Eastern Europe

Activists urge Kremlin to stop building resort

Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and other environmental groups have strongly criticized the presidential office’s plan to build a recreational …
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OSCE says Kazakhstan faces rights challenge

But Janez Lenarcic, chief of democratic institutions and human rights for the group, says Kazakhstan should also improve its record after it assumes …
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Impoverished Tajiks told to give money for dam

President Emomali Rakhmon call is the latest measure by the authorities to secure financing for a project that could bring an end to the power …
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Official: Nevsky Express attackers could have targeted two trains

"The Nevsky Express was one minute late. Bearing in mind its speed, it is three kilometers. In principle, everything could have been much worse as it …
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AP Exclusive: Letters tell of Moscow prison ordeal

Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for a London-based fund that was once the biggest in Russia, wrote to his mother of wasting away from an agonizing illness …
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Islamists claim responsibility for Russian rail bomb

We remind thata powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, according to Russian officials, …
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Russia sheds light on murder that sparked purges

The mysterious killing of Stalin’s rival Sergei Kirov on December 1, 1934 has remained one of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded riddles for decades …
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Russian security proposal gets cautious response

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev outlined his country’s plan in letters sent to Western leaders over the weekend, and Russian officials at a meeting …
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U.S. considers Russian security proposal

The U.S. said it was studying a Russian proposal to overhaul security agreements in the region — changes billed by Moscow as a vital post-Cold War …
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Second train blast injures Russian investigator

The last three carriages of the Nevsky Express flew off the tracks late Friday, killing 26 and injuring dozens more in what officials consider a …
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Russian train attack will not harm World Cup bid

Alexei Sorokin, CEO of Russia’s campaign to stage the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, also said negative publicity surrounding neighbours Ukraine’s …
Reuters

Source: Russia not to stand aloof on Iran sanctions

"If there is a consensus on Iran sanctions, we will not stand aside," said the source who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the …
Reuters

All victims of Nevsky Express train crash identified

"On Sunday, Nov. 29, relatives identified the bodies of 24 people killed during the Nevsky Express crash. The identification of one more body took a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia building arms plants in Venezuela

Ambassador Vladmir Zaemskiy told a news conference that Russian engineers and Venezuelan construction firms were building the rifle and cartridge …
Reuters

Kazakhstan planning to expand grain exports

"We ought to buy a port or a facility at a port of the Black Sea to get access to other countries and expand our exports," Akylbek Kurishbayev told a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia unveils new Sochi 2014 Olympic logo

The all-lower-case logo is set out in a rounded blue font and contains no images other than the five Olympic rings. It is the first time an Internet …
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Two suspected militants killed in southern Russia

Magomed Deniyev of the ministry’s branch in Chechnya said Dec. 1 that one suspected militant was killed late Monday in the southern village of …
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Berlusconi visits Belarus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, often characterized as Europe’s last dictator for his suppression of political opposition and independent …
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