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Pamela Anderson appeals to Putin over Canada seals
Jun 04, 2010 06:36 EDT
Ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has appealed to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to ban imports of baby seal pelts, a newspaper reported Friday.
Moscow police violently break up protest
May 31, 2010 13:22 EDT
Police violently broke up an opposition protests in Moscow on Monday, detaining scores of people, two days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russians should enjoy freedom of speech.
Moscow police violently break up protest
May 31, 2010 12:48 EDT
Police violently broke up an opposition protest in central Moscow on Monday and detained 100 people, two days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russians should enjoy freedom of speech.
Kyrgyz gov't says to rout coup attempt organizers
May 13, 2010 18:37 EDT
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Thursday it will root out and punish organizers of what it called a coup attempt by supporters of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the nation's volatile south.
Ousted Kyrgyzstan leader supporters attempt coup
May 13, 2010 13:26 EDT
OSH/BISHKEK (Reuters) - Supporters of ousted Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev seized government buildings in three southern regions of the impoverished Central Asian state in a coup attempt, the interim government said on Thursday.
Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade
May 09, 2010 14:11 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev struck a conciliatory note at Russia's Victory Day military parade on Sunday, urging world powers to unite for peace and defending his decision to invite NATO troops to march on Red Square.
Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade
May 09, 2010 14:11 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev struck a conciliatory note at Russia's Victory Day military parade on Sunday, urging world powers to unite for peace and defending his decision to invite NATO troops to march on Red Square.
Russian mine blast kills 11, traps 80
May 09, 2010 02:20 EDT
Eighty miners and rescuers were trapped in a Russian mine Sunday after twin methane gas blasts killed 11 and then ensnared the salvage workers who descended down the shaft to find survivors.
Russian mine blast kills 11, traps 80
May 09, 2010 01:14 EDT
Eighty miners and rescuers were trapped in a Russian mine Sunday after a twin methane gas blasts killed 11 and then ensnared the salvage workers who descended down the shaft to find survivors.
Russian mine blast kills 11 as scores trapped
May 09, 2010 00:53 EDT
At least 11 miners have been killed in a methane gas blast in a huge coal mine in Siberia and more than 80 people remain trapped underground after a second explosion, Russian authorities said Sunday.
Russian mine blast kills 8: ministry
May 08, 2010 21:07 EDT
A methane gas blast in a Siberian mine killed eight workers and injured 24 and was followed by a second explosion, Russian authorities said Sunday, adding that 64 people were still trapped underground.
Seven dead in Russian mine blast: ministry
May 08, 2010 17:40 EDT
An explosion in a Siberian mine Saturday killed at least seven workers and injured four, the Russian ministry for emergency situations said.
Reporters Without Borders names press 'predators'
May 03, 2010 16:40 EDT
Reporters Without Borders puts Russia's Putin, China's Hu on list of press 'predators'. Media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders on Monday put Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao on its annual list of press freedom "predators."
Putin stuns Ukraine with surprise gas deal
Apr 30, 2010 14:03 EDT
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia offered on Friday to merge gas giant Gazprom with Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz, to a furious outcry from Ukraine's opposition accusing Moscow of trying to destroy Ukraine's independence.
Putin proposes merging Gazprom, Ukraine gas firm
Apr 30, 2010 13:25 EDT
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday stunned observers by proposing a merger between Russia's Gazprom, the world's largest gas firm, and Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz.
Gunfire at rallies heightens Kyrgyz tensions
Apr 15, 2010 04:08 EDT
Competing rallies held by the ousted president of Kyrgyzstan and the interim government broke up amid chaos and gunfire Thursday as concerns mounted over the risk of further bloodshed.
Russia's Putin asks Iran for rare leopards
Apr 14, 2010 15:10 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has asked Iran to help it revive a rare population of Persian leopards near the Black Sea resort slated to host 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Polish president and elite killed in plane crash
Apr 10, 2010 12:43 EDT
A Soviet-era jet carrying Polish president Lech Kaczynski and much of the military and state elite crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday killing all 96 people on board in a blazing inferno.
Polish president and elite killed in plane crash
Apr 10, 2010 11:56 EDT
A Soviet-era jet carrying Polish president Lech Kaczynski and much of the military and state elite crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday killing all 96 people on board in a blazing inferno.
Self-proclaimed Kyrgyz leader thanks Russia
Apr 08, 2010 12:40 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's self-proclaimed interim leader thanked Russia on Thursday for its "significant support" in exposing what she said was the nepotistic and criminal regime of President Kurbanbek Bakiyev.
