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Russia and Arab League propose direct Syria talks

YoopyaFebruary 21, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 21, 20130

Russia and the Arab League say they want to broker direct talks between the Syrian government and opposition in a bid to end the country’s...

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Russia investigates ‘murder’ of Max Shatto, US adoptee

YoopyaFebruary 19, 2013June 22, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 19, 2013June 22, 20230

Russia’s top investigative body has opened a murder inquiry after a three-year-old adoptee died in the US. Max Shatto – whose Russian name is Maxim...

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Meteorite fragments found in Russia’s Urals region

YoopyaFebruary 18, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 18, 20130

Fragments from a meteorite have been found in Russia’s Urals region where it struck on Friday, injuring some 1,200 people, Russian scientists say. The fragments...

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Russia sends clean-up team to meteorite-hit Urals

YoopyaFebruary 16, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 16, 20130

A big rescue and clean-up operation involving more than 9,000 workers is going on in the Ural mountains following Friday’s meteor strike, Russia’s emergencies ministry...

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Meteor shower in central Russia ‘injures at least 250’

YoopyaFebruary 15, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 15, 20130

At least 250 people have been injured after a meteor shower over central Russia blew out windows, interior ministry sources say. Brightly burning rocks could...

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Russia coal mine explosion kills nine in Komi region

YoopyaFebruary 11, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 11, 20130

An underground explosion at a coal mine in the Komi region of northern Russia has killed at least nine miners, officials say. Rescuers are searching...

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Russian fighter jets ‘breach Japan airspace’

YoopyaFebruary 7, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 7, 20130

Two Russian fighter jets have violated Japanese airspace, prompting Tokyo to scramble its own aircraft, reports say. Japan lodged a protest after the planes were...

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Russia to mark 70 years since Battle of Stalingrad

YoopyaFebruary 2, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 2, 20130

Russian President Vladimir Putin will lead tributes to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. The city of Stalingrad, which...

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Jailed Russian punk rock band member suffering headaches, fatigue: bandmate

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2013June 15, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 2013June 15, 20230

(Reuters) – One of the jailed members of Russian punk protest collective Pussy Riot has been moved to a prison with a hospital after suffering...

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Russia’s freedoms crackdown ‘worst since USSR fall’

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 20130

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed the worst political crackdown in the country’s post-Soviet era, a human rights group has said. In a report, Human...