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South Ossetia puts troops on high alert South Ossetia claims Georgia has continued firing at the republic's capital Tskhinvali on Sunday night. Russia’s Ministry of foreign Affairs has warned about the intensifying threat of large-scale military conflict betwe

Russia accuses Georgia of trying to discredit peacekeepers Moscow has accused Tbilisi of trying to discredit Russian peacekeepers by claiming they may have been involved in a shoot-out between Georgia and its breakaway republic South Ossetia.

City rises from ashes after devastating earthquake It's been a year since a devastating earthquake hit the Sakhalin region in Russia's Far East. The disaster left thousands homeless in the town of Nevelsk. But the region is now back on its feet, and building new...

Russian Subs aim for Lake Baikal record The Mir-1 and 2 submersibles have resumed their exploration of Russia's Lake Baikal. It is the first dives since earlier this week when one of the subs was damaged after colliding with a barge during a storm.

U.S. offer swap: Aid for ‘Merchant of Death’ The U.S. Congress may use financial aid to Thailand as leverage in an attempt to win the extradition of Russian citizen Viktor Bout – the man dubbed the ‘Merchant of Death’.

Alarming rise in hate crime prompts call for action Human rights activists are calling for new measures to tackle hate crime following the release of figures which show the problem has doubled in the last year alone. The alarming findings reveal that 73 people have died...

Erroneous CNN footage angers Serbs Some of the footage that the CNN news channel used in its Wednesday report on protests in Belgrade over the arrest of war leader Radovan Karadzic was not actually from the Serbian capital.

Night of violence in South Ossetia claims six Shelling in the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia has resumed after a brief period of calm. According to sources in South Ossetia, grenade launchers from the Georgian side are now bombarding the residential...

Shooting kills 6 in South Ossetia Six people have been shot dead by gunmen in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia and at least twelve others were wounded.

Former Yukos director given life for murders Former Yukos executive Leonid Nevzlin has been sentenced in absentia to life in prison for his role in organising murders and attempted murders. Nevzlin is likely to be jailed only if he ever returns to Russia, though...

Abkhazia says no to international police The President of Abkhazia says he will not tolerate any international police forces on the breakaway republic's territory.

Freedom abolished? U.S. border guards get full access to your data People entering or leaving the U.S. can have their laptops, PDAs, mobile phones and hard copy documents detained for an unspecified period of time with no suspicion of wrongdoing, according to government documents.

A glimpse of Russia’s army in 2030 Russia’s army is planning to rely on nanotechnologies and recruits in its development until 2030. Some future details about army reforms were revealed by an unnamed source in Russia’s Defence ministry to Russian news...

Kosovo starts passport distribution The head of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo, Khashim Tachi, has handed the first official Kosovo passport to one of his fellow countryman.

U.S. wants closer ties with Russia & China U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates wants a closer alliance with China and Russia, according to reports. The Washington Post quotes a new National Defense Strategy which calls for the military to master ‘irregular’...

Karadzic to enter plea in 30 days The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has appeared before The Hague War Crimes Tribunal for the first time. He has asked for more time to study the 11 charges including genocide, and says he will respond on Aug

Royal blunder: Queen's Russian butler lacked work permit A Russian butler to Queen Elizabeth II, who served tea to Her Royal Highness, has been fired. Buckingham Palace staff found he had served the Queen for two years without a work permit.

Russian oil monopoly executive freed in Libya The head of Russian oil company Lukoil’s office in Libya, arrested in Tripoli in November last year, has been released. Aleksandr Tsygankov has been brought to Moscow on board the Libyan Prime Minister's plane.

Five Russian Olympians suspended in doping scandal Five Russian athletes have been banned from competing in Beijing after they were found to have tampered with doping tests. Yelena Soboleva, the world indoor 1500 metre record holder, and four other sportswomen were...

Sharapova may miss Olympics Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova may not take part in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games due to a shoulder injury.

UN sweats to combat global warming The heat is being turned on the United Nations, quite literally, as they declare a fight on global warming. The ‘Cool UN’ programme will see the average temperature inside the building rise three degrees to a sultry 25...

Karadzic to face war crimes judge The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will appear before a war crimes judge in the Netherlands on Thursday. It follows his extradition to The Hague to stand trial at the UN War Crimes Tribunal. Karadzic faces 1

New cult uncovered in Penza A new cult has emerged in Russia’s central Penza region, two months after a doomsday sect gave up its underground wait for the apocalypse. A group of around 20 people has barricaded themselves in a house on the...

Revealed: how corruption still blights Russia Russia’s small businesses are calling for action to combat corruption, which they say is damaging their potential for growth. The appeal comes as the government prepares to unveil a raft of measures to tackle a problem...

Jailed Russian grandma to be swapped for Israeli mercenary? A Russian-born grandmother who's serving a six-year prison sentence in Israel could soon be set free. 69-year-old Isabella Belfer was jailed for helping her daughter take her child to Moscow seven years ago, without...

Damaged submarine causes Baikal delays Pioneering work at the bottom of the world’s deepest freshwater lake will resume on August 2. The Russian expedition exploring Lake Baikal in Siberia was suspended due to the collision of a Mir-2 submersible with an oper

Karadzic extradited to The Hague The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has arrived at the international criminal court detention centre in The Hague. He is expected to appear before a judge on Thursday. Karadzic, who was captured in Belgrade o

Pounded brains banned from Russian supplements Russia’s hygiene chief Gennady Onishchenko has started a campaign to cleanup the country’s dietary supplement sector. Fifty five supplements have been banned in the second regulatory change since spring.

Russian concerns surface about U.S. relationship Relations between Moscow and Washington could face serious complications after the U.S. election. That's according to an anonymous source in the Russian Foreign Ministry, who was quoted as saying ‘ties could come to...

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