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Kyrgyz police uncover US arms cache Government forces in Kyrgyzstan have located an arsenal of American weapons in a house in the capital Bishkek. The discovery, at a residence occupied by US military forces, was made on Tuesday night, reports Russia’s RBK

‘Georgian snipers are attacking us’ – Ossetian official There are reports of gunfire in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. Officials from the separatist republic say Georgian troops have been using sniper and machine-gun fire to target a key road and two South Osset

Beijing battles smog ahead of Olympics The fierce fight for medals gets under way in Beijing in a couple of days time. But before that, the authorities in China have another battle on their hands – pollution. The International Olympic Committee has threatened

CIA forged Iraq documents: US journalist The CIA instructed a high-level Iraqi official to forge a letter linking Mohammaed Atta, the leader of the September 11 Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks, with Iraq. That's the bold claim made in a new book by Pulitzer...

Crooked pyramid schemes are back For many Russians the intricacies of the money markets are still a mystery. And it’s a naivety that makes them easy prey for crooks and swindlers. During the 1990s many were duped out of their life savings in...

Hundreds bid farewell to dissident writer Hundreds of people have paid their last respects at a vigil for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The 89-year-old Nobel Prize winner and Soviet dissident died late on Sunday at his home outside Moscow after heart failure. His fune

Russia to act if Georgia-Ossetia row worsens Russia will not stand by and do nothing if the situation in South Ossetia escalates into a full scale conflict. That's the view of the Russian Foreign Ministry, responding to an increase in tension between Georgia and it

Policemen killed in Caucasian shooting Two policemen have been killed and several people wounded in two separate drive-by shootings in the Russian north Caucasian Republic of Ingushetia. One of the attacks occurred near the airport in the capital, Magas.

Poland set to make AMD decision Poland's Prime Minister says a decision on deploying part of the U.S. anti-missile defence shield in his country can be made at any moment.

Solzhenitsyn: The Great Odyssey The news of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s passing demands that we recall the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union, and the future of human liberty. He played an important role in all, though for reasons that remain hotly...

US dog lover clones pet five times A scriptwriter in Hollywood has become the first person to order a commercial firm to clone a pet. Bernann McKinney paid a Korean company US $50,000 for five copies of Booger – her beloved pit bull terrier who died recen

Do submarines kill whales? An unpublished UK military report shows that submarines can trigger fatal behavioural changes in whales.

Govt denies hacker ruined TV link-up The Prime Minister’s office is denying reports that an IT specialist in the Moscow region blocked a live TV link-up between Vladimir Putin and Economic Development Minister, Elvira Nabiullina.

My baby looks like Putin – Brad Pitt Hollywood star and A-list celebrity Brad Pitt says his new son is the spitting image of Vladimir Putin. The 44-year-old actor said as soon as he laid eyes on little Knox Leon, he could see a resemblance to Russia’s...

Russia bids farewell to legendary writer Russians are paying their final respects to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died on Sunday. A day-long vigil for the dissident Soviet writer is taking place at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow. The 89-year-old will b

Locals flee South Ossetian bloodshed More than 1.500 people are being evacuated from the breakaway republic of South Ossetia after the latest artillery exchange with Georgia. The violence claimed the lives of six people and 13 others were injured as tension

Ukraine promises to return stolen Russian gas Ukraine’s government has admitted it illegally siphoned off 1.3 billion cubic metres of Russian gas destined for Western Europe. The gas was taken last year from the pipeline that crosses Ukraine. The statement came...

Nobel prize winner Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 The man credited with exposing the brutality of Stalin’s purges and gulag system has died aged 89. Nobel prize winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974 but returned to Russia in th

McCain: Russia is ‘regressing’ Republican John McCain has condemned Russia's policies, saying that while some of China's actions are regrettable, he doesn't think the country is regressing the way Russia is.

Israeli parents forget daughter at airport It sounds like an Israeli remake of Home Alone. A family rushed through Israel's largest airport on the busiest day of the year to catch a flight to Paris for their holidays. With four children already in tow they had...

Israel using aid to recruit spies, says report Israeli secret police are recruiting Palestinian informers by threatening to bar sick people from receiving medical assistance, an Israeli human rights organisation claims.

Ukraine admits stealing European gas Ukraine’s government has officially acknowledged it illegally appropriated 1.3 BLN cubic metres of gas supposed to be exported from Turkmenistan via Russia to Europe in 2008.

IAEA admits contamination at plutonium lab The International Atomic Energy Agency said its nuclear lab in the Austrian city of Seibersdorf was contaminated after a plutonium sample blew up. The leakage was contained in the building.

Muscovites fight for right to breath According to Time magazine, Russia’s cities of Dzerdzhinsk and Norilsk rank among the world’s top ten most polluted cities. However, more and more Russians are waking up to the problems affecting their environment, with...

Karadzic to enter plea within 30 days The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has appeared before The Hague War Crimes Tribunal for the first time after 13 years on the run. He asked for more time to study the 11 charges brought against him, includin

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...

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