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Speculation that Dmitry Medvedev is keeping the Kremlin warm pending an inevitable Putin return in 2012 is subsiding
Russia denies bomber enters Japanese airspace
A Russian strategic bomber briefly entered Japanese airspace over the Pacific south of Tokyo early on Saturday morning, prompting 24 Japanese military aircraft to scramble,…
Russian envoy: ‘Now we really have a crisis’
The diplomatic stand-off with Russia entered a dangerous new phase on Wednesday as British officials denounced ”a pattern of intimidation” by Russia’s security services against…
UK warns Russia after council staff summoned
Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that any attempt to intimidate staff of its cultural arm was ”completely unacceptable” after Russia’s state security service summoned local…
Dozens of Russian bodies may be Stalin victims
Workers rebuilding a 19th-century Moscow house unearthed the remains of nearly three dozen people apparently dating back to the era of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s political…