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/ 5 February 2012
Russia and China have blocked a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria, hours after the country’s forces bombed Homs, killing hundreds.
Tens of thousands of Russians are set to march through Moscow, braving freezing temperatures to challenge Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
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/ 4 February 2012
Despite Russia’s rejection of a revised draft resolution on Syria, the UN Security Council is set to possibly act on the text.
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/ 2 February 2012
The groups behind anti-Vladimir Putin protests disagree on more than they agree on and chaotic meetings are often an exercise in conflict resolution.
Russia says it will veto a draft UN resolution calling on Syria’s president to step down unless a clause ruling out military intervention was added.
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/ 29 January 2012
Thousands of cars filled Moscow’s ring road in a protest demanding free elections and slamming Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s bid to regain power.
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/ 28 January 2012
Syrian death toll spikes as Russia opposes a new Arab and European bid to secure tough United Nations resolution.
A state-run Russian TV channel has bought the rights to broadcast Julian Assange’s series of interviews with "political players and revolutionaries".
Russia has charged that any suggestions that its recent elections were not free and fair are the empty and unfounded imaginings of Western powers.
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/ 17 January 2012
Russia says the failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe for Mars could have been caused by radiation from US radars.
There is no doubt the Ibsa forum was one of the seminal diplomatic achievements of the Thabo Mbeki presidency.
Boarding an airplane has never been safer in the US but there are still some countries where flying is risky, including Russia, the DRC and Somalia.
Vladimir Putin has insisted he favoured dialogue with Russia’s protest movement but said this was impossible as they had no leader nor programme.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is ready for dialogue with the Russian protest movement to ensure that presidential polls are fair.
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/ 25 December 2011
Russia came to terms with its second mass opposition rally within a month which was even bigger and more sharply critical of strongman Vladimir Putin.
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/ 24 December 2011
In a damning statement, the Kremlin’s rights panel has called for the resignation of Russia’s election chief and snap parliamentary elections.
Russia has broken the shackles of state-planned economics but remains tied to oil prices and the whims of a bloated bureaucracy.
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/ 24 December 2011
Russia successfully tested on Friday its two new Bulava intercontinental missiles, which experienced several failures in the past.
Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has unveiled proposals days before huge demonstration over a disputed parliamentary vote.
A systematic crackdown by the government and a history of intolerance have failed to silence a flourishing, diverse civil society.
A long-time ally of Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a liberal party to fill a void in Russian politics exposed by mass protests.
Russia’s leaders have promised to listen to protesters who have been disputing their parliamentary elections amid widespread allegations of fraud.
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/ 9 December 2011
Emails of a Russian vote monitor Golos were published by a pro-Kremlin website after the monitor apparently exposed abuses at the polls.
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/ 9 December 2011
The Russian elections reflected much more than disaffection with the ruling party.
Tens of thousands of protesters say they are prepared to take to Moscow’s streets in the biggest challenge yet to the country’s government.
Opposition leader condemns ‘theft of votes’ after reports of pre-filled ballots, invisible ink and multiple visits to polling booths.
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/ 4 December 2011
Russians from the Pacific coast to the Baltic passed their verdict on Vladimir Putin’s ruling party on Sunday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West not to interfere in Russia’s elections, as he launched his campaign to reclaim the presidency on Sunday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has moved closer to the presidency he relinquished after two terms in 2008 by accepting his party’s nomination.
Russia has threatened to deploy missiles to target the US missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow’s concerns about its plans.
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/ 22 November 2011
New sanctions unveiled by Western states against Iran over its nuclear drive are unacceptable and illegal, says Russia.
When Vladimir Putin stepped into the ring at Olimpisky Stadium in Moscow after a martial arts fight at the weekend, he appeared to be greeted by boos.