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Russian Federation

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/ 3 June 2010

Six men to brave 520-day isolation on ‘Mars mission’

Six men are to be voluntarily locked away in a module for almost one-and-a-half years to simulate psychological effects of a mission to Mars.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 May 2010

Non-crew in cockpit of doomed Kaczynski plane

Non-crew members were in the cockpit of the plane of Polish president Lech Kaczynski before its fatal crash, officials said on Wednesday.

By Stuart Williams and Alexander Osipovich
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Article
/ 13 May 2010

Russian mine search halted, death toll reaches 66

Russian rescue workers on Thursday stopped searching for 24 men still missing after a mine disaster that killed at least 66 people.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 May 2010

Scores feared dead in Siberia mine tragedy

Hopes were fading on Monday of finding alive any of the 58 miners still trapped deep inside Russia’s largest underground coal mine.

By Stuart Williams
Poland crash pilots ‘were warned about the weather’
Article
/ 12 April 2010

Poland crash pilots ‘were warned about the weather’

Russian officials said on Monday the pilots of a plane that crashed and killed Poland’s president had received explicit weather warning.

By Anna Malpas
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Article
/ 10 April 2010

Polish president among 96 killed in plane crash

Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski, its central bank head and the country’s military chief were among 96 people killed when their plane crashed.

By Lidia Kelly
Obama, Medvedev sign treaty to cut nuclear arsenals
Article
/ 8 April 2010

Obama, Medvedev sign treaty to cut nuclear arsenals

United States President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev signed a landmark nuclear-arms reduction treaty on Thursday.

By Alexander Osipovich
Obama, Medvedev to sign nuclear arms treaty
Article
/ 8 April 2010

Obama, Medvedev to sign nuclear arms treaty

US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev will sign a treaty on Thursday that slashes their two nations’ atomic arsenals.

By Alexander Osipovich
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Article
/ 5 April 2010

Suicide bomber kills two policemen in Russia

A bomber killed two policemen and wounded a third near the police headquarters of a town in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Ingushetia on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
Massacre in woods that brought war to Moscow’s metro
Article
/ 4 April 2010

Massacre in woods that brought war to Moscow’s metro

The plan had been straightforward: stuff their sacks, enjoy the countryside, and then head back home to the Chechen town of Achkoi-Martan.

By Luke Harding
Russia says bomber was teenage ‘Black Widow’
Article
/ 2 April 2010

Russia says bomber was teenage ‘Black Widow’

The 17-year-old widow of an Islamist militant from the North Caucasus is suspected of blowing herself up in suicide attacks that killed 40 in Moscow.

By Guy Faulconbridge
Medvedev: Russia won’t let militants spread panic
Article
/ 31 March 2010

Medvedev: Russia won’t let militants spread panic

Militants will not be allowed to "sow fear" in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday after blasts killed 51 people this week.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 31 March 2010

Two blasts kill at least nine in Russian Caucasus

Two blasts, one set off by a suicide bomber, rocked Kizlyar in Russia’s Dagestan region on Wednesday, killing at least nine people.

By Staff Reporter
Putin vows to ‘punish the criminals’ after Russia attacks
Article
/ 29 March 2010

Putin vows to ‘punish the criminals’ after Russia attacks

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on packed metro trains in Moscow’s morning rush hour on Monday, killing at least 38 people.

By Stuart Williams and Antoine Lambroschini
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/ 29 March 2010

Dozens killed in Moscow metro blasts

Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said.

By Ludmila Danilova
Obama, Medvedev seal deal on nuclear-arms pact
Article
/ 26 March 2010

Obama, Medvedev seal deal on nuclear-arms pact

United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sealed an agreement on Friday on a landmark nuclear-arms reduction treaty.

By Matt Spetalnick
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Article
/ 24 March 2010

Grigory Perelman, the maths genius who said no to $1m

You are the world’s cleverest man. You have solved one of maths’ most intractable problems. Do you a) accept a $1m reward, or b) reject the money?

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 3 March 2010

Crisis-hit Russian city fears total shutdown

Revda is a collection of apartment blocks that rise out of nowhere in Russia’s far north, a town whose existence hangs by a thread.

By Alissa De Carbonnel
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Article
/ 11 January 2010

Top Russian players to miss Serbia Fed Cup clash

Russian Fed Cup team skipper Shamil Tarpishchev said Monday that the country’s top players will miss this year’s opening round clash with Serbia.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 December 2009

Death toll climbs to 132 in Russian nightclub blaze

The death toll from a nightclub fire in the Russian city of Perm rose to 132 people on Thursday after seven more people died of severe burns.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 December 2009

Russia mourns as nightclub fire victims are buried

Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze.

By Natalia Shurmina
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Article
/ 5 December 2009

‘More than 100 dead’ in Russian nightclub explosion

More than 100 revellers have been killed in an explosion in a Russian nightclub, according to news agency reports.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 29 November 2009

Russia claims peace, but Chechen terrorism is back

The simmering insurgency in Russia’s north Caucasus has exploded into open revolt. Daily attacks and bomb explosions have become part of life.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 28 November 2009

Russian train crash kills dozens, attack suspected

At least 39 people were killed and nearly 100 injured when a Russian express train was derailed late on Friday.

By Denis Sinyakov
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Article
/ 17 November 2009

Russia using Iran as ‘pawn’, says MP

A senior Iranian MP was quoted on Tuesday as saying that Russia was using the Islamic Republic as a ”pawn” in Moscow’s dealings with other powers.

By Hashem Kalantari
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Article
/ 16 November 2009

Final four European teams look to book 2010 spots

The names of the final four European teams to qualify for next year’s World Cup will be known after the final leg of the play-offs on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 14 November 2009

Russia nabs cannibals selling corpse to kebab house

Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a man they had butchered and selling other bits of the corpse to a kebab house.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 November 2009

Nobel winner, Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg dies

Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin’s purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project, died in Moscow late on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 November 2009

Scientist Ginzburg was ‘saved by the hydrogen bomb’

Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin’s purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project, died in Moscow late on November 8.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 3 November 2009

Gorbachev ‘proud’ of role in fall of Berlin Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev said on Tuesday that he was proud of his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.

By Alexander Osipovich
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/ 19 October 2009

Gorbachev: Democracy in Russia ‘a mockery’

Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday launched a bitter attack on the state of democracy in Russia, saying elections had turned into a mockery.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 October 2009

Clinton seeks Russia support over Iran sanctions

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met top Russian officials on Tuesday hoping to win Moscow’s support for tougher sanctions against Iran.

By Jeff Mason
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