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Iran’s embassy in Moscow says a Russian warship has freed eight Iranians who were seized along with suspected Somali pirates last week.
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A gas explosion tore through a Siberian apartment block early Sunday and sparked a fire that engulfed the building, killing eight people, including two children,...
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European workers feeling the pinch of the economic crisis rallied at May Day protests Friday from Moscow to Berlin to Istanbul.
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Workers rallied Friday in European cities to mark May Day, with tens of thousands of demonstrators across Russia supporting or slamming the government amid growing...
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Russia signed a deal with Georgia’s two breakaway regions Thursday giving Moscow the power to guard their borders.
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Russian news agencies, citing the nation’s Defense Ministry, say a Russian warship has seized a vessel with 29 suspected pirates on board off the coast of...
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Russia widened a ban Tuesday on meat imports from Mexico and some U.S. states, prompting objections from the United States, which noted that eating meat has nothing to...
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Russian news agencies cite one of the country’s deputy defense ministers as saying that more that 35,000 officers are to be fired in 2009 as part of sweeping...
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The Bolshoi Theater has announced the death of legendary Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova.
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The first full-format talks by Russia and the United States on devising a replacement for the START arms-reduction treaty will take place May 18-20 in Moscow.
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A former Yukos oil company lawyer who gave birth while serving a prison sentence for embezzlement and tax evasion was released along with her child from a prison...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday dismissed the country’s military intelligence chief, a veteran who was reportedly opposed to Kremlin plans for...
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The ruble dropped sharply in early afternoon trading Thursday as oil prices dipped below $42 a barrel and officials forecast a further devaluation of the Russian...
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The ruble barely moved against foreign currencies Friday morning despite the Central Bank’s decision to give the national currency more trading room, allowing as...
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The Central Bank attempted to draw a line under the battered ruble’s losses on Thursday, allowing an effective 10 percent devaluation of the national currency...
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Russia’s Central Bank says it will widen the ruble’s trading range to allow an effective 10 percent devaluation of the national currency.
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The ruble resumed its fall Thursday morning after a two-day break of substantial gains, as low oil prices and fears for the economy weighed once again on the volatile...
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The ruble strengthened for a second straight day on Wednesday, signaling a reprieve in the Russian currency’s steady devaluation against the dollar and the euro.
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Russia’s ruble took another big hit Monday morning, reaching a new historic low as the Central Bank continued a policy of controlled devaluation that has seen the...
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Russia’s ruble fell to its lowest point in more than a decade against the dollar Thursday as the Central Bank continued a policy of controlled devaluation.
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Russia’s Central Bank on Monday allowed its plummeting currency to drop further on the last day of trading before the long New Year’s holiday, ending a...
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Russia’s weakening ruble dropped to a new low Monday as the Central Bank allowed a sharp drop in the currency that has been battered by the global meltdown.
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The ruble dropped further on Monday as the Central Bank again eased its support of the Russian currency, under constant pressure from plunging oil prices and economic...
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The ruble dropped further on Monday as the Central Bank again eased its support of the Russian currency, under constant pressure from plunging oil prices and economic...
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The ruble ratcheted downward Thursday as the Russian Central Bank again loosened its defense of the currency, which is under constant pressure from declining oil prices...
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The ruble continued to fall Thursday as the Russian Central Bank again loosened its defense of the currency, which is under constant pressure from declining oil prices...
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The Russian Central Bank allowed the ruble to weaken by 1.2 percent against a dual-currency basket Wednesday, signaling Russia’s intentions to accelerate the...
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Russia’s Central Bank scaled back its defense of the ruble on Thursday for a fifth time in a month as sliding oil prices intensify pressure on both the economy...
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Russia’s Central Bank allowed the ruble to weaken on Friday for the fourth time in a month as Urals oil slipped below $40 a barrel.
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Russia’s Central Bank said Monday it has allowed the ruble to weaken by widening its trading band against other currencies, the second time it has done so in as...
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Russia’s Central Bank said Monday it has allowed the ruble to weaken by widening its trading band against other currencies. That is the second time in just two...
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Russia’s Central Bank said Friday it aims to let the ruble, whose value is now pegged to other currencies, float freely on currency markets in the next few...
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