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Russia’s Putin to discuss Syria with Turkey PM Erdogan

YoopyaDecember 3, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 3, 20120

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the Syrian conflict, which has strained bilateral relations. Moscow is a...

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Russian scientist jailed under Putin walks free

YoopyaNovember 24, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Russian scientist Valentin Danilov walked free on parole on Saturday after serving eight years of a 14-year sentence on charges of spying for China during...

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Pussy Riot protester alone in cell after inmate tension

YoopyaNovember 24, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Jailed Pussy Riot punk protester Maria Alyokhina has been moved to a single-person cell for her own protection because of tension with other...

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Putin provokes criticism with Pussy Riot anti-Semitism charge

YoopyaNovember 17, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin provoked angry criticism from bloggers and activists on Friday when he suggested to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that one...

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Russia paroles physicist jailed for espionage

YoopyaNovember 13, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday paroled a physicist convicted of spying for China in 2004 in a case that was criticized by human rights campaigners...

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Insight: Hunger strikes in industrial Russia test loyalty to Putin

YoopyaNovember 5, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Factory smokestacks tower over weathered wooden houses in this provincial Russian town, part of the industrial heartland that helped propel Vladimir Putin into...

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Insight: Putin’s Russia – more fragile than it looks

YoopyaNovember 2, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 2, 20120

(Reuters) – When Vladimir Putin celebrated his 60th birthday last month, a group of patriotic mountaineers unfurled a portrait of the Russian leader on a...

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Putin flexes muscle in big test of Russia’s nuclear arsenal

YoopyaOctober 22, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 22, 20120

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin took a leading role in the latest tests of Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenal, the most comprehensive since the 1991 Soviet...

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Russia authorities open criminal case against protest leader

YoopyaOctober 17, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Russian authorities launched criminal proceedings against opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov on Wednesday, accusing him of planning “mass disorder” in protests against President Vladimir...

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Russia denies involvement in alleged U.S. smuggling network

YoopyaOctober 4, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Russian spy agencies were not involved in an alleged smuggling network uncovered by the United States and Moscow is concerned by the espionage...