Russia urges new UN envoy to stick to Syria peace plan
August 18th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia hopes that Lakhdar Brahimi, the new UN-Arab League representative for Syria, will follow Kofi Annan's peace plan, the Geneva accords and UN Security Council ... Read more...
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Anti-Assad protesters attack Russian embassy in London
August 17th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pelted the Russian embassy in London with stones overnight, causing significant damage to the building, the embassy said in ... Read more...
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BRICS nations working to facilitate intra-grouping trade
July 19th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) BRICS countries are currently moving ahead in areas in which the five member-countries can easily cooperate such as trade facilitation, said an Indian government official."We ... Read more...
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Putin to deepen cooperation with India, China
July 10th, 2012 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 10 (IANS) President Vladimir Putin has listed India and China among his foreign policy priorities and vowed to deepen cooperation with the two emerging powers, Xinhua reported.Addressing Russian ... Read more...
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Russian plane with 44 missing in Indonesia (Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, May 9 (IANS) A Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 on a demonstration flight over Indonesia with 44 people, including Russian diplomats, went missing Wednesday, officials said.The plane with eight Russians and ... Read more...
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Finnish professor charged with spying for Russia
April 14th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Finnish academic has been charged by Denmark with aiding alleged Russian spies in Copenhagen.According to Finland's national broadcaster YLE, 49-year-old Timo Kivimäki was first ... Read more...
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Russian embassy in Libya stormed over veto on Syria
February 6th, 2012 - 2:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the ... Read more...
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Russian delegation meets Kim Jong-il
May 18th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A delegation of Russian diplomats led by the country's Foreign Intelligence Service head has held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, the ... Read more...
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Medvedev urges security for Russian diplomats in Libya
March 19th, 2011 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told ministers Friday that the government had to ensure the safety of Russian diplomats in Libya in the face of possible ... Read more...
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China develops new stealth fighter using downed US bomber
March 14th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar.14 (ANI): China has developed a new stealth fighter, called the J-20, from parts of an American F-117 Nighthawk stealth bomber that had been shot down over Serbia during the Kosovo ... Read more...
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Spain confirms mutual expulsion of diplomats with Russia
December 29th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) Spain's foreign ministry confirmed Tuesday that Russia expelled two Spanish diplomats in response to Madrid's decision last month to expel two Russians "for conducting activities incompatible with their ... Read more...
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Russia expels two Spanish diplomats in response to expulsion of two Russian diplomats
December 29th, 2010 - 12:54 am ICT by BNO News
MADRID, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) -- Russia on Friday expelled two Spanish diplomats in response to the expulsion of two diplomats with the Russian embassy in Madrid seven weeks ago, Spain's El Pais ... Read more...
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Russian spies deported in ’spy swap deal’
July 9th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Ten Russian spies, who pleaded guilty in one of the biggest spy ring busts in recent history, have boarded a plane chartered by the U.S. Government and are ... Read more...
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Russian Spy case: SVR connection surfaces
July 2nd, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Shortly after some alleged Russian spies were captured and publicized by the US authorities, the Russian authorities had denied any knowledge of them and claimed the ... Read more...
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Obama working to rebuild US-Russia ties despite spy ring expose
July 1st, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): President Barack Obama is seeking to transform the relationship between the US and Russia, notwithstanding the arrest of a Russian spy ring earlier this week.According to the ... Read more...
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Russia, Britain take first steps to thaw relationship
June 26th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister David Cameron have agreed to revive the relationship between their two nations after years of glacial interactions, the Kremlin ... Read more...
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Abbas discusses peace process with US, Russia
January 3rd, 2010 - 8:26 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Jan 3 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday separately discussed the fate of the stalled Middle East peace process with US and Russian diplomats.
The Palestinian state-run news agency Wafa reported that ... Read more...
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Tit-for-tat expulsions in Russia, Czech spy row
August 19th, 2009 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Prague, Aug 18 (DPA) Russia has expelled two Czech Republic diplomats Tuesday, following a move by Prague to dismiss two Russian diplomats over suspicion of spying.
The two countries have been at loggerheads ... Read more...
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Czech Republic expels two Russian diplomats
August 18th, 2009 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Aug 17 (RIA Novosti) The Czech Republic has expelled two Russian diplomats, the CTK news agency reported Monday.
It identified one as a deputy military attache.Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer has refused ... Read more...
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Moscow to expel NATO representative: Report
May 6th, 2009 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 5 (DPA) Russia is to expel the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's information office from Moscow, a report said Tuesday, in a sign of a continued deterioration of ... Read more...
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NATO, Russia in war of words over spying, Georgia (Lead)
April 30th, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 30 (DPA) NATO and Russia launched a war of words Thursday as the alliance expelled two Russian diplomats for spying and accused Moscow of destabilizing the South Caucasus, and Russia ... Read more...
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NATO expels Russian diplomats for spying
April 30th, 2009 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 30 (DPA) NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats based in Brussels in connection with a spying scandal involving an Estonian official jailed for passing top secret documents to Moscow, alliance ... Read more...
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Russia evacuates its citizens from Gaza
January 2nd, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Erez Border Crossing (Gaza), Jan 2 (RIA Novosti) Russian diplomats completed Friday the evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by massive Israeli airstrikes since last Saturday. ... Read more...
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Russia returns Chinese island after 79 years
October 14th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 14 (DPA) Russia Tuesday formally returned to China half of an island that was seized in 1929 by troops of the former Soviet Union during a border skirmish.Chinese and Russian ... Read more...
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US troops kill mastermind of Al Qaeda in Iraq
October 4th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 4 (Xinhua) US troops killed an Al Qaeda leader believed to be involved in some deadly bombings in Baghdad and shooting a Russian diplomat in 2006, the US military said ... Read more...
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Russia is invading and mining Georgia: OSCE envoy
August 14th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Vienna, Aug 14 (DPA) Russia is still invading territories in western Georgia and is placing mines there, Georgia's ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) alleged Thursday. "Despite ... Read more...
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Russian, Georgian armed forces in direct combat in Caucasus
August 9th, 2008 - 3:07 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 9 (DPA) Russian and Georgian armed forces were locked in combat Friday over control of Caucasus region of South Ossetia, with hundreds of civilians reported killed or injured. The ... Read more...
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US calls twin expulsion from Russia ‘tit for tat’
May 9th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Washington/Moscow, May 9 (DPA) The US has dismissed Russia's expulsion of two US military officials as a "tit for tat" move by Moscow after Washington kicked out at least two Russian diplomats ... 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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India likely contender to launch South African satellite
February 26th, 2008 - 11:20 pm ICT by admin
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, Feb 26 (IANS) India could be in the running to launch South Africa's civilian satellite Sumbandila again after reported dissatisfaction here with repeated delays by Russia, which beat India ... Read more...
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