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Suicide bomber kills one in Russia's Ingushetia

Reuters US Online Report World News 71 days ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomber has blown himself up in a truck at a traffic police checkpoint in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region killing one other person and wounding at least five, Russian agencies reported on Friday. State-controlled RIA news agency, quoting ...

Russia, Saudi Arabia 'set to finalise arms deal'

AFP Global Edition 84 days ago

Saudi Arabia is close to signing a two-billion-dollar (1.4-billion-euro) deal to buy Russian arms, a Russian defence industry source was quoted as saying on Saturday. "Work is nearly complete on a set of contracts on the delivery of Russian arms and military ...

Russia expels 2 Czech diplomats in spy row

Reuters US Online Report World News 95 days ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has ordered two Czech diplomats to leave the country in a tit-for-tat spying row with Prague, Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified Russian official as saying on Tuesday. "This unfriendly act by the Czech side, which declared two ...

Russian pilot dies after fighters collide near Moscow

AFP Global Edition 97 days ago

One pilot died and another broke his spine after two fighter jets collided during aerobatics practice near Moscow ahead of the annual air show, officials said Sunday. Two of the three crew members on board the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighters managed to ...

Russian aerobatic planes collide, one dead

Reuters US Online Report World News 97 days ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A pilot was killed and at least one civilian was injured when two jet fighters from an elite Russian aerobatic group crashed while training outside Moscow, local media reported. The two Su-27 jets plunged into a compound of vacation ...

11 people killed in attack in Russia's Dagestan region: reports

AFP Global Edition 100 days ago

Gunmen opened fire on a police post and sauna in Russia's turbulent Dagestan region on Thursday, killing 11 people, including four police officers, Russian news agencies reported. "As a result of the attack on a police post and a local sauna on ...

Detected Russian subs 'failed' their mission

AFP American Edition 100 days ago

Two Russian attack submarines are considered to have failed their secret mission in international waters after being detected by the United States and Canada, a report said on Thursday. "If the United States and Canada really detected the foreign submarines, that means ...

Human rights activist abducted in Chechnya: activists

AFP Global Edition 103 days ago

Armed men abducted the leader of a human rights group and her husband in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya, leading members of two other groups said. "Today, towards two o'clock, unidentified armed men got into the offices of Let's Save the ...

Russian cargo ship docks with ISS

AFP Global Edition 115 days ago

A Russian cargo ship, launched Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan, docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, the Russian news agency Interfax said. "The docking proceeded on manual systems. The operation was conducted by the station commander Gennady Padalka," ...

Russia car giant Avtovaz braces for mass job cuts

AFP Global Edition 116 days ago

Russian car giant Avtovaz could cut a quarter of its 110,000 workforce amid plunging sales, reports said Tuesday, underlining the severity of the economic crisis in Russia's auto sector. Avtovaz vice president Igor Komarov announced a plan to cut 27,691 jobs at ...

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