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‘Vladimir Putin made Russian corruption civilised`

Vladimir Putin made Russian corruption normal and civilised, his presidential election campaign chie...

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Russia jails military officer for spying for CIA

A Russian military district court sentenced an engineer of the country`s Plesetsk Space Centre to 13...

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Russia to get 10 new Su-34 planes in 2012

The Russian Defence Ministry will get 10 new Su-34 planes in 2012, United Aircraft Corporation Pres...

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Russian scientists drill into Antarctic lake buried under ice

Russian scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough by drilling into Antarctic lake burie...

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No political prisoners in Russia: Putin

Opposition activists said that they had prepared a list of around 40 political prisoners.

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Putin promises Russians bigger say in politics

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is running for a third term as president.

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Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia

Vladimir Putin`s opponents vowed to press on with demonstrations against his 12-year domination of R...

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Koodankulam issue: Jaya takes fresh initiative

Jayalalithaa announced that a panel of experts would be set up to look into the matter of the local...

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Russia to resume global nuclear submarine patrol

After a gap of 26 years, Russia will resume patrolling the world`s oceans with its strategic nuclear...

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NASA says Russian space woes no worry

NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia`s manned rockets, despite an embarrassing...

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Russian national drowns

A 65-yer-old Russian national drowned in the sea off Kovalam beach resort near here, police said on ...

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Russia blames space radiation for Mars probe failure

Russia`s space agency today blamed the effect of cosmic radiation for the failure of its Phobos-Grun...

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49% Russians willing to vote for Putin: Poll

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin remains the front runner among the candidates for the March 4 pre...

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No US’ involvement in Russian protests: Envoy

Thousands of people in December protested suspected violations in favour of United Russia party in p...

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Putin foe could be barred from Russian election

Reducing the number of candidates could improve Putin`s chances of winning the election in the first...

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Russian pilot dies of heart attack mid-flight

Sergei Golev, 44, sustained a heart attack in the cockpit and died despite all attempts at resuscita...

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Russian punks detained for Red Square protest

Russian police detained a punk group on Red Square after they performed a protest song criticising...

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China`s 1st interplanetary probe hits mars mission

Loss of China’s first interplanetary probe, attached to an ill-fated Russian spacecraft, has cost sc...

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Russian leader wants pot, prostitution made legal

Russia has around five million drug users and has been one of the worst-affected countries by drugs ...

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Beer may return to Russian stadiums: Putin

Alcohol abuse is a major problem in Russia, where more than half of all deaths among people aged 15 ...

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Russian TV criticises new US ambassador

Russian state television has lashed out against new US Ambassador Michael McFaul, questioning his ...

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Russian cadets visiting India for Republic Day

Ten Russian cadets are visiting India to participate in the 2012 Republic Day celebrations.

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Putin pays last respects to legendary Soviet spy

Gevork Vartanyan died earlier this week aged 87 after spending most of his professional life under...

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Putin vows to end police repression in Russia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed to end police repression in Russia and make government more ac...

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Russian spacecraft to crash to Earth Jan 15

A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation`s faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars`...

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Russia says spacecraft may crash into Indian Ocean

Russia`s space agency predicts that the fragments of a failed Russian space probe`s could fall into ...

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Russian president pardons 27 convicts

Medvedev has made the liberalisation of Russia`s justice system one of his priorities as president.

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Russian child in stroller swept into sewage system

The mother was pushing the child in a stroller in the city of Bryansk when the ground caved in under...

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Russian nuclear sub catches fire during repairs

A massive fire that engulfed a docked Russian nuclear submarine in the northern Murmansk region and...

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Russian nuclear submarine catches fire at dockyard

The fire is believed to have started when wooden scaffolding caught fire during repairs to the K-84 ...

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60,000 transparent ballot boxes for Russian polls

Around 60,000 transparent ballot boxes would be bought by Russian electoral authorities for presiden...

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Bhagavad Gita row: SM Krishna meets Russian envoy

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday conveyed to Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin t...

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Protests over Russian `gay propaganda` bill

Gay rights activists staged protests in the central Russian city of Kostroma Monday against plans to...

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Mikhail Gorbachev calls on Putin to resign

Mikhail Gorbachev called on PM Vladimir Putin to heed protester demands and quit politics instead of...

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Russian satellite crashes shortly after launch

A Russian communication satellite -- Soyuz-2 -- crashed Friday shortly after being launched in north...

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Russian rig sinks, more than 50 feared dead

The incident was a blow to efforts by Russia to step up offshore oil and gas exploration to stave of...

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New Russian protest yields smaller turnout

Prime Minister Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev have both dismissed allegations of mass violatio...

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Syrian violence: India supports Russian draft

India has expressed its support to a draft resolution brought by Russia at the UN Security Council t...

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PM concludes Russia visit

PM Manmohan Singh left for home after concluding a three-day visit during which he attended the 12t...

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France launches spy satellites aboard Russian rocket

The second Russian-built Soyuz rocket launched from French Guiana blasted off on Friday carrying si...

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Russian draft offers hope of UN Syria resolution

Russia offered a new, beefed-up draft resolution on the violence in Syria to the UN Security Council

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Top Putin ally quits as Russia Parliament speaker

Vladimir Putin is facing one of the biggest challenges to his 12-year rule of Russia amid the wave ...

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Russian editor fired after Putin cursed in photo

The dismissal appeared to serve notice that Putin still holds vast influence over the Russian media.

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Russian billionaire to challenge Putin in election

Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia`s richest tycoons says he will challenge Putin in next March`s p...

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Russian website publishes vote monitor`s e-mails

A pro-Kremlin Russian website on Friday printed e-mails it said were between independent election ...

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‘Russian Twitter protests swamped by spam`

Russian activists allege that thousands of Twitter accounts were being used to drown out genuine dis...

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‘US supportive of Russians’ rights, aspirations’

Hillary`s statement came two days after her comments on the Russian elections triggered criticism fr...

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Ex-tennis star Marat Safin elected to Russian Parl

Ex-tennis star Marat Safin, 31, is a member of Vladimir Putin`s United Russia Party.

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Key Russian websites hacked, down on Election Day

Russians voted to elect the lower chamber of the Parl, in what is widely seen as a test of legitimac...

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Russian polling station in Goa

In a first, Russia is opening a polling station in Goa to enable its citizens to cast their vote to ...

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