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 2008
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| Jan.14 |
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Russia summons UK envoy over row
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| Jan.22 |
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Putin opponent to be investigated
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| Jan.26 |
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Kasyanov barred from poll
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| Feb.8 |
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 Putin vows 'arms race' response Russia's President says the world is engaged in a new arms race and NATO is failing to accommodate Russia's concerns
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Putin: Russia to counter US military moves
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| Feb.12 |
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Russia and Ukraine reach gas deal
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| Feb.14 |
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Putin scorns move to back Kosovo
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| Feb.28 |
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Official admits media bias
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| Mar.2 |
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 Medvedev 'heading for clear win'  The outcome is not expected to be a surprise: A hand-picked successor is expected to win in a landslide, after hardly even bothering to campaig
| The state-owned pollster VTsIOM showed Medvedev with 69.6% of the vote. Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov gets nearly 20%
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Medvedev: I will work with Putin
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| Mar.3 |
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 Vote rig claim after Medvedev landslide A Russian vote monitoring group has received allegations of multiple voting papers, falsified names on electoral registers, the stuffing of ballot...
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| Mar.8 |
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Putin: 'No Russian thaw under Medvedev'
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| Mar.18 |
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U.S. tries to calm Russian missiles fears
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| Mar.21 |
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Journalist hanged, stabbed to death
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| May.7 |
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Russia swears in new president Dmitry Medvedev wasted no time, naming his predecessor Vladimir Putin as his new prime minister two hours after he was sworn in
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| May.8 |
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Russia expels US embassy staff
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Tanks rejoin V-Day parade Tanks and intercontinental missile launchers are to feature in annual Victory Day parade for the first time since the collapse of the USSR
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| May.21 |
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 United victorious after shoot-out drama Manchester United have won the Champions League 6-5 on penalties over Chelsea after final finished 1-1 after a dramatic rainy night
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| May.27 |
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Russian justice 'fails thousands'
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| Jul.12 |
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Russia blasts US, UK over Zimbabwe vote
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| Jul.22 |
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Chavez to spend big on Russian weapons
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| Jul.25 |
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UK warns of damage in TNK-BP row
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| Aug.3 |
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Russian novelist Solzhenitsyn dead Novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works detailed the horrors of Stalin's labor camps, has died of heart failure at 89
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| Aug.4 |
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Tributes to writer Solzhenitsyn Former Soviet leader Gorbachev lauded him as one of the first to speak up about Stalin's regime
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| Aug. 12 |
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 Cease-fire, not peace reached in Georgia The Russian and French presidents announced a 6-point plan of principles for settling the immediate conflict
| Russian President Medvedev orders an end to military operations against Georgia after 5 days of fighting
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| Aug. 15 |
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 Russia 'will abide by ceasefire' US officials say Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has pledged that Moscow will 'faithfully' implement a ceasefire agreement signed by Georgia
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| Aug. 16 |
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Russia signs cease-fire, tensions remain Russian President Medvedev has signed the cease-fire plan designed to end its military conflict with Georgia
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| Aug. 17 |
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Russia: Troop withdrawal to begin Monday President Medvedev told French President Sarkozy on Sunday that Russia would start pulling back its forces from Georgia on Monday
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Lawmaker hints at long stay in Georgia Kosachev, head of the foreign affairs committee, said Moscow will withdraw when it is assured that 'Georgians will not continue to use military...
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| Aug. 19 |
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  Russia hits back at NATO warning Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed a warning by NATO that normal relations are impossible while its troops remain inside Georgia
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| Aug. 20 |
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  Russia condemns US missile deal A foreign ministry has warned that a US-Polish missile defence deal creates a new arms race in Europe and beyond
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| Aug. 21 |
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Russia says troops will withdraw by Friday Russian forces in Georgia will withdraw to a buffer zone by Friday evening, 2 weeks after the initial invasion
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Russians halt NATO co-operation Russia has told Nato it is halting all military co-operation, the bloc says, as the crisis over Georgia deepens
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| Aug. 25 |
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Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels| Both houses voted unanimously backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of regions of Abkhazia and S. Ossetia | |
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| Aug. 26 |
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Russia recognizes Georgian rebel regions| Russian President Medvedev signed an order recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions. Medvedev: 'This is not an easy choice to make, but it represents the only possibility to save human lives'. West condemns ... | |
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Russia moves to calm Georgia row Russia has taken a series of diplomatic steps in an effort to ease tensions with the West over this month's conflict in Georgia
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Medvedev stands by Georgia actions On the eve of a special EU summit on Georgia, president has said his decision to recognise breakaway regions as independent is irrevocable
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Russia praises EU over sanctions| President Medvedev has welcomed as 'realistic' an EU decision not to impose sanctions on his country over its recent invasion of Georgia | |
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Medvedev: Saakashvili a 'political corpse' Russian President has described his Georgian counterpart as a 'political corpse', saying Moscow does not recognise him as president
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