Former Russian spies wanted kids to become same: WSJ
July 27th, 2012 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 27 (IANS) A ring of Russian sleeper spies -- which included glamorous redhead Anna Chapman -- that was broken up in the US in 2010 intended to turn ... Read more...
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Apple removes spam message app from App Store
July 6th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Apple has removed an application collecting users' address book contacts from its App Store, which was taken as the first instance of iOS App Store ... Read more...
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N-armed Pakistan, Iran threat to Russia
May 4th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A nuclear-armed Pakistan, Iran and North Korea could potentially trigger regional chain reaction that may threaten Russian security, a former Russian intelligence official has said."Even ... Read more...
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Putin plot suspects unlikely to be extradited from Ukraine (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The suspects in an alleged plot to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who were detained in Ukraine, will not be extradited to Russia until ... Read more...
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Loneliness inspired Madonna to make movie
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:01 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 23 (IANS) Pop star Madonna says she wrote romantic drama "W.E" because she was facing a lonely phase."W.E" focuses on the affair between King Edward VIII and ... Read more...
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Russia to regulate internet
April 30th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will "make the right choice" on regulating the internet, President Dmitry Medvedev has said, hinting that the government did not intend to impose bans ... Read more...
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Russian security service wants ban on Skype, Gmail, Hotmail
April 9th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 9(ANI): Russia's security agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), has proposed banning Skype, Hotmail and Gmail as their "uncontrolled use" could pose a security threat, a service official has said.The ... Read more...
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New Year spam text message triggered ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber explosives early
January 30th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Jan 30 (ANI): A 'Black Widow' suicide bomber, who intended to detonate her explosives in central Moscow, was killed immediately after a spam text message from her mobile phone company triggered ... Read more...
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Moscow airport bombers were part of suicide squad trained in Pakistan: Report
January 26th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Jan 26(ANI): The suicide bombers who carried out the Moscow airport attack were probably part of a suicide squad trained in Pakistan's al-Qaeda strongholds.A newspaper close to Russia's FSB security service ... Read more...
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Four militants killed in Russia
September 26th, 2010 - 4:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian security personnel have killed four militants, including a leader of a local terrorist group, during an operation in the North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, an official ... Read more...
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Russian police detain 100 during freedom-of-assembly protests
August 1st, 2010 - 4:08 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 1 (DPA) Russian security forces violently dispersed opposition rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg Saturday, taking into custody former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov and dozens of other protestors, the ... Read more...
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Post Soviet era militants trying to get hold of nukes, warns top Russian security official
June 3rd, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Jun.3 (ANI): A top Russian security official has warned that extremists from countries splintered following the break up of the erstwhile Soviet Union are on the look out for nuclear warheads ... Read more...
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Moscow attack: Russian security in search of 21 more ‘black widow’ bombers
March 31st, 2010 - 9:48 am ICT by ANI
Moscow, Mar.31 (ANI): Chilling images of the dead "black widow" suggest that they may have been among 30 women who were trained as suicide bombers in Turkey to strike at the heart ... Read more...
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Russia developing missiles to defend against US: Putin
December 29th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 29 (DPA) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said Russia would continue to develop offensive missiles to defend against a potential US attack despite ongoing nuclear arms reductions talks.
Speaking ... Read more...
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West gives lukewarm response to Russian security pitch
December 2nd, 2009 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Athens, Dec 1 (DPA) Foreign ministers at Europe's main security organisation, the OSCE, gave a lukewarm response to a new Russian-drafted Euro-Atlantic security pact Tuesday, calling instead for existing organisations to be ... Read more...
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Russia to return Yinlong, Heixiazi Island to China
July 21st, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Ending more than 40 years of negotiations, Russia will soon return 174 sq km of territory on the northeast border to China.The two countries will sign ... Read more...
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Russia, China to sign border agreement
July 19th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia will sign an agreement with China early next week handing over control of two disputed islands to its communist neighbour. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will ... Read more...
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Russia to hand over two border islands to China
July 4th, 2008 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Khabarovsk (Russia), July 4 (RIA Novosti) Russia would hand over two border river islands to China in August, a senior Russian security official said Friday. Under the 2004 agreement, Russia is ... Read more...
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Georgia laughs off reports of military action in Abkhazia
May 4th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Tbilisi (Georgia), May 4 (RIA Novosti) Georgia has responded sarcastically to reports of an imminent Georgian military operation against its breakaway republic Abkhazia, advising Russian security agents to calm nerves with ... Read more...
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Russia open to rebuilding ties with Britain: Medvedev
March 25th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 25 (RIA Novosti) Rebuilding relations with Britain is in Russia's interests, the country's president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, said in an interview with The Financial Times published Tuesday. Ties between Russia ... Read more...
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Industrial spies’ arrest not related to British Council: Russia
March 21st, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 21 (RIA Novosti) The arrests of two men by the internal security agency for alleged industrial espionage are not related to the recent closure of British Council offices, the ... Read more...
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