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Sochi tests ice at 2014 Olympic arena SOCHI, Russia — The organizing committee for the 2014 Sochi Olympics says testing of the ice at one of the skating arenas has begun.
May 14 at 18:45 | Associated Press
Gazprom CEO not offered post in new government MOSCOW - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller was not offered a post in Russia's new government.
May 10 at 09:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia test-fires new strategic missile from Plesetsk space center (updated) Russia has test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile developed for the Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN) from the Plesetsk space center in the Arkhangelsk region, a missile industry source told Interfax-Ukraine.
3 days ago at 10:49 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia says military action on Iran being considered in West MOSCOW - Russia's deputy foreign minister said on May 20 that military action against Iran over its nuclear programme was being considered in some Western countries.
May 21 at 07:29 | Reuters
Ice hockey: Russia romp to another world title STOCKHOLM - Alexander Syomin scored twice and Yevgeni Malkin netted another as Russia romped to a 6-2 victory over Slovakia in the final of the world ice hockey championship in Helsinki on May 20.
May 21 at 07:10 | Reuters
Police detain some 40 opposition activists in different parts of Moscow on Saturday Moscow, May 19 (Interfax) - Police detained about ten people for violating public order on Old Arbat Street in central Moscow, the city police department told Interfax.
May 19 at 17:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Punk band arrest at heart of Russia church feud MOSCOW (AP) — The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox crosses and wearing skull-and-crossbones T-shirts cheer on the cops.
May 13 at 12:02 | Associated Press
Putin's first week sees wave of challenges MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be tempted to shed some in frustration.
May 12 at 11:25 | Associated Press
Russia says it foiled terrorist attacks in Sochi Moscow — Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Games, and seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition, authorities said Thursday.
May 10 at 16:43 | Associated Press
Lukashenko says will not have to make choice between West, East Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that sanctions and other forms of pressure on Belarus will have no effect and that Belarus will not have to choose between the Eastern and Western vectors.
May 8 at 15:34 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin orders government to seek visa abolition deal with EU Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Monday to seek an agreement with the European Union on entry visa exemption for short visits of Russians to EU countries and vice versa.
May 7 at 20:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Opposition deputies: Russia policy towards Ukraine to be tougher after Putin's election Russia's policy towards Ukraine will not change, but it will be tougher now Vladimir Putin has assumed office as Russian president, according to Ukrainian opposition politicians.
May 7 at 17:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
Medvedev era as seen on Twitter MOSCOW — It was the end of an era, the kind of moment when a Twitter buff might unleash a barrage of 140-character spurts of sentiment, humor or self-aggrandizement.
May 7 at 15:47 | Associated Press
Putin sworn in as Russia's president for 6 years Vladimir Putin took the oath of office for a third term as Russia's president on Monday, saying he considers "service to the fatherland and our nation to be the meaning of my life."
May 7 at 12:01 | Associated Press
Russia says goodbye to a car and an era MOSCOW - Russia is ending its long love affair with a car that was once prized by the nation but has come to symbolise the decline of its automobile industry and, for some, the country itself.
May 3 at 12:05 | Reuters