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/ 12 October 2008
Despite signs of chaos, Russia insists it is not on the brink of a national crisis, writes Tony Levene.
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/ 11 October 2008
A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia’s North Caucasus on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of buildings.
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/ 11 October 2008
A strong earthquake hit the Caucasus mountains on Saturday, killing at least five people and disrupting power supplies in Russia’s Chechnya region.
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/ 11 October 2008
On Friday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin showed off his latest birthday present: a rare two-and-a-half-month-old Siberian tiger.
Russian forces on Wednesday abandoned military positions deep inside Georgia in a major pull-back the Kremlin vowed to complete by midnight.
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/ 25 September 2008
The West’s pillorying of Moscow over the invasion of Georgia has kindled a fierce Russian resentment that poses dangers for security in Europe.
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/ 20 September 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Nato of provoking the conflict with Georgia but said this did not mean Russia planned to isolate itself.
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/ 19 September 2008
Russian PM Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected the prospect of a new Cold War with the West and said Russia wanted further world economic integration.
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/ 19 September 2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday night said President Dmitry Medvedev had launched Russia on a path to pariah status.
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/ 14 September 2008
A Russian Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed near the Ural mountains on Sunday, killing all 88 people on board, officials said.
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/ 12 September 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev likened Georgian military action to the September 11 attacks on the United States on Friday.
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/ 9 September 2008
Russia will keep its troops inside Georgian separatist regions for a long time and their presence is not affected by an agreement to pull out troops.
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/ 8 September 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a pledge from Russia on Monday to pull back all its troops from Georgia within a month.
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/ 8 September 2008
The 100 000th Land Rover Freelander 2 recently rolled off the company’s production line at Halewood on Merseyside, north west England.
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/ 6 September 2008
For Russia’s leadership, it seemed everything had gone right. But victory in Georgia has been undermined by an alarming flight of capital.
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/ 4 September 2008
Russia has warned that any Western moves to rearm Georgia could bring further instability, sharpening the stand-off between Moscow and Washington.
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/ 3 September 2008
Russia on Wednesday accused the US of stirring up instability in Georgia, hours after US Vice-President Dick Cheney landed in the region.
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/ 1 September 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger.
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/ 1 September 2008
Calls grew louder on Sunday for Russia to face greater international isolation because of its invasion and partition of Georgia
Vladimir Putin says US advisers were involved in the Georgian conflict and accused the White House of provoking the crisis to help the Republicans.
Russia accused the Group of Seven nations of ”bias” on Friday in a fresh attempt to counter condemnation of Russia’s actions in Georgia.
European Union leaders are considering imposing sanctions against Russia ahead of a summit on Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia.
Russia lashed out at the West on Wednesday for ratcheting up tensions in the Black Sea with an increased Nato naval presence.
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a big responsibility not to start a new Cold War.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday that Moscow had decided to recognise two rebel regions of Georgia as independent states.
Russia is on another collision course with the West after Russian MPs voted unanimously to back independence for Georgia’s two breakaway republics.
Russia decided on Monday to break off some trade agreements reached during negotiations to join the World Trade Organisation.
Russia warned on Wednesday that the signing of a United States-Poland missile defence deal will fuel a new arms race in Europe and beyond.
A Russian military column crossed from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday after Western governments raised pressure for a quick and full pull-out.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow on Monday that it was playing a dangerous game with the US and its Nato allies.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday promised a ”crushing response” to any attack on its citizens.
The risk of a new era of East-West confrontation triggered by Russia’s invasion of Georgia heightened on Friday.