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Russia urges Sweden to extradite Chechen "bandits"
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 10:41am
Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists and accuses of involvement in killings and kidnappings.
New US-Russia nuclear treaty possible in next weeks: Lavrov
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 6:56am
AFP - There is a chance that a new US-Russian treaty on nuclear arms cuts will be ready in the next two or three weeks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Russia sees new nuclear arms treaty by April
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 5:51am
AP - A new treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals could be signed within two or three weeks, Russian news agencies cited Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying Tuesday.
Jordan's King Abdullah to visit Russia
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 3:27am
AFP - Jordan's King Abdullah II is to travel to Moscow on March 10 and 11 for a working visit, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday.
Severstal posts $162 mln net loss in Q4
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 12:57am
AP - Russia's largest steelmaker Severstal on Tuesday posted a $162 million net loss in the fourth quarter of 2009 but signalled confidence in the year ahead.
Anti-Putin Movement Gains Confidence in Russia
(Time.com)
7 Mar 2010 at 6:25am
Time.com - A wave of anti-Putin protests across Russia offers a glimmer of hope to those working to end his rule. But the Russian Prime Minister is not going anywhere soon
Russian forces kill eight, find train attack clues
(AFP)
6 Mar 2010 at 1:19pm
AFP - Russian forces have killed eight suspected rebels and arrested 10 others in a raid that also found clues on two bomb attacks on trains in 2007 and 2009, the FSB security service said Saturday.
Russia says Islamist rebel leader killed
(Reuters)
6 Mar 2010 at 12:01pm
Reuters - Russia's Federal Security Service chief on Saturday confirmed the death of a prominent Islamist rebel who he accused of plotting a bomb attack on a Moscow-to-St Petersburg train that killed 26 people last year.
Iran gives Russia pilots two months to leave: report
(Reuters)
6 Mar 2010 at 2:41am
Reuters - Iran has given Russian commercial pilots working in the Islamic Republic two months to leave the country as it has no need for them, Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani was quoted as saying on Saturday.
New Ukraine leader soothes Russia, no gas deals
(Reuters)
5 Mar 2010 at 10:50am
Reuters - Ukraine's new president Viktor Yanukovich soothed Moscow Friday by suggesting he would reverse key policies of his pro-Western predecessor, but won no public promise that Russia will lower Kiev's onerous gas bills.
Fatal car crash has Russians seething
(AP)
5 Mar 2010 at 8:42am
AP - A fatal car crash in downtown Moscow has exposed growing public anger at officials who seem to live above the law, as they flout the rules of the road and endanger the lives of ordinary Russians.
Ukraine and Russia vow 'new page' in ties
(AFP)
5 Mar 2010 at 8:24am
AFP - Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych vowed Friday to end years of acrimony with giant neighbour Russia, as he paid his first visit to Moscow since taking office last week.
Gorbachev lashes Kremlin for failure on democratic reform
(AFP)
5 Mar 2010 at 6:38am
AFP - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Friday accused the current Russian authorities of backsliding on democracy and rolling back the process of reform he began in the 1980s with perestroika.
Liberals rap Kremlin as Stalin is worshipped
(Reuters)
5 Mar 2010 at 2:32am
Reuters - Russian communists paid homage on Friday to Soviet leader Josef Stalin, while liberals accused the Kremlin of conniving to whitewash the dictator.
Ukraine's president heads to Moscow to talk gas
(AP)
5 Mar 2010 at 12:57am
AP - Ukraine's new president is meeting with his Russian counterpart to talk gas.
