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Defiant Communists mark Russian Revolution anniversary

AFP Global Edition 17 hours ago

Tens of thousands of Communists on Saturday turned out in Russia to mark the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, shrugging off the Kremlin's cancellation of the day as a national holiday. Waving red hammer-and-sickle flags, thousands marched marched down Tversyaka Street ...

Yushchenko to blame for Russia-Ukraine spat: Medvedev

AFP Global Edition 17 hours ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his "Russophobe" Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko was the sole reason for the decline in relations between the two countries. Everything Yushchenko had done in recent years had worked to damage traditional links between Russia and ...

Moscow warns of new Iran sanctions over nuclear dispute

AFP Global Edition 21 hours ago

New sanctions against Iran cannot be excluded if there is no movement forward in the standoff over its nuclear drive, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in comments released by the Kremlin on Saturday. In an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel, Medvedev ...

Russian communists flirt with Medvedev

Reuters US Online Report World News 22 hours ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country. Putin, who has ruled as "first among equals" with his hand- ...

Russia's Medvedev: Sanctions against Iran possible

AP News yesterday

Medvedev signals that Russia may support sanctions against Iran if it fails to be constructive Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks ...

Russian military plane crashes, killing 11

AFP Global Edition yesterday

A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday. The Tupolev Tu-142 plane disappeared from radar as it was coming to ...

Records tumble in Moscow

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Marieke Guehrer and Evelyn Verraszto were the stars on a record-breaking opening day of the Moscow leg of FINA's World Cup series here on Friday. Australia's Guehrer, the overall winner of the series in 2008, claimed two gold medals as she set ...

Nord Stream pipeline gets nod from Sweden, Finland

Reuters Environmental Online Report yesterday

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A plan by Russian-German consortium Nord Stream to build a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea cleared two major hurdles on Thursday as Sweden and Finland signed off on construction in their waters. Nord Stream has raised fears both ...

Russia spy chief warns of new Georgia war: report

Reuters US Online Report World News yesterday

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian military intelligence believes Georgia might again attack South Ossetia, the pro-Moscow region over which the two countries fought a war last year, a powerful spy chief said on Thursday. Alexander Shlyakhturov, who in April took over command of ...

Ukraine pays Russia for gas after Putin warning: PM

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Ukraine has paid Russia for October gas supplies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday, after her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had warned against late payment. "Today we've paid Russia the next 500 million dollars (336 million euros)," Tymoshenko said during a ...

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