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Jim Heintz
Jim Heintz works from Moscow mostly. Journalist with The Associated Press. Jim Heintz has over 318 followers on Twitter.
Snowden: No Russian asylum request has been received
Russian immigration officials say they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who wants to get asylum in Russia.
Snowden: Tweets cause confusion over Venezuela’s asylum offer
Uncertainties over Edward Snowden deepened after a Russian lawmaker tweeted that Snowden had accepted Venezuela’s asylum offer, then deleted it.
Seven killed in Russian airliner crash
A Russian airliner crash-landed in the central Russian city of Samara on Saturday, killing seven people and injuring 23, emergency officials said. Authorities gave conflicting…
Mbeki delivers Iran nuclear message to G8
Group of Eight (G8) leaders have been told Iran is seriously considering a package of incentives aimed at getting it to halt its nuclear programme, South African President Thabo…
Lenin landmark obscured during victory parade
Although the military parade through Red Square commemorating the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany on Monday was awash in Soviet-era symbols — on banners, medals…
School hostage drama in Russia
Gunmen with explosives strapped around their waists took more than 200 people hostage at a school in the south of the Russian Federation near war-torn Chechnya on Wednesday and…