Inquest into Russian spy’s death to begin in 2013
September 21st, 2012 - 5:06 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An inquest into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was allegedly poisoned to death in London in 2006, will open in 2013, ... Read more...
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KGB veteran shoots neighbour
August 29th, 2012 - 7:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS) An 81-year-old former officer of Russian intelligence agency KGB allegedly shot at a neighbour and another man after a petty dispute over a misplaced fence, RIA ... Read more...
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Russia dismisses West’s Pussy Riot criticism
August 23rd, 2012 - 3:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow has lashed out at the West over its criticism of the Pussy Riot case and the lack of freedom of artistic expression in ... Read more...
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Russia’s Pussy Riot go on hunger strike
July 5th, 2012 - 8:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) Members of the all-female Russian punk group Pussy Riot - who face up to seven years behind bars over an anti-Putin protest - Wednesday went on ... Read more...
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Watch out ‘Agent Vinod’ for desi superspy flavour (IANS Preview)
March 19th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) After playing a simple Dalit man in "Aarakshan", actor Saif Ali Khan returns as a spy in the thriller "Agent Vinod", which is releasing ... Read more...
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British PM urges Russia to uphold rule of law
September 12th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British businesses need guarantees that assets will not be "unlawfully taken away from them" before they can start work in Russia, British Prime ... Read more...
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Cameron to visit Moscow
September 7th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay an official visit to Moscow Sep 11-12 at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin ... Read more...
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Putin spy posters put up in Moscow
July 15th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Posters depicting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a secret agent have been put up at many public places in Moscow, officials said.Authorities vowed Friday ... Read more...
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UK stopped Russia from tracking ex-KGB agent Litvinenko’s killers: Wikileaks
December 12th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm, Dec 12 (ANI): Secret cables released by the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' have revealed that Russia was tracking the suspected killers of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko before he was poisoned in ... Read more...
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Russian spies awarded top Kremlin honours
October 19th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 19 (ANI): Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has given a group of undercover Russian spies, who were exposed by the FBI in June, top Kremlin honours.Medvedev honoured their controversial work ... Read more...
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Putin met with deported Russian spies
July 25th, 2010 - 5:53 am ICT by IANS
Foros (Ukraine), July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Saturday said he had met with spies deported from the US following the largest spy swap since the Cold War and ... Read more...
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Former KGB officer claims to have cremated Hitler
May 1st, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, May 1 (ANI): A former KGB officer has sensationally claimed to have cremated the bones of Adolf Hitler.Russian Vladimir Gumenyuk, 73, refused to disclose the location of the ashes fearing the ... Read more...
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Litvinenko murder: UK efforts to extradite ex-KGB agent nixed
November 13th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
London/Moscow, Nov.13 (ANI): Britain's efforts to extradite former KGB officer and current Russian parliamentarian Andrei Lugovoy to stand trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko has received a setback with German prosecutors ... Read more...
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Identity of Soviet spy who triggered Cold War revealed
June 11th, 2009 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 11 (ANI): The identity of the spy, who passed on Britain's nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union and triggered the Cold War, has been revealed with the opening of the ... Read more...
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London Evening Standard sold to ex-Soviet spy
January 21st, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 21 (IANS) Loss-making London newspaper the Evening Standard has been sold to Russian oligarch and former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev for a "nominal sum", its current owners announced Wednesday.The Daily ... Read more...
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Ex-KGB officer Lebedev to buy Evening Standard for a pound
January 16th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.16 (ANI): Former KGB officer and now Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev is expected to pay just a pound for the London Evening Standard.
According to The Times, the token price reflects ... Read more...
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Gorbachev to return to Russian politics in 2011
September 30th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Sept.30 (ANI): Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has announced he will be making a political comeback after almost 17 years.
The author of Glasnost and Perestroika, now 77, revealed that ... Read more...
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Magazine hails Vladimir Putin as a virile vampire
June 20th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 20 (ANI): A magazine completely dedicated to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putins virility and reputation as a vampire has hugely boosted the leaders image as Russia's leading sex symbol.The ... Read more...
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US asks Thailand to extradite Russian arms dealer
May 9th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Thailand has received an official request from Washington to extradite an alleged arms dealer to the US where he has been indicted on charges of conspiracy ... Read more...
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Putin is Russian prime minister (Lead)
May 8th, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 8 (RIA Novosti) Russia's lower house of parliament or the State Duma Thursday approved Vladimir Putin as prime minister, a day after he stepped down as president following eight ... Read more...
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Was KGB interrogation behind dailys retraction of Putins marriage story?
April 19th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr 19 (ANI): After little-known Moscow newspaper the Moscow Korrespondent reported Russian President Vladimir Putins plans to divorce his wife and marry a former gymnast Alina Kabaeva, officers of the ... Read more...
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Thailand will not charge Russian ‘merchant of death’: lawyer
April 10th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, April 10 (RIA Novosti) Thailand will not bring charges against a suspected Russian arms dealer arrested in Bangkok March 6, Viktor Bout's lawyer said. Bout, 41, was arrested in March ... Read more...
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Murdered Russian spy Litvinenko’s widow denies MI6 link
November 14th, 2007 - 2:58 am ICT by admin
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