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Thirteen fighters killed in Russian Caucasus
DAWN Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:14:02 GMT
Four of the militants were killed in Grozny in an operation commanded by Ramzan Kadyrov.
Vladimir Putin's televised heroics – in pictures
GUARDIAN Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:21:00 GMT
The Russian PM's recent discovery of two Greek urns in the Black Sea is just the latest example of his penchant for macho photo ops
Russian forests burn for second year
GUARDIAN Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:57:01 GMT
Lack of funding and equipment hampers efforts to prevent and extinguish fires despite pledges and threats from Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev Only a year ago Russia was overwhelmed by an exceptional heat wave, triggering hundreds of fires that destroyed thousands of hectares of woodland. Burning peat bogs around Moscow stifled the city in a thick cloud of bitter smoke. Now, Russia is burning again. Since the beginning of this year more than 1m hectares of forest have gone up in flames, or are still burning, outstripping the disastrous record of 2010. But the affected areas are more sparsely populated and far fewer people have been evacuated. The far north of Russia is among the areas that have suffered the most. During the last week of July, Arkhangelsk and the Komi republic had temperatures exceeding 35C. More than 80 fire outbreaks were reported. The far east has suffered too. At the beginning of August about 50 fires were raging, especially around Khabarovsk, Yakutsk.....
Richard Parks interview: Extreme therapy
GUARDIAN Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:04:02 GMT
When a brutal injury cut short his international rugby career, Richard Parks thought his world had collapsed. Then he discovered a way back, the longest imaginable. He tells Euan Ferguson about his incredible journey to the ends of the earth It's more than possible that Richard Parks is the nicest man I have ever met, or you will ever meet, and I do hope you get the chance. I use the word "nice" in its utterly best modern sense. In the vernacular of modern fame, you might expect a tall, tanned, good-looking former Welsh rugby international who is, when I first meet him in Cardiff, 12 frantic days away from setting the rather astonishing record of visiting both of Earth's poles and climbing the highest mountains on all seven continents within seven months, to carry a certain arrogance, hauteur; even some simple sway. Instead, he apologises for putting his bacon roll too close to my coffee, then tries to shrink into his seat and hide, nicely. This is the slowest-burn story of.......
Five drown in Moscow boat sinking
BBC Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:58:43 GMT
A pleasure boat sinks on the Moscow river in Russia's capital, drowning five people and leaving five more missing, officials say.
Ukraine: Former PM Tymoshenko spared detention
INDEPENDENT Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:00:01 GMT
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko yesterday survived an attempt by prosecutors to have her jailed during her trial.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 'last stories' will appear in English at last
GUARDIAN Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:07:17 GMT
Collection of innovative short stories reveals that the Russian writer was still experimenting in his final years A collection of nine short stories by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, described by scholars as ranking alongside his best work, is to be published in English for the first time. In one of the publishing events of the autumn, the collection will appear under the title Apricot Jam and Other Stories, fulfilling a long-held desire of the author that the work be available to the English-speaking world. The collection reveals that Solzhenitsyn was still experimenting with literary form towards the end of his life. Eight of the stories have two parts, which are conceived as pairs. Daniel J. Mahoney, a Solzhenitsyn scholar, said: "This was a new form that Solzhenitsyn, always a pioneer of new genres… called binary tales. They're two-part stories that are connected by a theme, even though there's a sharp contrast. They [each] range from 20 to 50 typed pages. Many of them highlight.....
Climate change ‘threatens peace’
BBC Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:20:40 GMT
Climate change poses a major threat to global security, a senior UN official warns, as the Security Council agrees a statement, despite Russian objections.
VIDEO: Soyuz rocket blasts of on mission
BBC Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:27:47 GMT
A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully inserted into orbit six US Globalstar 2 communications satellites, according to Russian state TV reports.
Russia neo-Nazis jailed for life
BBC Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:47:39 GMT
Five members of a neo-Nazi gang are jailed for life in Moscow for terrorism, extremism and the racially motivated murders of 27 people.
Russians blamed for lawyer death
BBC Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:49:05 GMT
An investigator and a prison chief in Russia obstructed the medical care to lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in police custody in 2009, a report says.
Russian moderate Muslims murdered
BBC Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:09:27 GMT
Concern grows for moderate Islamic figures in Russia's Dagestan region after an imam is shot days after the killing of an academic.
VIDEO: Inequality increases in Russia
BBC Sun, 29 May 2011 10:36:52 GMT
Twenty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever.
Ukrainian ex-premier questioned
BBC Tue, 24 May 2011 09:33:27 GMT
Ukrainian ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko, who is facing charges of abuse of office, is taken in for questioning in Kiev.
VIDEO: Will Putin run for Russian president?
BBC Thu, 19 May 2011 08:21:20 GMT
Is Vladimir Putin intending to reclaim the Russian presidency at next year's election, or will he back Dmitry Medvedev for a second term?
VIDEO: Will Medvedev run for president again?
BBC Wed, 18 May 2011 05:45:43 GMT
Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev is set to hold his first news conference since taking office.
VIDEO: Russia 'to reduce road accidents'
BBC Tue, 17 May 2011 06:36:41 GMT
Russian police say they are trying to reduce the number of people killed on the country's roads by a third by 2020.
Russia-NATO row over missile system
PRESSTV Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:16:31 GMT
The establishment of a missile system on the European soil remains an issue in Russia's talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, despite an agreement on the matter between the country and the United States. It seems like earlier optimism is fading into despair, following the two countries' proposal for cooperation in the field.
Ex-president charged in Ukraine
BBC Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:53:13 GMT
Ukrainian ex-President Leonid Kuchma says he has been charged, hours after being quizzed over the murder of a journalist in 2000.
Gaddafi nurse returns to Ukraine
BBC Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:15:15 GMT
A Ukrainian nurse described by a US diplomat as a "voluptuous blonde" confidante of Libya's Col Gaddafi returns to Kiev with other evacuees.
Key satellite launched in Russia
BBC Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:46:05 GMT
Russia launches one of the final satellites for a global navigation system intended to rival the Americans' GPS, after recent attempts failed.
Moscow airport bomb suspect named
GUARDIAN Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:07:18 GMT
Russian investigators believe Magomed Yevloyev, 20, carried out the suicide bomb attack at Domodedovo airport that killed 36 Russian authorities have named a suspected suicide bomber of Moscow's airport and arrested his teenage brother and sister, an official said on Wednesday. The 24 January bombing of Domodedovo airport was conducted by 20-year old Magomed Yevloyev, said an official working with Russia's top investigative agency in Ingushetia. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to publicly discuss the issue. Officials have previously said that the bomber was a 20-year old man from the Caucasus, but did not give his name. Chechen rebel warlord Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed 36 and injured more than 180. A court in Ingushetia's provincial capital, Magas, also ordered the arrest of Yevloyev's 15-year old brother and 16-year old sister, suspected of involvement in the attack, the official said on Wednesday. They..
Moscow bomb suspect siblings held
BBC Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:24:17 GMT
Russian officials say they have arrested the brother and sister of the suspected suicide bomber who attacked a Moscow airport last month.
Cracks deepen in Belarus's repressive regime | Mitchell Orenstein
GUARDIAN Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:59:01 GMT
President Lukashenko's brutal crackdown as his power fades is a cue for the west to engage with disaffected Belarusians As pro-democracy protests sweep the Arab world, Belarus, Europe's grim, quasi-Soviet redoubt, has taken a turn for the worse since President Alexander Lukashenko violently suppressed post-election demonstrations in December and imprisoned seven of the nine candidates who stood against him. But, as western governments – and the European Union in particular – respond, they should view Lukashenko's brutal crackdown as a major turning point: the moment when the regime could no longer claim popular support and was forced to confront the failure of its antediluvian socioeconomic model. Lukashenko's regime has rested on three pillars: a social contract that promises national independence and a guaranteed low income in exchange for tacit consent to dictatorial rule; a propaganda machine that reinforces the value and necessity of this deal; and a massive security........
US-Russia nuclear treaty is in force
BBC Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:39:42 GMT
A nuclear arms reduction treaty which has been a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's attempts to rebuild US relations with Russia has come into effect.
Moscow bombing deaths rise to 36
BBC Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:21:20 GMT
A 36th victim has died of injuries sustained in the Domodedovo airport bomb attack near Moscow, Russian officials say.
Concern over Russia protest arrests
BBC Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:32:11 GMT
The United States is expressing concern about the way Russia is treating opposition protesters following the arrest of dozens of demonstrators who had been demanding the ousting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Moscow to shut schools to fight flu
PRESSTV Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:47:10 GMT
Russian authorities have ordered primary and secondary schools in the capital Moscow and at least two other cities to shut down for a week in an effort to fight flu epidemics.
Moscow bomb 'linked to Islamists'
BBC Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:58:23 GMT
Bomb investigators believe a member of an Islamist group in southern Russia may be behind Monday's Moscow airport attack, which killed 35 people.
Moscow airport bomb investigation under way - video
GUARDIAN Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:33:17 GMT
International condemnation follows yesterday's suicide bombing. Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin offers help to the victims while Domodedovo airport authorities insist they could not have prevented the attack
Moscow airport 'breaches' blamed
BBC Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:29:11 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blames airport managers for "clear security breaches" and vows to hold them responsible for the deadly Moscow bombing.
Russia's industrial output jumps
BBC Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:44:20 GMT
Russia's industrial output increases by 8.2% last year after a fall of 9.3% in 2009, official data shows.
Blast rocks Moscow's main airport
BBC Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:07:01 GMT
Casualties are feared after an explosion is reported at Moscow's Domodedovo airport - the busiest in the Russian capital.
Russia blames the Poles for Lech Kaczynski plane crash
GUARDIAN Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:14:37 GMT
President of Poland and 95 others died because air force commander 'ordered pilots to land in bad conditions' Russian officials investigating the plane crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski have placed the blame squarely on the Poles, saying the crew was pressed to land in bad weather by an air force commander who had been drinking. Kaczynski and 95 others, including his wife, died in April 2010 when their plane crashed while trying to land in Smolensk, Russia. There were no survivors. Officials of Russia's interstate aviation commission, which investigates crashes in much of the former Soviet Union, said pilots were pressed to land by Poland's air force commander, who was in the cockpit. They said he had a blood-alcohol level of about 0.06%, enough to impair reasoning. The comments were made at a news conference announcing the final results of the investigation. The report found no fault with Russian air traffic controllers. That is likely to anger Polish........
Polish air crash report released
BBC Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:00:42 GMT
Russia hands Poland its report into the Smolensk air crash which killed the Polish president and nearly 100 other people.
Ex Russian deputy PM jailed for 15 days
BBC Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:51:03 GMT
One of Russia's most prominent opposition politicians, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, is sentenced to fifteen days in jail.
Russia-China oil pipeline opens
BBC Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:09:37 GMT
The first oil pipeline linking the world's biggest oil producer, Russia, and the world's biggest consumer of energy, China, begins operation.
Khodorkovsky facing new jail term
BBC Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:39:24 GMT
The judge at the second trial of imprisoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky rules out a suspended sentence.
Russian satellites space sackings
BBC Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:53:38 GMT
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev fires two space officials over a failed rocket launch that resulted in the loss of three satellites. It causes a set back for the country's efforts to rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
Scuffles amid Moscow flight chaos
BBC Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:35:02 GMT
Russia's president has asked for an inquiry after fighting broke out in one of Russia's main airports. Passengers were frustrated after unusually warm weather caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled.
Spain and Russia in spy scandal
BBC Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:11:45 GMT
Diplomats are expelled as a spy row breaks out between Spain and Russia just as they embark on new cultural exchanges.
Russia hits back at trial critics
BBC Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:50:51 GMT
Russia accuses Western nations of exerting "unacceptable" pressure over the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Moscow verdict
BBC Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:14:28 GMT
What tycoon Khodorkovsky's conviction says about Russia
Russia praises US on nuclear pact
BBC Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:22:37 GMT
Russia welcomes US approval of a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty and may ratify it too within weeks.
Russia warns US over nuclear treaty
BBC Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:47:13 GMT
Russia has warned US lawmakers that any change to the new nuclear arms disarmament treaty could destroy the pact
Russia jet lands as engines fail
BBC Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:47:51 GMT
A plane carrying about 150 people rolls off the runway after an emergency landing in Moscow, Russian media say, but there is no clear word on casualties.
Powell joins push on nuclear pact
BBC Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:14:12 GMT
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell presses the US Senate quickly to ratify a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
'Arms dealer' Bout arrives in US
BBC Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:05:52 GMT
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout arrives in New York, following his extradition from Thailand and a diplomatic row with Russia.
Arrests for Russian farm massacre
BBC Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:50:49 GMT
Russian police arrest three men for the murder of 12 people at a farm, a crime which shocked the country in its ferocity.
Paper names Russia 'double agent'
BBC Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:16:21 GMT
A Moscow newspaper names the Russian intelligence agent it claims helped the US break up a Russian spy ring last summer.
Georgia praises 'spy ring' find
BBC Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:28:26 GMT
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili praises the work of his country's security services after they expose an alleged Russian spy ring, reports the BBC's Tom Esslemont in Tbilisi.
Leading Russian reporter attacked
BBC Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:24:18 GMT
A leading Russian journalist is attacked outside his Moscow home in what police say was attempted murder.
Russia and US in Afghan drug raid
BBC Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:00:29 GMT
Russian and US agents have jointly destroyed drug laboratories in Afghanistan, the head of Russia's drug control agency says.
Vladimir Putin's 'black eye' sparks rumours
BBC Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:30:18 GMT
The sight of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with apparent bruising to his face sparks speculation about his health.
Gorbachev on Russia's problems
BBC Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:19:54 GMT
The former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has accused the ruling party, led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, of deviating from democracy to try to stay in power.
England 2018 make Russia protest
BBC Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:12:39 GMT
England's 2018 World Cup bid team is to lodge a complaint with Fifa about Russia bid leader Alexei Sorokin over comments he made about England.
Moscow mayor decision 'a formality'
BBC Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:59:02 GMT
After weeks of rumours and deliberations the Russian capital Moscow is about to get a new mayor.
Chechen parliament 'under attack'
BBC Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:07:58 GMT
The Chechen parliament has come under attack, with reports of fatalities, Russian news agencies say.
Does it matter that Britain lost a Russian nuclear submarine?
GUARDIAN Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:45:49 GMT
Britain scraps its 'spy in sky' plane shortly after military spies lost sight of a Russian nuclear submarine Britain's defence chiefs were said to have been deeply unamused when a Russian nuclear submarine slipped away from the gaze of our military spies. I wrote this morning about how the "layer cake" of surveillance lost the submarine last summer as it left the headquarters of the old Soviet northern fleet in Severomorsk near Murmansk. It was picked up three weeks later on patrol in the Atlantic. Does this matter? Rob Hewson, editor of Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, thinks not. This is what he told me: The fact that we cannot track a Russian missile submarine, of which there are very few not doing very much...Is that the big deal that it used to be? Liam Fox, the defence secretary, would disagree. He obviously thinks it is important to monitor the Russians with Britain's "spy in the sky". This is the Nimrod MR2 plane, operating from RAF Kinloss, that was due to be replaced by..
Russia blows up inflatable army
BBC Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:17:57 GMT
Steve Rosenberg blows up a tank as he investigates the Russian army's new range of inflatable decoys.
Army inflation, Russian-style
BBC Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:10:09 GMT
Ballistic missiles or bouncy castles? Russia uses blow-up weapons to deceive the enemy and save cash.
Court boost for Ukraine president
BBC Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:23:04 GMT
Ukraine's constitutional court boosts the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych by reversing a reform from 2004.
Moscow's Mayor Luzhkov dismissed
BBC Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:26:36 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signs a decree firing Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Russian news agencies report.
Russia boosts military cooperation with Israel
DAWN Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:15:15 PKT
MOSCOW: The defence ministers of Russia and Israel on Monday signed an agreement on military cooperation, hailing the unity between Moscow and the Jewish state. Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and visiting Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak did not give details on the nature of the deal, which came after disputes over Russian arms contracts in the Middle East. “I am sure the agreement we are signing today will give a new boost to our bilateral relations,” said Serdyukov, quoted by Russian news agencies. “Our views on many challenges of today are close or identical,” he said. “Primarily this concerns issues of terrorism and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.”Security ties “help prevent these threats,” he said. The show of unity came after strains between Russia and Israel over Russian arms sales to the Jewish state's major regional foes, Syria and Iran. Russian officials said earlier this year that Moscow was selling Syria MiG-29 fighter jets,.......
Dagestan car bombing kills five
BBC Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:31:15 GMT
A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five people and wounds at least 26 others.
Tower block collapses in Russia
BBC Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:48:36 GMT
People are feared to be buried after parts of a tower block collapsed in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Russia care home blaze kills nine
BBC Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:39:17 GMT
A fire that killed nine people in a Russian retirement home was probably started by one of the residents, investigators say.
Russia skinheads attack festival
BBC Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:58:05 GMT
More than 100 Russian skinheads have attacked a music festival in central Russia, reports say, injuring at least 10 people.
Spy attack
BBC Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:42:42 GMT
Why Russian 'illegals' like Anna Chapman are dangerous
Smog 'blanket' returns to Moscow
BBC Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:38:08 GMT
Moscow has been covered in a blanket of smog for the second time in a month, as the smoke from forest fires across Russia returned to the capital on Sunday.
US offers fire equipment to Russia
BBC Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:14:34 GMT
America has sent several planeloads of firefighting equipment to Russia, to help tackle the huge forest fires which continue to rage in parts of the country.
Russian wheat export ban executed
PRESSTV Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:16:51 GMT
A ban on exports of wheat and other grains has come into force in Russia, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops in the country.
Russia ban on grain export begins
BBC Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:45:04 GMT
A ban on grain exports imposed by Russia after wildfires devastated crops comes into force, a move likely to push up bread prices.
US and Russia in hijack plane exercise
BBC Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:56:37 GMT
The Russian Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command conduct their first joint air defence exercise - a simulated terrorist hijacking.
US warns citizens against Russia travel
PRESSTV Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:48:47 GMT
The US has authorized the departure of non-essential embassy staff from Russia, because of raging wildfires and extreme heat across the country.
Smog 'doubles' Moscow death rate
ALJAZEERA Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:59:38 GMT
Mortality rate in Russian capital surges as wildfires blanket city with toxic smoke.
BP to sell Russia assets for spill costs
PRESSTV Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:33:10 GMT
BP's new chief executive has met with senior Russian officials to discuss selling part of the company's vast assets in the country to raise funds for its Gulf of Mexico cleanup bill.
Russia fire death toll reaches 48
BBC Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:22:30 GMT
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev interrupts his holiday to hold crisis talks on spreading wildfires as the death toll reaches 48.
Russia to lose $13 bln over sanctions
PRESSTV Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:00:47 GMT
Sanctions imposed against Iran over its peaceful nuclear plans will cost Russia up to $13 billion in losses over its arms deals with Tehran, a Russian think tank says.
Fires spreading in parched Russia
BBC Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:25:45 GMT
Russia sends more forces to fight wildfires still raging across a vast area east and south of Moscow.
Chechen warlord steps down
PRESSTV Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:38:10 GMT
Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has stepped down from his post and appointed a successor to fight Russia's central rule in the North Caucasus.
US woman held over 'Russian arms'
BBC Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:52:41 GMT
A 24-year-old beautician has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle night-vision rifle scopes from the US to Russia.
Fatal blast at Russia power plant
BBC Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:57:44 GMT
Two people have been killed by an explosion at a hydroelectric power station in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, reports say.
Russians convicted over art show
BBC Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:05:25 GMT
Two men who organised a controversial art exhibition in Moscow are found guilty of inciting hatred.
Growing talk of US-Russia 'swap'
BBC Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:03:15 GMT
Speculation grows that the US and Russia are preparing a Cold War-style prisoner swap as 10 suspected spies face US charges.
A rocky road for US-Russian relations | Ruth Collins
GUARDIAN Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:00:53 GMT
The timing of Medvedev's visit, the spy ring arrests and Clinton's tour couldn't have been more telling about US-Russian relations It's been a rocky road for US-Russian relations over the past few weeks. The light-hearted images of Presidents Obama and Medvedev chomping on cheeseburgers in Washington brought some hope of a new era of reconciliation. Yet the arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the US only days later and the US secretary of state's tour of eastern Europe and the South Caucasus have done more than enough to question whether relations have truly been "re-set". Arms control was one of the most controversial issues raised throughout Hillary Clinton's recent five-day tour of the Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Last April, as a sign towards improved US-Russia relations, Obama and Medvedev signed an arms control treaty that would see both countries cut their nuclear arsenals by a third by 2017. However, Russia said then that it was prepared to........
Blast at Siberian base kills six people
PRESSTV Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:03:10 GMT
Six people have been killed in an accidental explosion at a Russian military firing range in southern Siberia, Interfax news agency reports.
Polish presidential election: Komorowski holds off Kaczynski
GUARDIAN Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:31:52 GMT
Interim leader stays ahead despite last-minute surge in support for late Polish president's twin brother, exit polls show Poland's interim leader, Bronislaw Komorowski, appears to have held off a last-minute surge of voter support for the twin brother of the late president, whose death in a plane crash forced yesterday's early election. Exit polls showed Komorowski with a slight edge over Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who essentially conceded defeat in the presidential run-off by declaring before supporters: "I congratulate the winner". A poll released yesterday by the TNS OBOP institute predicted Komorowski winning 53.1% of the vote, and Kaczynski winning 46.9%. A separate poll, by Millward Brown SMG/KRC, showed Komorowski with nearly 52% and Kaczynski with just over 48%. Official results based on 95% of polling stations reporting appeared to bear out the exit polls. They showed that Komorowski won 52.63% of the vote and Kaczynski 47.37%, the state electoral commission said early this...
Poland election: Kaczynski set to lose, exit polls show
GUARDIAN Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:53:47 GMT
Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced yesterday's early election. Exit polls showed Komorowski with a slight edge over Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who essentially conceded defeat in the presidential runoff by declaring before supporters: "I congratulate the winner." A poll released by the TNS OBOP institute predicted Komorowski winning 53.1% of the vote and Kaczynski winning 46.9%. A separate poll, by Millward Brown SMG/KRC, shows Komorowski with nearly 52% and Kaczynski with just over 48%. Komorowski, who wants to smooth the way for the government to continue privatising state-run companies and trim welfare benefits, did not formally claim victory, noting that.....
Poland holds run-off election
PRESSTV Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:36:15 GMT
Polish voters go to the poll in an election run-off to elect a new president after the death of former president Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash in Russia.
Russian press says Obama, Kremlin don't want spy row
BBC Wed, 30 Jun 10 11:24:24 BST
Russian press commentators think that neither the United States nor Russia want the latest spy row to damage relations, and suspect anti-Russian elements in the US security services of trying to frustrate rapprochement.
Russia rejects US spy allegations
BBC Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:32:06 GMT
Allegations of a Russian spy ring in the US are baseless and a throwback to the Cold War, Moscow's foreign ministry says.
US arrests 10 for spying for Russia
PRESSTV Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:17:04 GMT
US authorities have detained ten people on charges of carrying out espionage activities in the United States for Russia, a Justice Department report says.
Russia resumes Belarus gas shipments‎
PRESSTV Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:19:20 GMT
Russia has restarted a steady flow of gas to Belarus as the two reach a compromise on a gas row due to the latter's outstanding energy debts.
Russia cuts Belarus gas supply by 60%
PRESSTV Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:14:55 GMT
Chief executive of Russia's gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, says that Russia has cut Belarus's gas supply by 60 percent.
Russia cuts gas supply to Belarus
PRESSTV Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:40:46 GMT
Russian energy giant Gazprom has reduced gas supplies to Belarus by 30 percent of the planned volume after Minsk defaulted on its debt to the company.
Belarus 'to cut Europe gas flow'
BBC Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:07:20 GMT
Belarus says it will suspend Russian transit gas deliveries to Europe after Moscow cut supplies in a dispute over payments.
Russian banker wants to buy Le Monde
PRESSTV Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:48:47 GMT
A Russian banker has offered a bid for the French newspaperLe Monde, which is plagued by a debt of at least $120 million.
Belarus to pay Russian gas debt
BBC Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:58:37 GMT
Belarus says it will settle its gas debts to Russia within two weeks, after it started cutting supplies in a dispute over payments.
Russia, Belarus row threatens Europe
PRESSTV Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:10:43 GMT
The Russian President has told the gas giant, Gazprom, to reduce gas supplies to Belarus by 85 percent, a move which is feared to affect Europe's gas supplies.
Poland rejects Jaroslaw Kaczynski as exit polls give Bronislaw Komorowski lead in presidential election
GUARDIAN Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:22:28 GMT
Contest fought in shadow of air accident at Smolensk in April in which Kaczynski's twin brother died Poland's recent national tragedy produced an election yesterday in which the former prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, failed to make a comeback by succeeding his late twin brother as president, two months after the latter was killed in an air crash along with many others of the Polish elite. According to various exit polls for TV stations, the frontrunner, Bronislaw Komorowski of the governing Civic Platform party, won a lead of between 5 and 12 points over Kaczynski, although the contest goes to a second round on 4 July, as Komorowski did not get the 50% needed to win outright. Eight others who stood yesterday will drop out, and Komorowski is expected to benefit from the left's vote which was better than expected, on a predicted 15%. The election came four months early, fought in the shadow of the air accident at Smolensk on 10 April, when a plane crashed in heavy fog while...
Clashes claim 14 in Russia's Dagestan
PRESSTV Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:38:23 GMT
A new round of clashes in Russia's Dagestan region in the North Caucasus has left at least 14 people dead, including four police officers.
Violence at Dagestan police station
PRESSTV Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:47:52 GMT
Two police officers have been killed and another wounded in an attack by gunmen on a police station in the Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say.
Kyrgyzstan calls for Russian help to end ethnic riots
GUARDIAN Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:02:48 GMT
Interim leader calls on Russian president to send troops to southern Kyrgyzstan as Osh death toll reaches 65 A desperate Kyrgyzstan today asked Russia to send its army to the south of the country after another day of clashes in the city of Osh, where at least 65 people have been killed and 850 wounded in three days of ethnic rioting. Kyrgyzstan's interim leader, Rosa Otunbaeva, called on Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, to intervene militarily. Admitting that her government had lost control of the situation in the volatile south, she said outside forces were needed to restore order. The Kremlin said it had no immediate plans to send troops, describing the riots as an internal conflict. Any prospect of a large-scale Russian military intervention is likely to concern the White House, whose Manas airbase near Kyrgyzstan's capital of Bishkek is a crucial supply post for US forces fighting in nearby Afghanistan. Moscow has its own military airbase near Bishkek. Russian........
Kyrgyzstan appeals for Russian troops
PRESSTV Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:54:11 GMT
Kyrgyzstan's interim government says it is appealing to Russia for peacekeepers to calm the situation in the south of the country.
Kyrgyzstan appeals for Russian help
ALJAZEERA Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:35:21 GMT
Interim government seeks military aid as ethnic Uzbeks flee deadly violence.
Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to help quell ethnic clashes
INDEPENDENT Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:50:04 GMT
Kyrgyzstan appealed for Russian help today to stop ethnic conflict that has killed at least 50 and left parts of its second-largest city in flames, the worst violence since the president was toppled in April.
Shaun Walker: Why this far-flung republic is on West's radar
INDEPENDENT Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:00:01 GMT
Kyrgyzstan is not at the top of most people's geopolitical radars. It does not have an abundance of natural resources like neighbouring Kazakhstan, and it has little trade with the West. Britain doesn't even have an embassy in the country.
Russian party slams Moscow over Iran
PRESSTV Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:59:29 GMT
A Russian political party has condemned Moscow's yes vote to a United Nations Security Council resolution against Iran over Tehran's nuclear program.
Russia says no to unilateral sanctions
PRESSTV Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:19:19 GMT
Russia has warned against imposing unilateral sanctions against Iran, saying that any such move would be "unacceptable."
'Russians stole' from Polish wreck
BBC Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:33:04 GMT
Polish officials claim credit cards were stolen from a passenger killed when the Polish president's plane crashed in Russia.
EU, Russia examine visa deal
PRESSTV Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:46:26 GMT
In a move to facilitate the business and tourism, Russia has proposed the European Union member states to scrap the reciprocal visa requirements.
Russia proposes visa deal with EU
BBC Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:46:18 GMT
Russia proposes scrapping reciprocal visa requirement with the EU, saying it wants to make life easier for business and tourism.
Russian opposition holds demos
PRESSTV Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:30:41 GMT
Russian police have broken up opposition protests held in defense of the constitutional guarantee of the freedom of assembly in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Putin's 'democracy' is wrapped in an iron fist
INDEPENDENT Mon, 31 May 2010 23:00:01 GMT
Moscow police ruthlessly crushed one of the largest opposition protests of recent years yesterday evening, just two days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had said that similar rallies should be allowed to take place.
Violence in Dagestan leaves 3 dead
PRESSTV Sat, 29 May 2010 07:08:22 GMT
Three people have been killed after a gun battle erupted between security forces and suspected fighters in the Russian republic of Dagestan.
Robert Fisk: Power to change
INDEPENDENT 27 May 2010
If America can't broker peace in the Middle East, is it time for the Russians to step in? They have a long history with the region – and aren't hobbled by an Israeli lobby
US to unveil missiles in Poland
BBC Wed, 26 May 2010 11:52:08 GMT
A temporary battery of US Patriot missiles is to be unveiled in Poland - a move criticised by Russia.
Visiting Medvedev courts Ukraine
BBC Mon, 17 May 2010 04:06:33 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is due in Ukraine for a visit Moscow hopes will boost improving bilateral ties.
Israel 'to blame' for Russia-Syria deal
PRESSTV Sun, 16 May 2010 14:13:38 GMT
A report says Israeli political officials hold the Defense Ministry responsible for the 'unwelcome' military cooperation between Russia and Syria.
Russian jailed for spying for US
BBC Thu, 13 May 10 11:23:50 BST
A Moscow court sentences a Russian national to four years in jail for sending secret Russian military maps to the Pentagon.
Eight killed in Russia's Dagestan
PRESSTV Thu, 13 May 2010 09:22:45 GMT
An attack has killed at least eight people in Sergokala district in Russia's North Caucasus province of Dagestan, according to a Russian news agency.
Russia sentences US spy to jail term
PRESSTV Thu, 13 May 2010 08:11:42 GMT
A Russian citizen has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of spying for the United States in order to deepen discords between the two countries.
Several killed in Dagestan attack
BBC Thu, 13 May 10 09:06:13 BST
At least seven people have been killed in an attack in Russia's southern region of Dagestan, officials and local media say.
Suicide blast hits base in Dagestan
PRESSTV Sun, 09 May 2010 07:37:37 GMT
Two people have been killed during a car bomb attack on a military base in Kaspiysk, a town in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
Foreign troops join Russia parade
BBC Sun, 09 May 2010 07:55:44 GMT
Troops from four Nato countries take part for the first time in Russia's Red Square parade to mark victory in WWII.
Foreign troops join Russia parade
BBC Sun, 09 May 2010 06:11:55 GMT
Troops from four Nato countries take part in Russia's parade to mark victory in WWII for the first time.
Eight killed in Siberian mine blasts
PRESSTV Sun, 09 May 2010 00:59:43 GMT
Dozens of Russian miners are trapped in Siberia's largest coal mine after two blasts within hours made rescue work almost impossible.
Russia to sell weapons to NATO
PRESSTV Tue, 04 May 2010 23:31:44 GMT
Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin has said Moscow is tying helicopter supplies to Afghanistan with permission to sell arms to NATO countries.
'Gas merger with Russia a joke'
PRESSTV Sat, 01 May 2010 04:45:27 GMT
The former Ukrainian premier says the idea of a merger of the country's state-owned gas company with the Russian Gazprom could destroy Ukraine's sovereignty.
Norway agrees border with Russia
BBC Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:27:32 GMT
Russia and Norway resolve a long-running dispute over an Arctic border in the reource-rich Barents Sea.
Smoke fills Ukrainian parliament
BBC Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:34:43 GMT
A smoke bomb is thrown in the Ukrainian parliament amid protests over Kiev's extension of the lease for Russia's Black Sea fleet.
Austria, Russia sign South Stream deal
PRESSTV Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:54:47 GMT
Moscow and Vienna have signed an agreement for the construction of the Austrian section of the South Stream gas pipeline.
Russia to invest $5bn in Malaysia
PRESSTV Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:48:08 GMT
A Russian aircraft maker has decided to build a five billion dollar research facility for the defense and aerospace industries of Malaysia.
Peru to buy Russian helicopters
PRESSTV Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:26:04 GMT
In a new campaign to battle drug traffickers, the Peruvian government has decided to buy eight Russian-built helicopters.
Kyrgyzstan extends US base lease
BBC Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:56:36 GMT
The Kyrgyz government says it will extend the US air base lease, a day after ousted leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev resigned.
Mourning for victims of the Polish plane crash
GUARDIAN Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:20:56 GMT
Around the world, people mourn the deaths of the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and dozens of officials in a plane crash
Poland in tribute for president
BBC Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:03:55 GMT
Poland holds a two-minute tribute for President Lech Kaczynski and other senior figures killed in a plane crash in Russia.
Polish president dies in air crash
ALJAZEERA Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:04:57 GMT
Russian authorities report no surivors in plane crash near Smolensk airport in Russia.
Polish president 'in plane crash'
BBC Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:08:01 GMT
Officials say a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski has crashed in Russia, reportedly killing everyone on board.
Polish president’s plane crashes in Russia, 87 dead
DAWN Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:43:17 PKT
A plane flying from Warsaw crashed near its intended destination in Smolensk, Russia’s official news agency said.
Plane of Polish president crashes
PRESSTV Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:26:33 GMT
The plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski has crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia, Polish airport officials say.
Polish president 'in plane crash'
BBC Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:39:35 GMT
Officials say a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski has crashed in Russia, but give no details of survivors.
Kyrgyzstan unrest victims buried
BBC Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:21:29 GMT
Thousands of mourners attend funeral ceremonies for some of the nearly 80 people killed in an uprising against the president.
Kyrgyzstan buries its dead, as US halts troop flights
INDEPENDENT Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:15:39 GMT
Kyrgyzstan today buried several of those killed in the overthrow of the government, while security concerns prompted the US military to halt troop flights from its base in the Central Asian state.
Kyrgyzstan holds day of mourning
BBC Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:57:55 GMT
Crowds gather in central Bishkek to mourn more than 70 victims of the violence that ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Kyrgyzstan capital bloodied, looted and chaotic after overthrow of Bakiyev
GUARDIAN Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:21:46 GMT
• Shock at level of violence in Bishkek as protesters oust ruler
Kyrgyzstan crisis: 'The main government building is smouldering'
GUARDIAN Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:04:24 GMT
Luke Harding reports from Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, where rioting and looting has accompanied the overthrow of the government Luke Harding
US military base in Kyrgyzstan 'closed' amid riots
PRESSTV Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:33:29 GMT
US military flights from a base north of the Kyrgyz capital have been suspended after authorities closed the airport amid anti-government riots.

The US depends on the Kyrgyz base to ferry troops, fuel and weapons for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.
Kyrgyzstan's anger boils over
BBC Wed, 7 Apr 10 23:47:02 BST
Nationwide rallies were planned for Kyrgyzstan but no-one expected how events would unfold, writes the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie.
Kyrgyz opposition leader to run gov't for 6 months
PRESSTV Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:52:07 GMT
Kyrgyzstan's opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will head an interim government for six months, as the government has been reportedly ousted in a violent revolt.
President flees as gangs go on the rampage in Kyrgyzstan
INDEPENDENT Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:00:01 GMT
The central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan was in complete chaos last night as the President fled the capital after violent clashes between police and protesters left up to 100 dead. The city of Bishkek saw anarchy as mobs overran riot police, seized their weapons and stormed government buildings.
Ingushetia hit by suicide attack
BBC Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:03:28 GMT
A suicide attacker kills two police officers in Ingushetia, in the latest bombing to hit Russia.
Secret world of Vietnamese workers in Russia
BBC Sun, 4 Apr 10 00:06:58 BST
Thousands of Vietnamese who left home to work in Russian factories are facing difficult times, the BBC's Hung Nguyen reports.
Poll: 73% of Russians view US as aggressor
PRESSTV Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:29:13 GMT
Almost three-quarters of Russians view the US as an "aggressor" seeking world domination, according to an opinion poll released by Levada Center polling agency.
Putin: Russia could back UN sanctions against Iran
HAARETZ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:52:41 GMT+02:00
UN resolution 'possible', Russian prime minister tells Hillary Clinton in Moscow.
Ex-director of Yukos subsidiary sentenced to 12 years
PRESSTV Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:29:30 GMT
A Moscow court has sentenced the former director of a production subsidiary of the defunct Russian oil company Yukos to 12 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement.
Police arrest 69 in 'Georgian mafia' raids
INDEPENDENT Tue, 16 Mar 2010
MADRID Police arrested 69 people across Europe yesterday in raids targeting suspected Georgian mafia members. Spanish police said 24 people were arrested in Spain, in the eastern Catalonia and Valencia regions, in the Basque region in the north and in the central region of Guadalajara, as part of Operation Java. Spain co-ordinated the European raids. The detainees are suspected of crimes that in include money-laundering, drug trafficking and weapons possession. Spain's Cadena Ser radio station said raids were also conducted in France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. AP
Russia condemns Georgia TV hoax
BBC Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:59:22 GMT
Russia condemns as "irresponsible and immoral" a Georgian TV hoax about a pretend Russian invasion.
Georgia opposition irate over fake 'terror' newscast
PRESSTV Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:41:16 GMT
Opposition politicians in Georgia have criticized the government over approving a hoax television broadcast of a simulated Russian invasion that sparked widespread panic.
European crackdown on Georgian gang
ALJAZEERA Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:37:35 GMT
At least 60 suspected members of a mafia group arrested in six European countries.
US and Russia 'near' nuclear deal
BBC Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:48:40 GMT
Russia and the US are close to concluding a new nuclear disarmament treaty, officials in Washington and Moscow say.
Panic in Georgia as bogus TV report says Russia has invaded
BBC Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:38:34 GMT
Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report says Russian tanks have invaded and the country's president was dead.
Inside the mind of a Russian hacker
BBC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:40:40 GMT
BBC News travels between Siberia and Cyberspace to uncover why Russia is the home of hacking.
Ukraine leader 'forms coalition'
BBC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:32:49 GMT
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's party forms a coalition that can now nominate a government, the parliament speaker says.
Vladimir Putin in key India visit
BBC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:16:40 GMT
Russian PM Vladimir Putin arrives in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts
Gunman attacks Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul
PRESSTV Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:28:35 GMT
Turkish security forces have shot and wounded a man after he opened fire, trying to enter the Ukrainian Consulate in Istanbul's Bakirkoy Senlikoy neighborhood.
Man shot at consulate in Turkey
BBC Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:22:05 GMT
A security guard at Ukraine's mission in Istanbul shoots a man who claimed to be armed and carrying a bomb, media reports say.
Tymoshenko ousted as Ukraine premier
PRESSTV Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:34:54 GMT
The Parliament in Ukraine has voted to dismantle the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, forcing the President-elect Viktor Yanukovich to hammer out a coalition in the parliament.
Ukraine prime minister ousted in no-confidence vote
GUARDIAN Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:18:59 GMT
• Yulia Tymoshenko's Orange coalition dissolves • Viktor Yanukovych likely to form new coalition The Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, was ousted in a parliamentary vote of no confidence today, sounding the death knell for the Orange coalition that emerged from the 2004 revolution. Tymoshenko, defeated in recent presidential elections by her Orange nemesis Viktor Yanukovych, was removed when deputies mustered 243 votes in favour of a no-confidence resolution in the 450-seat chamber. Yanukovych's Regions party will seek to form its own coalition within 30 days and a government within 60, or face a snap parliamentary election. The president's party is the biggest bloc in the chamber with 171 seats but is well short of the required 226 majority. Mykola Azarov, a former finance minister and a likely candidate for the prime minister's post, said: "The talks are not simple but I think they will be finalised in the coming days." Even if Yanukovych succeeds in stitching together a coalition, the fractious nature of Ukraine's parliament and the limited powers of the presidency mean the country, which is split between a Russia-leaning east and south and a western-friendly west and centre, could face further political instability at a time when the economy, which contracted by 15% last year, requires urgent attention. Despite losing the 7 February presidential election, Tymoshenko had resisted pressure to quit. But her majority has evaporated as smaller coalition allies switched their allegiance in recent weeks. Yulia Tymoshenko Viktor Yanukovych Ukraine guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Tymoshenko loses conbfidence vote
BBC Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:55:57 GMT
Ukraine's parliament passes a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's government.
Russia searches soul over Olympic failure
BBC Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:36:02 GMT
Russia has been in deep gloom since recording its worst ever Winter Olympic results. It has a massive job to prepare for its own Olympics in four years' time, says the BBC's Richard Galpin.
Ukraine ruling alliance collapses
BBC Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:36:37 GMT
The ruling coalition of Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko has disintegrated, says the speaker of parliament.
Russia-Georgia crossing reopens
BBC Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:49:10 GMT
Russia and Georgia reopen a border crossing that has been closed since July 2006, officials say.
Yanukovych sworn in as Ukraine president
PRESSTV Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:49:10 GMT
Viktor Yanukovych has sworn in as Ukraine's new president, amid speculations that he will seek closer ties with Moscow.
'Occupiers responsible for heroin surge in Russia'
PRESSTV Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:15:31 GMT
The head of Russia's federal drug control agency has lambasted the US-led forces for failing to stamp out drug production in Afghanistan.
New Ukraine leader to be sworn in
BBC Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:10:53 GMT
Viktor Yanukovych is to be sworn in as Ukraine's new president, despite complaints from his main rival, PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
Clinton invites Russia to cooperate closely with Nato
DAWN Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:24:53 PKT
“We want a cooperative Nato-Russia relationship that draws Nato and Russia closer together,” Hillary Clinton said.
US tries to allay Russian concerns on NATO
PRESSTV Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:10:25 GMT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has assured Russia that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would not harm Moscow's security interests.
Ukrainian poll result suspended
BBC Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:26:55 GMT
A Ukrainian court suspends the result of the recent presidential election, following a challenge by loser Yulia Tymoshenko.
Yanukovych's ex-rival may become PM
PRESSTV Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:43:49 GMT
Ukraine's President-elect Viktor Yanukovich says he may appoint his former rival in presidential election Sergey Tigipko as the new Prime Minister.
Steel magnate Lisin tops Russian rich list
PRESSTV Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:16:14 GMT
Russian steel magnate Vladimir Lisin grabs the top place for his country's richest citizens with a personal wealth of $18.8 billion.
Russia queries Bulgaria's bid to join US missile plan
PRESSTV Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:23:38 GMT
Russia awaits Bulgaria's explanation for its stated plan to join the new US missile system in Europe, Russia's top diplomat declared.
World leaders congratulate Ukraine's Yanukovych
PRESSTV Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:49:48 GMT
World leaders applauded the unofficial winner of Ukraine's presidential elections, Viktor Yanukovych, in an apparent attempt to force Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat.
Ukraine's PM Tymoshenko defiant
BBC Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:48:22 GMT
Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko holds a cabinet meeting, defying calls by presidential election winner Viktor Yanukovych to quit.
Yanukovych urges rival to concede
BBC Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:28:35 GMT
Viktor Yanukovych, winner of Ukraine's presidential election, calls on rival Yulia Tymoshenko to abandon her protests and resign as PM.
Press says election proves Ukraine divide
BBC Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:35:49 GMT
Ukrainian press commentators have endorsed Viktor Yanukovych's slender victory over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Sunday's presidential elections as the result of a fair election.
Defiant Tymoshenko to fight vote result
PRESSTV Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:43 GMT
Defeated Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko says she 'will never recognize' the victory of her rival Viktor Yanukovich and will challenge the results.
Tymoshenko bloc to contest result
BBC Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:51:26 GMT
Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc says it will contest the conduct of Ukraine's presidential vote in court after her reported defeat.
Yanukovych claims election 'fair'
INDEPENDENT Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Supporters of the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych danced in the snow in Kiev yesterday, celebrating the victory of their candidate in the Ukrainian presidential election, as international monitors praised the vote as free and fair.
Yanukovich claims victory in Ukraine run-off
PRESSTV Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:48:28 GMT
Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich has claimed victory in the country's presidential run-off vote, while rival Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede.
Ukraine votes in run-off presidential election
PRESSTV Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:15:02 GMT
Ukrainians head to the polls in the country's run-off presidential election amid bitter rivalry between Premier Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych.
Ukraine braces for run-off poll
BBC Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:12:03 GMT
Ukrainians are to vote in a presidential election run-off, after a bruising campaign and warnings of mass street protests.
Putin invites Tusk to Katyn event
BBC Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:05:04 GMT
Russian PM Vladimir Putin invites his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, to a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.
Accusations fly ahead of Ukrainian election
PRESSTV Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:15:32 GMT
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused her presidential run-off rival Viktor Yanukovich of 'cowardice' after he refused to face her in a televised debate.
Georgia Russian-language TV channel has troubled start
BBC Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:06:32 GMT
Georgia's attempt to create a Russian-language news channel has got off to an inauspicious start, reports the BBC's Tom Esslemont from Tbilisi.
Ukraine PM attacks 'coward' rival
INDEPENDENT Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko relished a solo performance on television last night, heaping insults on arch foe Viktor Yanukovych after he shunned a prime-time debate with her ahead of a presidential run-off.
Georgian TV 'blocked by Russia'
BBC Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:24:27 GMT
Georgia accuses Russia of forcing a French satellite operator to drop its new news channel - a claim denied by the French.
Grenade attack on Ingush ministry
BBC Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:04:02 GMT
Attackers fire grenades at the interior ministry in Russia's restive North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, killing at least one policeman.
Russia sells nearly $2 billion in arms to Libya
PRESSTV Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:27:23 GMT
Russia has signed a deal with Libya to provide nearly $2 billion in arms to the North African nation, Russian state media reported Saturday.
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