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Russian Federation

Gaddafi’s son pleads for polls as Moscow courts peace
Africa
/ 16 June 2011

Gaddafi’s son pleads for polls as Moscow courts peace

Russia’s envoy to Africa says there is no place in Libya’s future for Gaddafi, whose son has called for elections to end the riven nation’s conflict.

By Imed Lamloum
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Article
/ 28 May 2011

Moscow gay rally turns violent, dozens detained

Moscow police had detained three global gay rights leaders as violence broke out at a rally that activists tried to stage near the Kremlin wall.

By Olga Nedbayeva
Russia to lift grain export ban
Article
/ 28 May 2011

Russia to lift grain export ban

On Saturday Russia said it would lift a ban on grain exports that was imposed in August 2010 in the middle of a drought that wiped out harvests.

By Dmitry Zaks
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Article
/ 25 May 2011

Russia shuts down newspaper for ‘supporting’ opposition

A Russian newspaper has been shut down after it printed flyers for an opposition party intending to contest parliamentary elections in December.

By Amanda Strydom
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Article
/ 25 May 2011

Brics speak strongly against European IMF leader

The world’s largest emerging economies has slammed Europe’s push to lock up the International Monetary Fund’s top job.

By Paul Handley
Medvedev gives Cold War warning over missile shield
Article
/ 18 May 2011

Medvedev gives Cold War warning over missile shield

President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday warned of a new Cold War era if Russia and the West failed to agree on missile defence.

By Maria Antonova
World Cup selection flawed, says Aussie chief
Article
/ 12 May 2011

World Cup selection flawed, says Aussie chief

Australian football chief Frank Lowy said on Thursday picking hosts for two World Cups at the same time was a flawed process.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 5 May 2011

US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight

Three weeks after the 50th anniversary of the Russian who became the first man to travel in space, the US is honouring the man who followed him.

By Jean-Louis Santini
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Article
/ 4 May 2011

Russia kills top al-Qaeda militant in Chechnya

Hot on the heels of the US operation that ended in the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, Russia says it has killed another al-Qaeda leader.

By Staff Reporter
Russia, Ukraine leaders mark Chernobyl disaster
Article
/ 26 April 2011

Russia, Ukraine leaders mark Chernobyl disaster

Russian and Ukrainian leaders marked 25 years since the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Tuesday as they paid an historic visit to Chernobyl.

By Zoya Zhminko
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Article
/ 18 April 2011

Can nuclear power plants float?

A tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant might give some countries pause over the risks of exposing reactors to the power of the oceans. Not Russia.

By Alissa De Carbonnel
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Article
/ 16 April 2011

Russia looks abroad for web laws

Russia is looking to the experience of other countries to "regulate" internet use, though Moscow has no plans to broaden web censorship.

By Maria Tsvetkova
Russian artists are in revolt
Article
/ 15 April 2011

Russian artists are in revolt

Radical art collective keeps strictly under the radar, but continues to mock the state, writes <b>Nick Sturdee</b>.

By Nick Sturdee
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Article
/ 13 April 2011

Brics nations target closer trade links

Trade and finance officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa pledged pledged on Wednesday to examine ways to expand economic links.

By Bill Smith
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Article
/ 28 March 2011

Tree saves drunk Russian after seventh floor fall

A Russian who jumped from the seventh floor of his apartment building while heavily drunk miraculously survived by getting tangled in trees.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 28 March 2011

Russia to auction favoured Yeltsin hideaway

On sale soon to the highest bidder: Boris Yeltsin’s favourite dacha.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 27 March 2011

Chernobyl 25 years on: A poisoned landscape

Yuri Tatarchuk has a disconcerting way of demonstrating Chernobyl’s grim radioactive legacy.

By Robin McKie
Split leaves Nato on sidelines of Libya strikes
Article
/ 21 March 2011

Split leaves Nato on sidelines of Libya strikes

A push by several allies for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to take over operations in Libya ran into resistance from France on Monday.

By Laurent Thomet
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Article
/ 8 March 2011

Moscow cancels long-running St Patrick’s Day parade

A St Patrick’s Day parade that attracted crowds to Moscow for the last 19 years has been cancelled as part of the city’s battle against traffic jams.

By Staff Reporter
Gorbachev tells Putin not to run for president
Article
/ 2 March 2011

Gorbachev tells Putin not to run for president

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev marked his 80th birthday on Wednesday by advising Vladimir Putin against running for president.

By Dmitry Zaks
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Article
/ 15 February 2011

Mikhail Khodorkovsky verdict ordered from above

The guilty verdict against the tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky was ordered from above and written by a judge who did not try the case.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 14 February 2011

Experiment volunteers to ‘walk on Mars’

Volunteers will step out for a "space walk" on Mars on Monday, as the experiment to study the effects of a mission to the planet reaches its climax.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 February 2011

‘I am not tough,’ Putin tells supermodel

Strongman leader Vladimir Putin has sat down for an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell, telling her Russia had tougher guys than him.

By Staff Reporter
A less than stable Russia
Article
/ 1 February 2011

A less than stable Russia

A Kremlin investigation is likely to focus on Islamist militants from the volatile North Caucasus as terror returns to the Russian capital.

By Tom Parfitt and Ruben Sergeyev
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Article
/ 27 January 2011

Russia ‘seeks Slavic militant’ over Moscow bombing

An ethnic Russian member of a North Caucasus militant group on Thursday emerged as the first suspect in the suicide strike on Russia’s main airport.

By Stuart Williams
Putin vows revenge for suicide bombing
Article
/ 25 January 2011

Putin vows revenge for suicide bombing

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people at Russia’s busiest airport.

By Steve Gutterman and Thomas Grove
Moscow bombing challenges Kremlin security efforts
Article
/ 25 January 2011

Moscow bombing challenges Kremlin security efforts

A suspected suicide bomber has struck at Russia’s busiest airport, killing at least 35 and challenging Kremlin efforts to crush armed insurgency.

By Alexei Anishchuk
Condemnation follows Russian airport blast
Article
/ 24 January 2011

Condemnation follows Russian airport blast

Swift condemnation followed a suicide blast at Moscow’s main airport that killed 35 people on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
Suicide bomber targets Russia’s biggest airport
Article
/ 24 January 2011

Suicide bomber targets Russia’s biggest airport

At least 31 people were killed and more than 130 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing at Russia’s biggest airport, state-run TV reported.

By Amie Ferris-Rotman
Al-Attiyah, Coma win Dakar Rally
Article
/ 17 January 2011

Al-Attiyah, Coma win Dakar Rally

Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar made up for heartbreak a year ago by finally winning his first Dakar Rally title on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
Russia blames Polish pressure over Kaczynski crash
Article
/ 12 January 2011

Russia blames Polish pressure over Kaczynski crash

Russia on Wednesday blamed Polish failures for the plane crash that killed president Lech Kaczynski.

By Stuart Williams
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Article
/ 7 January 2011

Creating more walls than Brics

South Africa’s invitation to join the amorphous entity is an affront to the country’s foreign policy, write Mills Soko and Mzukisi Qobo.

By Staff Reporter
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