Russia jails military officer for spying for CIA
February 10th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian military district court Friday sentenced an engineer of the country's Plesetsk Space Centre to 13 years in prison on charges of state treason, ... Read more...
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Russia busted about 200 spies in 2011: Medvedev
February 7th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian counter-intelligence exposed 199 foreign spies in 2011, said President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday.It proves that "activity of [foreign] intelligence services is not decreasing", Medvedev said. ... Read more...
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UNSC draft on Syria sends unbalanced signal: Russia
February 5th, 2012 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Feb 5 (IANS) Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said he vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Syria because "it sends an unbalanced signal", and ... Read more...
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Russians rally as Medvedev offers reforms
February 4th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over a hundred thousand people braved the bitter cold at two major rallies in Moscow Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalisation ... Read more...
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Russia to build two space-defence missile plants
February 4th, 2012 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two plants to manufacture space-defence missiles will soon be built in Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said.The first in Nizhny Novgorod will employ ... Read more...
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Medvedev threatens to close extremist schools in Russia
January 31st, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to shut down schools and universities where inter-ethnic tensions take birth and where extremism was practised.Medvedev's remarks came during ... Read more...
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Medvedev hopes to run for president in future
January 25th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who decided against running in the March 4 presidential elections, said Wednesday that he might run again in the future.Medvedev, whose ... Read more...
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US, Russia to dispose of tonnes of weapon-grade plutonium
January 25th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) The US and Russia will dispose 34 tonnes of excess weapon-grade plutonium each that is enough material for approximately 17,000 nuclear weapons, RIA Novosti quoted a ... Read more...
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Russian parliamentary polls favoured ruling party: Observers
January 24th, 2012 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's parliamentary elections held in December were "slanted in favour of (ruling party) United Russia", says a report by election observers from the Parliamentary Assembly ... Read more...
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Human Rights Watch criticises Putin presidential bid
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the decision of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to run for presidency once again ruins "the prospect of much-needed ... Read more...
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Abbas pledges to continue peace talks with Israel
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Palestinian authorities are ready to continue peace talks with Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said."We'll continue the dialogue and we'll continue the talks because ... Read more...
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Palestine city names street after Medvedev
January 21st, 2012 - 9:48 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A street in the Palestinian city of Jericho has been named after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said."Residents of Jericho decided to ... Read more...
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Russia’s n-powered submarine to enter service by June
January 21st, 2012 - 7:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's newest nuclear-powered submarine -- the Yury Dolgoruky -- will be put into operation in the second quarter of the year, the shipbuilding group said.The ... Read more...
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Russia leader wants pot, prostitution made legal
January 20th, 2012 - 8:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A lawmaker in a city government in Russia has called on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to legalise prostitution and cannabis in his city in Russia's ... Read more...
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Russia to invite 700 foreign monitors for presidential vote
January 13th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will invite up to 700 foreign observers to monitor the presidential election in March, double the number compared to the last poll in 2008, ... Read more...
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Support for Putin on the rise, survey shows
January 13th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Support for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the presidency has grown by six percentage points to 48 percent in the past few weeks, state-run ... Read more...
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Russian president pardons 27 convicts
January 10th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In keeping with what has become a yearly tradition at Christmas, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has pardoned 27 convicts, serving various prison terms.Medvedev, who has ... Read more...
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Russian opposition needs two years to challenge Putin
January 7th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The opposition in Russia will only be able to put forward a presidential candidate popular enough to challenge Vladimir Putin "in one and half or ... Read more...
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Medvedev urges Russians to improve country
January 1st, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said 2011 was difficult but good for the country and called on Russians to unite efforts to make the country better."It ... Read more...
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India’s stand on ‘ban Gita’ case in Russia vindicated: Government
December 29th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With a court in the Russian city of Tomsk dismissing a 'ban the Gita' case Wednesday, the Indian government Thursday said its views that ... Read more...
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Russia owes rent on military bases: Kyrgyz president
December 29th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek, Dec 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has described Russia as a key strategic partner but claimed that Moscow had not paid rent for the past four years ... Read more...
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Medvedev appoints deputy PM
December 28th, 2011 - 7:30 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Vladislav Surkov as deputy prime minister.Surkov, 47, will be in charge of modernization issues. He was the presidential administration's ... Read more...
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Bulava missile ready to be deployed
December 27th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The flight tests of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile have been completed and it will now be adopted for service with the Russian Navy, President ... Read more...
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Russian military intelligence chief resigns
December 25th, 2011 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The chief of Russia's military intelligence GRU has resigned from his post, the Kommersant business daily reported.The 64-year-old Col. Gen. Alexander Shlyakhturov, who resigned Saturday, ... Read more...
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Thousands protest in Moscow demanding fresh vote
December 25th, 2011 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 29,000 protesters rallied in Moscow Saturday to demand new parliamentary elections in Russia.A long line of metal detectors were set up on the streets ... Read more...
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Gorbachev urges Russia election re-run
December 24th, 2011 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called for a re-run of Russia's disputed parliamentary elections.In an interview with the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, Gorbachev said ... Read more...
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Russia now world’s sixth largest economy: Medvedev
December 22nd, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is the world's sixth largest economy, President Dmitry Medvedev said in his state of the nation address Thursday."We have successfully overcome a very difficult ... Read more...
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Medvedev to make final state-of-the-nation address
December 22nd, 2011 - 4:41 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will Thursday deliver his last state-of-the-nation address to the federal assembly, an official said.In his speech, Medvedev will focus on specific ... Read more...
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BJP leaders gift Gita to Russian envoy (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Wednesday gifted copies of the Bhagavad Gita to Russia's Deputy Ambassador Denis Alipov here to protest the likely ban ... Read more...
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BJP writes to Medvedev against Gita ban
December 21st, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday sent a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev condemning the likely ban on Bhagavad Gita by a Siberian ... Read more...
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(After 2) Russia all set for an interesting presidential poll
December 21st, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The March 2012 presidential elections in Russia, which many think is a mere formality after President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced their ... Read more...
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Russia tests interceptor missile
December 21st, 2011 - 7:01 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has carried out a successful test of a short-range interceptor missile as a part of its effort to develop a domestic missile defence shield, ... Read more...
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Russia has five mn drug users: Official
December 20th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has about five million drug users, said the country's drug controls chief."We have about five million drug users," Viktor Ivanov, head of Russia's federal ... Read more...
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Hindus make last bid to save Bhagavad Gita from ban in Russia
December 19th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) In a last ditch effort to save Bhagavad Gita from a ban, as reported first by IANS, aghast Hindus in Russia appealed to the ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh, Medvedev hold their last summit (Postcard from Moscow)
December 18th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 18 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow for the 12th India-Russia summit with President Dmitry Medvedev was the fourth such interaction that the two ... Read more...
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