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Six killed in counter terrorist operation Two militants have been killed along with four policemen, following a counter terrorist operation in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia. Another eight policemen were also reportedly wounded during the operation.

Abkhazia says No to OSCE and EU monitors Only Russian monitors will be allowed into the newly independent republic of Abkhazia, according to President Sergey Bagapsh. OSCE and EU officials are expected to monitor the security zone on the border with Georgia.

Ill fated Boeing 737 had clean record The Boeing 737 that crashed near the Central Russian city of Perm early on Sunday morning was operated by an Aeroflot subsidiary for less than half a year.

Russian FM makes first official visit to Abkhazia In his first official visit to Sukhum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Abkhazian president Sergey Bagapsh. Abkhazia will not accept EU or OSCE observers on its territory, said Bagapsh in a press...

Passenger list of fatal Aeroflot Nord flight released Russia's Emergencies Ministry has released the passenger manifest for Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 which crashed outside Perm in the Ural Mountains early on Sunday morning.

Hero of Russia among aircraft crash victims Among the passengers aboard Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 when it crashed outside the Central Russian city of Perm was a Russian presidential aide, Colonel General Gennady Troshev.

Flight 821 crash: Eyewitness reports Eyewitnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing clouds of black smoke coming from the plane. Another said it looked like a comet as it crashed.

Russian forces pulled out of Georgia Russia's Foreign ministry has confirmed all peacekeepers have been withdrawn from two positions in the security zone outside the Georgian port city of Poti, two days ahead of schedule. The withdrawal has also been confir

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Medvedev's address to Valdai club Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev's address to the Valdai Discussion club, a panel of international experts.

Putin: U.S. spoiled our relationship and should fix it Russia is not looking to annex South Ossetia and Abkhazia and expand its territory. That's according to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who gave the assurance in an interview with France's 'Le Figaro' newspaper.

We did everything right, and I'm proud of it – Medvedev President Medvedev revealed in a frank talk with members of the Valdai Discussion club how news of war in South Ossetia came to him, why Russia will not deal with drug-addicted Georgian president Saakashvili, what George

Sun takes Ki-moon to work The head of the United Nations had a zero-emissions commute to work on Friday morning, by taking a solar-powered cab to the U.N. headquarters in New York.

Prisoners freed during Ossetian war voluntarily return 31 prisoners released by wardens at Tskhinval’s prison, when Georgia assaulted the South Ossetian capital, have voluntarily returned to their cells. The Ministry of Justice is considering reducing their sentences, or...

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Protesters claim 'Cuban five' imprisonment illegal Dozens of people have gathered outside the White house in protest against what they call the illegal imprisonment of five Cuban citizens. Accused of espionage, the “Cuban five” are serving four life...

CSTO agree on military group in Central Asia Members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation have agreed to station a large military group in Central Asia. The deployment, aimed at upping safety in the region, will be provided by five members including...

Post-war Georgian politics Georgia's non-governmental organisations have urged the EU to launch a thorough enquiry into alleged human rights violations in South Ossetia. Some Georgian experts are uncertain about the political stability of...

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Russia’s Kremlin Zorya organisers address British PM Organisers of the military Kremlin Zorya Festival have sent an open letter to Britain's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, asking who he was intending to punish by banning Scottish army bagpipers from performing in Russia....

Russian press on Friday The meeting of the “Valdai Club” in Sochi is the center of attention for the Russian print press today. Apart from that, there is an interview with the former French Foreign Minister, now one of the best...

Armenia might give up occupied territory – Turkish president Armenia may give up occupied Azerbaijani territory in near future according to Turkish President Abdullah Gul who says he “sees new opportunities for settling the conflict in Azerbaijan's breakaway province of...

Poland’s last communist leader goes on trial Poland’s last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, has gone on trial in Warsaw on Friday. He, and former senior figures of the communist government, are being charged over the declaration of martial law in the...

U.S. citizens demand truth on 9/11 Seven years after the 9/11 tragedy in New York, there are many people who say they don't trust the official version of events. The U.S. government denies all conspiracy theories but skeptics say there are still more...

US to invade Iran any day now? A few weeks ago the Russian newspaper Izvestia, a well-known and authoritive daily published nationwide and abroad, came forward with something that would have been looked upon as a conspiracy theory if published by a...

Czechs ponder over US radar A Czech court has dismissed a criminal complaint of treason against the country's foreign minister. It was lodged after Karel Schwarzenberg signed a treaty agreeing to a US radar base in the Czech republic, the deal...

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