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When Russia was under Communist reign, the Russians were deprived of democratic rights. After the collapse of the USSR, the Russians thought that at last they would get some respite from the iron grasp of the Communists and would choose their own...
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Some $50 billion in net capital is expected to flee Russia this year, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday.
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Russia will resume talks with China within days to secure $25 billion in loans for cash-strapped energy companies in exchange for long-term crude oil deliveries, a news...
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AP, Tbilisi
Both Georgia and Russia seriously violated international law during their war in August, rights group Amnesty International charged Tuesday.
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After the United States announced that it would go ahead and place a nuclear missile protection system in the former Soviet-satellites of Poland and Ukraine, the...
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AP, United Nations
Georgia’s U.N. ambassador Monday called for an international investigation to determine whether Georgia or Russia started the war in South Ossetia in August that...
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AP, Dresden
Russia’s chess team, hailed as the highest rated ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad, hit a bump Monday as 11th-seed Germany battled all four games against them...
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A Siberian appeal court is scheduled Tuesday to consider a ruling that could lead to the temporary seizure of Norwegian Telenor’s ownership in Vimpelcom,...
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A Russian court decided Monday not to ban reporters from the trial of three men accused in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya _ paving the way for an open...
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A Russian court has ruled that the trial of three men accused of involvement in the slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya be opened to the public.
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A court in the Russian capital has opened a preliminary hearing in the trial of three men accused of being involved in the slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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A new Kremlin-friendly party emerged Sunday in Russia, creating itself from the ashes of a once-leading opposition party and two smaller groups.
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AP, Washington
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is calling for talks with Barack Obama as soon as possible after the U.S. president-elect takes the oath of office.
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The leaders of the Group of 20 nations, including the world’s richest countries and such major developing economies as China, Brazil, India and Russia, issued a...
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AP, Dresden
Nineteenth-seed Norway upset 3rd-seed China in round three of the 38th Chess Olympiad on Saturday, while top-ranked Russia rolled on by beating Cuba 3.5-0.5.
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We all knew that it would happen just not so soon. But former Russian president and current prime minister Putin could be back in the job as the head of ‘Mother...
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AP, Nice
France’s U.S.-friendly president sent a clear message Friday to the next American administration: Plans for a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe are misguided,...
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AP, Moscow
A Russian diplomat says major world powers remain divided over new sanctions against Iran after a meeting on the nation’s nuclear program.
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AP, Chisinau
Russia and Ukraine should coordinate efforts in facing the global economic turmoil, given that enterprises in the two former Soviet republics were still economically...
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Russian stocks were mixed Friday, with one major exchange recovering some of the recent days’ massive losses as investors cheered the rally in U.S. markets and...
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AP, Nice
French President Nicolas Sarkozy undercut the American rationale for a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe on Friday by saying that the system would do nothing to...
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