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- Russia threatens to cut off gas to Ukraine
by Alexander Osipovich MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia's Gazprom will cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine on January 1 unless a new contract is signed, a company spokesman said on Saturday, making a threat that could affect deliveries to Europe. - Russia threatens to cut off gas to Ukraine: report
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia's Gazprom will cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine on January 1 unless a new contract is signed, a company spokesman said on Saturday, making a threat that could affect deliveries to Europe."We would like to avo... - New Russian sub ready for sea trials
SEVERODVINSK, Russia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The Russian navy is expected to start sea trials by the end of the year on the first of a new class of nuclear-powered submarines. The nuclear reactor of the Yury Dolgoruky is to be turned on b... - Russian State Duma OKs term limit reading
MOSCOW, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The State Duma of the Russian parliament voted 392-57 Friday in support of a third reading of a proposed presidential term limit increase. With 300 votes needed to pass the proposed amendments to the Russian ... - Russian MPs approve longer presidential terms
by Dario Thuburn MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill extending presidential terms, after a speech on the economy by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revived speculation over his political ambitions.... - Russian hate crimes kill 114 this year
MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- More than 100 people have died in Russia this year in incidents considered hate crimes, the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights said. The nongovernmental group said it has documented 269 hate crimes in Russia thro... - Putin vows to prevent a 'collapse' in Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday that the government would make sure that the burgeoning global economic crisis did not lead to another financial "collapse" in Russia."We will do everything that depends o... - Russia to send more warships to battle Somali pirates
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur MOGADISHU, (AFP) -- Russia announced Thursday it would send more warships to combat piracy in the waters around Somalia, as the Saudi owners... - Pregnant Russian inmate sparks e-petition
MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- More than 80,000 people have signed an Internet petition urging Russian President Dmitry Medvedev release an imprisoned pregnant lawyer. The lawyer, Svetlana Bakhmina, has served more than half of her 6 1/2-y... - Russia announces base staffing
MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Russia reports it has fully staffed two military bases established in Georgia's disputed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian army Gen. Nikolai Makarov told a Moscow news conference that each of t... - Russia investigates financial crisis reporting: report
MOSCOW, (AFP) -- Prosecutors are launching inquiries across Russia against media reporting on the financial crisis in a bid to stem growing concern about its impact, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday."It's not censorshi... - Russians, Georgians gather for fresh stab at talks
GENEVA, (AFP) -- Russian and Georgian delegates are to gather at the UN headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday in a fresh bid to tackle issues left over from their brief conflict after a previous attempt ended in failure.The European ... - Medvedev: Russia no parliamentary republic
MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says proposed amendments to the constitution will give parliament more oversight over ministers. The Duma, or lower house of parliament, approved the amendments last week on ... - Russia to increase uranium production
MOSCOW, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Russia's state-run uranium mining concern Atomredmetzoloto said it would increase uranium production to 3,841 tons this year. Proven uranium reserves in Russia have reached 545,000 metric tons, a 275 percent ... - Trial begins for murdered Russian journalist Politkovskaya
by Marina Lapenkova MOSCOW (AFP) -- Four men went on trial in Monday in connection with the murder of Russian journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, despite the failure of the ... - Trial starts into murder of Russian journalist Politkovskaya
by Marina Lapenkova MOSCOW (AFP) -- The trial opened Monday of four men charged over the 2006 murder of Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, despite the absence of the masterminds of the killing."We are beginning... - Russian ship thwarts pirate attack
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A Russian frigate prevented the seizure of a vessel flying the Saudi flag from being taken over by pirates off Somalia's coast Sunday, a Russian official said. Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo s... - Russian term-limit effort gains momentum
MOSCOW, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A proposal to increase the term limits for the Russian presidency and parliament was approved by the lower house Friday, its speaker said. State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov confirmed that the term-limit propos... - U.S. cool to Russian bid to drop missiles
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The United States has dismissed a Russian offer to abandon a plan for deploying missiles if the U.S. European defense shield is dropped, officials said. But a State Department spokesman said diplomatic of... - Russia to sell military jets to Indonesia
MOSCOW, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Russian arms export group, Rosoboronexport, has agreed to sell six Su-30 Flanker-C jet fighters to Indonesia, an official has confirmed. Nikolai Dimidyuk, Rosoboronexport special programs director, said t... - Belarus talks to Russia about missiles
MINSK, Belarus, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Belarusian government is in discussion with Russia on deploying missiles in Belarus that could strike targets in Europe, the country's president said. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to... - Russian parliament approves longer presidential terms
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday approved constitutional changes extending presidential terms... - Russia and Europe move closer on finance reform
NICE, France (AFP) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev was to meet Friday with European leaders to work towards a commo... - Russian parliament set to approve constitution change
by Nick Coleman MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia's parliament was expected on Friday to approve constitutional changes extending presidential term lengths, a move opponents suspect could lead to Vladimir Put... - Russian parliament to approve constitution change
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia's parliament was on Friday expected to approve constitutional changes extending presidential term lengths, a move analysts suspect could lead to Vladimir Putin returning to ... - Russia reaches out to Europe on crisis
by Catherine Triomphe CANNES, France (AFP) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev proposed a new partnership with the Europ... - Russia, Abkhazia in talks over naval base
MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Russia and Abkhazia are in talks that could lead to a permanent Russian naval presence in the disputed Georgian republic, an official said Thursday. RIA Novosti reported that Communist Party lawmaker and form... - Russia, EU to 'speak with one voice' on crisis: Medvedev
by Catherine Triomphe CANNES, France (AFP) -- President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia and the European Union w... - Russia, EU to 'speak with one voice' on crisis: Medvedev
by Catherine Triomphe CANNES, France (AFP) -- President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia and the European Union w... - 20 die in Russian sub mishap, sailor held
MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Twenty people died aboard the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa after a fire safety system was activated without permission, investigators said Thursday. Criminal charges have been brought against a member of t... - Russia, EU to 'speak with one voice' on crisis: Medvedev
by Catherine Triomphe CANNES, France (AFP) -- President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia and the European Union will "speak with one voice" on the financial crisis at a summit this weekend... - Russia, EU to 'speak with one voice' on crisis: Medvedev
by Catherine Triomphe CANNES, France (AFP) -- President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia and the European Union will "speak with one voice" on the financial crisis at a summit this weekend... - Russian president says he's staying on
MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday he intends to fill out his four-year term refuting media reports he might resign next year. Medvedev's intentions were called into question when he last week pr... - Official: Russia hopes for compromise
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Russia sees a possible compromise over plans for a controversial U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe, a Russian government source said Wednesday. A compromise is still possible, the source said, noti... - Russia to halt Iskander missile exports
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Russia will halt foreign sales of its new Iskander tactical missile systems until its own needs for them are fulfilled, an official said Wednesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced this month that... - Russia to reduce gas prices for Europe: report
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom will reduce the price it charges European nations for gas from next year, company head Alexei Miller said on Wednesday, quoted by RIA-Novosti news agency."It's absolutely clear ... - EU, Russia resume talks
BRUSSELS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The European Union and Russia are set to resume negotiations over a new partnership treaty, officials say. EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said it was in the EU's objective inte... - Russia contributes tents to flooded Nepal
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Russia has donated three multipurpose tents to use as field hospitals in flooded areas of Nepal, the United Nations' World Health Organization said Tuesday. The three pneumatic tents will be used to support... - Blind NASA engineer solves Russian problem
GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. space agency team led by a blind engineer built a system to receive data from a Soyuz spacecraft just days after Russia asked for assistance. National Aeronautics and Space Administration offi... - Russian submarine accident kills 20
by Vera Negdanova VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) -- Twenty people were killed and 22 injured in an accident on a Russian nuclea... - Freon killed 20 on Russian submarine
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Freon released by the unsanctioned use of a fire extinguishing system killed 20 people aboard a Russian submarine, officials said Sunday. The gas suffocated the victims aboard the nuclear sub, w... - At least 20 dead on Russian submarine
MOSCOW, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- More than 20 people were killed Saturday during the sea trial of a Russian nuclear submarine, officials said. The 21 people injured when the fire extinguishing system went off accidentally were transferred to ... - Georgia claims against Russia questioned
TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Georgia's claims of self defense against separatist and Russian aggression has been called into question by independent military observers, officials say. To the contrary, the accounts suggest that ... - Russian man accused of killing dying wife
STAVROPOL, Russia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A 32-year-old man in the Russian city of Stavropol killed his wife who was dying of cancer by strangling her with a phone cord, police allege. Police investigator Vitaly Batishchev said the unident... - U.S.shares defense plans with Russia
MOSCOW, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Moscow is studying new U.S. proposals aimed at easing Russia's concerns over a planned European missile shield, a foreign ministry official said Friday. U.S. Undersecretary of State John Rood said a new offer ... - Berlusconi: Italy to be Russian partner
MOSCOW, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in Russia on an official visit, said Thursday Italy is on track to become Russia's biggest trading partner. The trip was Berlusconi's first since Dmitry Medvedev becam... - 9 killed in Russian minibus blast
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A blast tore into a public minibus packed with students in a busy city square in Russia's Caucasus region Thursday, killing at least nine, investigators said. At least 40 people were wounded in t... - Bus blast kills at least eight in southern Russia
by Dina Teziyeva VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (AFP) -- At least eight people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide blast that ripped through a minibus in the southern Russi... - Eleven dead in southern Russia blast: report
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Eleven people were killed by a suspected terrorist blast that ripped through a minibus in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, secu... - Nine dead in suspected suicide blast in Russia
by Dina Teziyeva VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (AFP) -- Nine people were killed on Thursday by a suspected suicide blast that ripped apart a minibus in a busy square in the southern Russian city of Vladikavk...
