
Estonia removes Soviet memorial 
The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead
|
Estonians see memorial as a reminder of decades of Soviet rule.
Russia says it should not be removed.
The move provoked a condemnation from Russian officials and lawmakers.
40 people were injured and 300 arrested during clashes as police used tear gas to disperse ethnic Russian demonstrators
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| |
|
| Apr.27 |
Moscow |
Putin steps up missiles warning |
|
| Apr.28 |
Estonia |
Estonia blames Russia for unrest |
|
| May.2 |
Moscow |
Estonia shuts consulate |
|
| May.12 |
Turkmenistan |
Russia clinches gas pipeline deal |
|
| May.14 |
Moscow |
Rice scorns 'new Cold War' talk |
|
| May.15 |
Moscow |
Rice: US to go ahead with missile plans |
|
| May.17 |
|
Rows overshadow EU-Russia talks |
|
| May.18 |
|
EU-Russian talks end in acrimony |
|
| May.27 |
Moscow |
Police detain gay activists |
|
| May.31 |
Moscow |
Putin accuses U.S. of new arms race |
|
| Jun.3 |
Moscow |
Putin warns Europe in missile row Russian President: Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds missile defence facilities in the region
|
| Jun.5 |
Czech Republic |
Bush chides Kremlin over democracy
|
| Jun.7 |
Moscow |
Moscow 'to cut migrant workers' |
|
| Jun.9 |
Moscow |
Russia warns US on missile plan |
|
| Jul.1 |
New England |
Bush and Putin in informal talks
|
| Jul.14 |
Moscow |
Russia withdraws from arms treaty
Russia suspended its participation in a key arms control treaty that governs deployment of troops in Europe
|
| Jul.16 |
London |
UK expels four Russian diplomats
The UK is to expel 4 diplomats from the Russian embassy after Moscow refused to extradite the suspect in the murder of Litvinenko
|
| Jul.16 |
Moscow |
Russia warns UK over expulsions |
|
| Jul.19 |
Moscow |
Russia expels 4 British diplomats
|
| Jul.19 |
Moscow |
New UK PM blamed for Russia row
|
| Jul.31 |
Moscow |
Russia downgrades ties with Hamas |
|
| Aug.1 |
Arctic |
Russia to sink flag in land grab
|
| Aug.8 |
Georgia |
Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack |
|
| Aug.9 |
Moscow |
Russia accuses Georgia over attack |
|
| Sep.12 |
Moscow |
Putin names next prime minister
Russian President has accepted the resignation of Fradkov and nominated Victor Zubkov, a financial crime investigator to replace him
|
| Sep.20 |
Arctic |
Arctic seabed 'belongs to Russia' |
|
| Sep.23 |
UN |
Mid-East Quartet holds key talks
|
| Oct.1 |
Moscow |
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
|
| Oct.3 |
Moscow |
Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik
|
| Oct.10 |
Moscow |
Putin, Sarkozy bridge gap on Iran |
|
| Oct.10 |
Kazakhstan |
Landmark lift-off for space crew |
|
| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
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
|
| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
US rejects Russian missile call
|
| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
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
|
| Oct.13 |
Moscow |
Rice attacks Kremlin's power grip
|
| Oct.15 |
Moscow |
Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead |
|
| Oct.15 |
Iran |
Putin arrived in Tehran for landmark visit
Russian President has arrived for a historic visit which will include talks on Iran's nuclear standoff with the West
|
| Oct.18 |
Moscow |
Putin: U.S. in Iraq is 'pointless' |
|
| Oct.20 |
Moscow |
Gorbachev sets up political movement |
|
| Oct.26 |
Portugal |
Putin: 'U.S. plan is Cuban missile crisis'
|
| Oct.31 |
Moscow |
Russia 'curbing poll observers' |
|
| Nov.15 |
|
Cult awaits end of days in cave
|
| Nov.16 |
|
Watchdog cancels poll plan |
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| Nov.21 |
Moscow |
Putin attacks 'jackal' opponents
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| Nov.23 |
London |
Litvinenko family mark death anniversary |
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| Nov.24 |
Moscow |
Kasparov held at anti-Kremlin rally
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| Nov.25 |
St. Petersburg |
More activists arrested |
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| Nov.26 |
Moscow |
Putin says US behind poll boycott |
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| Nov.26 |
Moscow |
Election date confirmed |
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| Dec.1 |
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Voting starts in election
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| Dec.2 |
Moscow |
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 ... | |
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| Dec.3 |
Moscow |
Monitors denounce Russia election
Foreign observers have said that parliamentary election, won by President Putin's party, was 'not fair'
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| Dec.3 |
Moscow |
Putin: Vote victory is a mandate
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| Dec.10 |
Moscow |
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
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| Dec.17 |
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Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iran
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| Dec.17 |
Moscow |
Putin: I will agree to become PM |