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Russians mourn victims of express train wreck MOSCOW (AP) — Russians mourned at religious services and soccer stadiums Sunday after a deadly train wreck that authorities blamed on a terrorist bomb. The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church urged the nation not to give in to fear.
Nov 29, 2009 at 19:25
Russia sends security pact draft to leaders abroad MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sent foreign leaders a draft of a sweeping new trans-Atlantic security treaty he has been proposing since he took office last year.
Nov 29, 2009 at 19:20
Victims being identified after Russian train wreck Relatives have begun the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of a train Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb.
Nov 29, 2009 at 13:48
New York Times: Road rage at the Kremlin Ellen Barry writes from Moscow: To this day, Russians will quietly tolerate hunger and repression, but it’s a bad idea to get between them and their cars. And the Kremlin apparently knows it. On Nov. 17, after an outcry from motorists, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev intervened to block a bill that would have doubled taxes on car owners — a stinging humiliation for Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, which had approved it unanimously the previous Friday. Something almost unheard of had penetrated the membrane of Russian politics: the demands of its citizens. Read the story here.
Nov 29, 2009 at 10:37
Major attacks in Russia 1994-2009 Nov 28 (Reuters) - A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia's heartland.
Nov 29, 2009 at 09:57 | Reuters
Update: Russia says bomb caused train crash that killed 26 UGLOVKA, Russia (AP) — A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, according to Russian officials, killing at least 26 people in what officials consider an act of terrorism.
Nov 29, 2009 at 09:40