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Three die in mine collapse Three people have been killed and several more injured in a mine collapse in Russia's Kemerovo region, according to reports. The number of fatalities has not been confirmed by local officials.

Moscow police detain arson suspects Police have detained two teenagers from Russia's western city of Kaliningrad. They're suspected of setting cars on fire in North Butovo, a region in the south-west of Moscow. Eleven cars were damaged, including five...

Roof collapse traps six in coal mine Six people are trapped under rubble after an accident at a West Siberian coal mine in Russia’s Kemerovo region. Eleven people have been evacuated from the pit.

Europe wants Obama to win Barack Obama is Europe’s preferred candidate to win the U.S. presidential election in November, according to a British newspaper poll. The survey also reveals a striking level of anti-American feeling across the...

Baltic pipeline fuels ecology row A committee of the European Parliament says the proposed Nord Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany poses 'a serious ecological threat' to the Baltic Sea. But doubts have been raised over the claims, with some...

NATO opponents and supporters clash in Ukraine Opponents and supporters of Ukraine's entry into NATO have clashed in Crimea's largest city of Simferopol.

German farmers dump lakes of milk in protest As a global food crisis looms, German farmers are dumping lakes of fresh milk in a nationwide protest to secure higher revenues for their produce. An estimated 10.6 million gallons of milk were poured down drains, fed...

Earthquake news not on China’s export list Weeks before the devastating earthquake the Chinese government held a major conference in which the subject of hiding news of earthquakes from the outside world was discussed, according to Canada Free Press, which says...

Council of Europe to probe claims of killing for transplants A special inquiry is to be held into claims by Karla Del Ponte, a former prosecutor at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, that hundreds of Serbs were butchered by Albanians for their organs during the...

Law finally nabs web fraudsters Detectives have completed Russia’s first ever investigation into illegal business on the internet. The owners of an online shop are accused of obtaining funds illegally and of money laundering. It’s thought the case...

Black eggs on the black market Russia is turning up the heat on poachers of sturgeon, the rare and valuable fish whose eggs are served as caviar.

Russian peacekeepers must stay: Abkhazian President The President of the Georgian breakaway republic of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh, says the conflict zone on the border with Georgia can only be patrolled by Russian peacekeepers.

Schroeder honoured with top academic post Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has been elected to the foreign section of Russia's Academy of Sciences, which specialises in foreign relations. A close ally of Vladimir Putin, Schroeder is one of several new...

Scientists baffled by giant shrimp in Ukraine Tests are being carried out on a strange creature caught in the Donetsk region of western Ukraine. Images of the weird shrimp-like animal were first captured on a mobile phone camera.

Accused in Estonia, honoured in Russia Arnold Meri is being tried in Estonia for genocide during WW2. But in Russia the 88-year-old veteran is considered a hero, and streets and schools are named after him.

Blast injures four in Georgia’s breakaway republic Four special police forces servicemen have been injured, one of them seriously, in a car blast in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia. The car was parked near the unit's building in the capital Tskhinvali.

Somali troops to seize hijacked ship Somalia says it will send in the military in an attempt to rescue a cargo vessel with four Russians onboard. It was hijacked in neutral waters in the Gulf of Aden on Monday. Meanwhile, the owner of the ship says the...

Transit states go green to sink Nord Stream pipeline The planned Nord Stream project, which will bring Russian gas to Europe through a pipleline under the Baltic Sea, is once again in the firing line. The EU Petitions Committee has called for a study to assess the...

Cluster bomb ban rejected by major nations After a year of heated debate, a cluster bomb ban has finally been agreed by more than a hundred nations in the Irish capital, Dublin. However, the world's main producers of the controversial weapons – the...

UK nuclear sub collision raises concerns HMS Superb, which hit underwater rocks in the Red Sea, has become the fourth British submarine to be involved in an accident in only the last six years. The nuclear-powered vessel was forced to surface in the Suez Canal.

Putin is more than just PM – French diplomat Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in Paris on a two-day visit. During his first foreign trip as PM he has met his French counterpart, Francois Fillon and President Nicolas Sarkozy. Political commentators have...

Arctic oil rush begins Officials from the five nations with Arctic coastlines have been meeting in Greenland for talks on the territorial status of the polar region. According to geologists, 25% of the world's oil and gas reserves could lie...

‘St. Petersburg’ to break the ice A brand-new ice-breaker has been launched from the ‘Baltiysky Zavod’ shipyard in St.Petersburg. It bears the name of Russia's northern capital and will be in service by the end of the year.

‘Georgian election neither democratic, free, nor fair’ A week has passed since the parliamentary election in Georgia. But heated arguments on the fairness of the process haven't cooled, and there are now forces in Russia who also want the results of the election to be...

NATO to aid Estonia in cyberdefence Following last year's attacks on various Estonian internet facilities, the country has agreed to host a NATO Centre of Excellence in Cyberdefence in Tallinn.

‘We can’t negotiate with this Georgian Government’: Russian FM Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia can’t negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi. In a strongly worded statement, Lavrov said Georgia is only trying to provoke Russia. He also said Moscow believes a foreign...

Low-cost election is good for taxpayer Russia’s Central Election Commission has published the accounts for March’s presidential vote. A total of $US 217 million of state funds were allocated to stage the ballot. That’s considerably less than the estimated...

U.S. held hundreds of children in Iraq: Russia’s UN ambassador Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, Russia's ambassador Vitaly Churkin said that around 900 youngsters have been held in coalition prisons in Iraq.

Passport row sparks political scandal in Ukraine A political row has broken out in Ukraine after a former ally of Viktor Yushchenko claimed the President’s wife, Katerina, is a foreigner because she failed to surrender her American citizenship. The accusation was made...

Gay victims of Nazis get kissing tribute A monument to the gay people who suffered and died during Nazi rule in Germany has been unveiled in Berlin. The city’s authorities say the work pays tribute to all the victims of intolerance. They hope it attracts more...

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