Putin will win, despite many disastersRUSSIA: While Vladimir Putin is assured of re-election tomorrow, not everyone deems his first term a success, reports Daniel…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
Putin pleads for large voter turnoutRUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin pleaded with Russians yesterday to cast their votes in Sunday's general election amid fears…Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:00
Latvia's Green PM faces a tough jobLATVIA: Latvia's parliament approved Europe's first Green Party prime minister yesterday, but he faces a formidable task holding…Wed Mar 10 2004 - 00:00
Putin makes big changes to cabinetMOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin replaced his foreign minister but kept his main economic reformers in place yesterday in a …Wed Mar 10 2004 - 00:00
Rescuers search for survivors as Moscow roof collapse kills 28RUSSIA: Russian rescuers searched desperately for survivors yesterday among the shattered concrete and twisted metal of a Moscow…Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
Unlikely holiday resort 'blind and deaf to history'Letter from Yantarny: Pyotr Fedoruk seems unconcerned by the blizzard and the fierce gale that crash the gun-metal Baltic ashore…Thu Feb 12 2004 - 00:00
Lithuanian lawmakers may vote on ousting PresidentLITHUANIA: Lithuania's countdown to EU status has been overshadowed by a scandal involving the President and Russia's mafia, …Mon Feb 09 2004 - 00:00
Russian oil giants annul mergerRussian oil giants Yukos and Sibneft said yesterday they had agreed to annul a merger that would have created the world's fourth…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Putin scores major electoral victoryThe pro-Kremlin United Russia Party won a crushing victory in yesterday's parliamentary elections, handing President Vladimir…Mon Dec 08 2003 - 00:00
Russian oil giant sees merger falterRussian oil firm Sibneft slammed the brakes on a landmark deal to merge with embattled Yukos yesterday, apparently leaving the…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Georgia announces new presidential elections and warns of financial crisisMOSCOW: Georgia announced new presidential elections yesterday and annulled the flawed vote that led to the ousting of veteran…Wed Nov 26 2003 - 00:00
Acting president promises elections soon as Shevardnadze's whereabouts unsureGEORGIA: Georgia's acting president, Ms Nino Burdzhanadze promised her people swift elections, security and stability yesterday…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Russian faces extradition on fraud chargesGREECE: A Russian tycoon, Mr Vladimir Gusinsky, was remanded in custody by an Athens court yesterday while Greek authorities…Tue Aug 26 2003 - 01:00
Search for helicopter continuesRUSSIA: Boats, planes and helicopters fanned out over Russia's remote Pacific coast yesterday, but the massive, military-led…Fri Aug 22 2003 - 01:00
Missile trap is hailed as international successRUSSIA: Russia and the US yesterday hailed the operation that caught a suspected British arms dealer as a landmark in co-operation…Thu Aug 14 2003 - 01:00
A clear conscience working in the boiler roomMoscow: For Vladimir Kara-Murza, a decade as one of Russian television's foremost political pundits now seems like a mere interlude…Mon Jul 21 2003 - 01:00
Chechen rebels kill 16 Russian troops in clashesCHECHNYA: Separatist rebels killed 16 Russian servicemen in a weekend of bloody clashes in Chechnya, while Moscow's troops claimed…Mon Jul 14 2003 - 01:00
Russian police question country's richest manRUSSIA: Russian police questioned the country's richest man yesterday as simmering tension between the Kremlin and billionaire…Sat Jul 05 2003 - 01:00
Russian colonel is ruled sane at time of stranglingRUSSIA: Russian psychiatrists have ruled that a colonel accused of murdering a Chechen teenager was sane at the time, overturning…Tue Jul 01 2003 - 01:00
Russians and Turkmen in row over citizenshipTURKMENISTAN: Turkmenistan accused a leading Russian parliamentarian yesterday of using "dirty lies" to discredit a plan to …Wed Jun 18 2003 - 01:00
Bus attack by woman bomber kills 17 in RussiaRussia: A woman suicide bomber blew up a bus carrying Russian air force staff yesterday, killing 17 people and injuring 16 more…Fri Jun 06 2003 - 01:00
Russia attempts to mend ties with WashingtonRUSSIA/US: Having failed to prevent war in Iraq or win pre-eminence for the United Nations in rebuilding the country, Russia…Fri May 23 2003 - 01:00
Russia may back proposal to rebuild IraqRUSSIA: Russia scaled down its opposition to US plans for Iraq yesterday, saying a new UN resolution on rebuilding the nation…Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
Putin wants Russia to double size of economyPresident Vladimir Putin urged Russians yesterday to help his administration alleviate poverty, boost the economy and bring peace…Sat May 17 2003 - 01:00
Metro station in marble and granite recalls great victoryRUSSIA: Rocking slightly on 79-year-old legs, Vladimir Demyanovich strides along the grey and white polished granite of the …Sat May 10 2003 - 01:00
Putin compares terrorist menace to fascismRUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin led Russia's celebration of Victory Day yesterday, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany…Sat May 10 2003 - 01:00
US envoy fails to persuade RussiaRUSSIA: Russia and the United States, who were at loggerheads over war in the Gulf, look set to clash again over Washington'…Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Russia acts on travel as first case almost certainRUSSIA: Russia banned sales of air tickets to China and closed several crossing points along the country's vast border yesterday…Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Space crew found after anxious searchRUSSIA: A US-Russian space crew returned safely to Earth yesterday, but a frantic two-hour search to find them after they lost…Mon May 05 2003 - 01:00
Russia changes policy on suspension of trade sanctionsRUSSIA: Russia abruptly abandoned its opposition to any change in the sanctions regime against Iraq yesterday, backing a call…Fri Apr 25 2003 - 01:00
Russia wants UN to fight terroristsRUSSIA: Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, called yesterday for the UN to spearhead the international fight against terrorism…Thu Apr 24 2003 - 01:00
Kremlin says bomb on Chechen bus killed 16RUSSIA: A top Kremlin-appointed official in Chechnya has admitted 16 people were killed last week when a bomb destroyed their…Wed Apr 23 2003 - 01:00
Pope may make historic visit to Russia - Russian PMRUSSIA: Russia's Prime Minister said yesterday that Pope John Paul II may soon become the first pontiff to visit RussiaWed Apr 23 2003 - 01:00
US ambassador claims Russian links with Iraqi secret policeThe US ambassador to Moscow said yesterday that Washington was aware of links between Russia's secret police and Saddam Hussein…Wed Apr 16 2003 - 01:00
Russia silent on charge of Iraq aidRussian intelligence services refused to comment yesterday on allegations that they gave highly sensitive information to their…Mon Apr 14 2003 - 01:00
Russia's bordering areas with N Korea on alertRUSSIA: Russian regions bordering Stalinist North Korea are on alert as the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear programme threatens…Sat Apr 12 2003 - 01:00
Russia says Iraq war is fuelling N Korea's fears of attackRUSSIA: A top Russian diplomat warned Washington yesterday that the war in Iraq was fuelling North Korea's fears of a US attack…Wed Apr 02 2003 - 01:00
Moscow silence over wife of MilosevicRussian officials refused yesterday to confirm that the wife of ousted Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was in Moscow, after…Mon Mar 31 2003 - 01:00
Putin in Chechnya peace bidRUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin laid out his plan for peace in Chechnya yesterday, calling on officials to arrange elections…Fri Mar 28 2003 - 00:00
Chechen rebels to fight on despite pollMOSCOW: Moscow: Moscow officials rejoiced yesterday over a vote that they said inextricably tied restive Chechnya to the Russian…Tue Mar 25 2003 - 00:00
Russia criticises US-led warRussia aimed another diplomatic salvo at Washington yesterday, saying its "occupation" of Iraq was wrecking global stability …Sat Mar 22 2003 - 00:00
Putin warns US of the folly of warRussia: The Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, has warned the United States of the folly of war, while Russia's top diplomats…Tue Mar 18 2003 - 00:00
Russia urges UN council to unite for peaceAs the hawkish leaders of the United States, Britain and Spain held their Azores summit on Iraq last night, Russia told them …Mon Mar 17 2003 - 00:00
Bush seeks support from RussiaUS President Mr George W Bush called the Kremlin last night to push for support in the sharpening crisis over Iraq, as Washington…Thu Mar 13 2003 - 00:00
Russia hints at use of veto at UNRUSSIA: Russia intensified its opposition to war in Iraq over the weekend, hinting that it may veto a new US-backed resolution…Mon Mar 10 2003 - 00:00
Former Soviet states extend repressionHuman rights defenders say Washington's "war on terror" is providing cover for a crackdown on basic freedoms in former Soviet…Sat Mar 08 2003 - 00:00
US fails to win Russian backing for attack on IraqUS/RUSSIA: The United States yesterday failed to win Russian backing for the use of force in the Gulf, as Moscow tried to soothe…Wed Feb 26 2003 - 00:00
Russia orders expulsion of priestRUSSIA: A Roman Catholic priest has been ordered to leave Russia, in the latest in a series of expulsions that has stoked animosity…Tue Feb 25 2003 - 00:00
Putin and Blair 'exchange views' on arms impasseRUSSIA: Russian leader Mr Vladimir Putin told his hawkish British counterpart Mr Tony Blair about Moscow's efforts to avoid …Mon Feb 24 2003 - 00:00
Putin warns against US unilateral action as general predicts battleRUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin launched a broadside yesterday against the US-led threat of unilateral military action against…Sat Feb 22 2003 - 00:00
