Russian Prosecutors seek ‘Innocence of Muslims’ ban
September 18th, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has declared the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" extremist and will seek a court ruling to ban the video in ... Read more...
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$2 mn drug haul seized in Moscow region
August 24th, 2012 - 4:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A drug haul of over 200 kg heroin, having an estimated market value of about $2 million, has been seized in Moscow region, said a ... Read more...
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Russian army officer convicted for shooting guard dogs
May 17th, 2012 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court martial in Russia's Leningrad region convicted a unit commander for shooting dead six army guard dogs while he was drunk.According to the Russian ... Read more...
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Wanted sex trafficker extradited to Russia
March 31st, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian woman accused of sex trafficking, and on an international wanted list since 2010, has been extradited from Germany to face charges in Russia.Svetlana ... Read more...
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Russian ex-lawmaker put on Interpol wanted list for fraud
May 19th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Interpol's General Secretariat has officially put former Russian lawmaker Ashot Yegiazaryan on its wanted list over large-scale fraud charges, said a spokesman for Russia's Investigative ... Read more...
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Now, pay penalty 100 times more than bribe in Russia
May 4th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 4 (IANS) People in Russia will have to cough up 100 times the amount of bribe they pay or receive as penalty following the signing of an anti-corruption ... Read more...
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11 die in Siberia mine blasts (Lead, Changing dateline)
May 9th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kemerovo (Russia), May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eleven miners were killed and 41 injured in two West Siberian coal mine blasts, authorities said Sunday.
A spokesman for the Russian emergencies ministry said Sunday that ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Siberia coal mine blast
May 9th, 2010 - 5:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 9 (IANS) At least eight miners were killed and more than 60 were trapped underground after a methane explosion occurred inside a coal mine in Russia's west Siberian region late ... Read more...
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Russian bans Scientology books and recordings
April 23rd, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Apr 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Russia has banned all the books and the recordings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The Russian attorney general office said that all the Scientology literature ... Read more...
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Russia Bans Scientology Literature For Exhibiting ‘Fanaticism’
April 23rd, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 23, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Works by the Scientology originator, L. Ron Hubbard, will be added to Russia’s catalog of fanatic writing for weakening the long-established sacred principles of ... Read more...
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Heir demands reopening of investigation into murder of Russian Tsar Nicholas II
January 16th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Jan. 16 (ANI): The putative heir to Russia's imperial throne has urged the Russian Government to re-launch the investigation into the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1918."This ... Read more...
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Human rights activist, husband killed in Chechnya
August 11th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Grozny, Aug 11 (RIA Novosti) The bodies of the head of a humanitarian organisation and her husband were found in Grozny early Tuesday, a spokesman for Chechen investigators said.
Zarema Sadulayeva of Let's ... Read more...
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Over 5,000 pirates operate off Somali coast: Russian Navy
July 19th, 2009 - 2:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 19 (RIA Novosti) At least five large groups of pirates totalling over 5,000 people are operating in the Gulf of Aden, the first deputy chief of the Russian Navy General ... Read more...
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Manmohan’s family goes on trip down Russia’s tsarist past (Lead)
June 16th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
Yekaterinburg (Russia), June 16 (IANS) A trip to the site where Russia's last tsar and his family were killed over nine decades ago and the story of the brutality ... Read more...
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Manmohan’s family visits execution site of Russia’s last tsar
June 16th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
Yekaterinburg (Russia), June 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur, who has accompanied him to this Russian industrial city, Tuesday visited the site of the gruesome massacre ... Read more...
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Russian sailor charged with homicide for submarine deaths
November 24th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, Nov 24 (RIA Novosti) A serving crew member on the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, on which 20 people died ealier this month after the vessel's fire extinguishing system activated accidentally, has ... Read more...
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UKs politicisation of Litvinenkos death case harming UK-Russia ties
August 15th, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow , Aug 15 (ANI): Russian ambassador to Great Britain Yury Fedotov has said that London s efforts to politicise the death case of Alexander Litvinenkos a former officer of the ... Read more...
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Two killed in Russia’s Black Sea resort blast
August 7th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Two people were killed and four injured in an explosion on a beach in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi Thursday, Russian news agencies reported. The explosive device ... Read more...
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