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File - Marina Litvinenko, center, the widow of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko, speaks to the media as she leaves at the end of a pre-inquest review at Camden Town Hall in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Litvinenko's widow seeks public inquiry into death Sat 18 May 2013
The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko has called for the upcoming inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry. Marina Litvinenko... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) BBC News
Crime   Photos   Russia   UK   Wikipedia: Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
The U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul arrives at Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. McFaul has been summoned by the Russian foreign ministry in connection with an alleged spy detention in Moscow. He entered the ministry's building in central Moscow Wednesday morning and left half an hour later without saying a word to journalists waiting outside the compound. Russia protests to US over spy (Changing dateline) Wed 15 May 2013
Tweet Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday lodged an official protest with the US ambassador over an embassy official who Moscow says is an undercover CIA... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze) Newstrack India
Espionage   Moscow   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Michael McFaul
In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is in the FSB offices in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Russia's security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian agent. Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money when he was detained overnight, the FSB said in a statement Tuesday. Fogle was handed over to U.S. embassy officials, the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, said. Russia Accuses U.S Diplomat Ryan Fogle of Spying, Wants Him Gone Tue 14 May 2013
Embassy worker allegedly tried to recruit Russian source for the CIA Comment () Tweet A man said by the FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in... (photo: AP / FSB Public Relations Center, HOPD) US News
CIA   Espionage   Moscow   Photos   Wikipedia : CIA activities in Russia
President Barack Obama holds out a hand to shake to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit Obama's One-Sided "Reset" With Russia Tue 14 May 2013
President Obama’s long courtship of Vladimir Putin is a persuasive rebuttal to the argument that his failures are attributable to his detached, analytical approach... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Real Clear Politics
Moscow   Photos   Politics   USA   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with his host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they prepare to deliver joint statements after their meeting and a lunch in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem residence, Monday June 25, 2012. Netanyahu says Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees that a nuclear Iran would pose a "grave danger" to the world. Netanyahu pressed for further sanctions on the Islamic Republic to quash its budding nuclear program. In statements after their meeting Monday, Putin acknowledged that the talks covered Iran and the uprising in Syria, but added that he saw negotiations as the only solution for such matters. Putin and Netanyahu to discuss Syrian conflict Mon 13 May 2013
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin's talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Russia on Tuesday will focus on the situation in Syria, the Kremlin... (photo: AP / Jim Hollander, Pool) Lexington Herald-Leader
Israel   Moscow   Photos   Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday Russia says it will keep selling missiles to Syria Fri 10 May 2013
Russia defended its sales of anti-aircraft systems to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, just days after joining forces with the U.S. for a new push to end... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) WPXI
Moscow   Photos   Syria   Weapons   Wikipedia: Sergey Lavrov
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, greets British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Russia, Britain both want to stabilize Syria: Putin Fri 10 May 2013
Sochi, May 10: Russia and Britain have common interest in preserving Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday after... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) The Siasat Daily
Moscow   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war   Peace
Former Algerian foreign affairs minister and new Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi attends during an interview with The Associated Press in Paris Syria conflict: Envoy Brahimi hails US-Russia accord Wed 8 May 2013
The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has hailed a US-Russia commitment to work together to end the conflict in the country. He said it was "the first... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon) BBC News
Defense   Moscow   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Lakhdar Brahimi
Butyrka prison, Moscow, Russia Russian inmate breaks out of prison 'using a spoon' Tue 7 May 2013
A Russian prisoner charged with double murder has escaped from one of Moscow's most formidable jails by breaking a hole in his cell ceiling, climbing through a... (photo: Creative Commons / Stanislav Kozlovskiy) The Daily Telegraph
Law   Photos   Prison   Russia   Wikipedia: Prisons in Russia
File - Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 12 December, 2012. Russia and US to hold Syria talks in Moscow Tue 7 May 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to hold talks with US State Secretary John Kerry in Moscow to discuss the ongoing Syrian crisis. Mr Kerry's visit comes after... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) BBC News
Russia   Syria   Syrian civil war   US
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bows his head as he pays his respects at the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey Kerry to 'make another stab' at Syria deal with Russia Mon 6 May 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will "make another stab" at seeing if the United States and Russia can work together to find a political... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) Reuters
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Protests Rally in Moscow for Alexey Navalny Protesters March in Moscow on Eve of Anti-Putin Rally Sun 5 May 2013
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - Several hundred protesters marched through central Moscow on Sunday to call for the release of people arrested after last year’s clashes at... (photo: Creative Commons / Bogomolov.PL) Novosti
Anti-Putin   Photos   Protests   Russia   Wikipedia: 2011–13 Russian protests
Direct Line with Vladimir Putin Putin opposes free gun sales in Russia Sun 28 Apr 2013
Moscow, April 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he opposes the idea of allowing Russians to buy guns freely for self-defence purposes. “I do not support... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) The Siasat Daily
Defense   Moscow   Photos   Weapons   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, listens from behind bars at a district court in Zubova Polyana 440 km Southeast of Moscow in Russia's province of Mordovia, Friday, April 26, 2013. Russian court rejects Pussy Riot member's early release Sat 27 Apr 2013
Zubova Polyana (Russia): A Russian court on Saturday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) Zeenews
Court   Photos   Putin   Russia   Wikipedia: Pussy Riot
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, waves to supporters at a district court in Zubova Polyana 440 km southeast of Moscow in Russia's province of Mordovia, Friday, April 26, 2013. A Russian court is to consider whether one of the jailed Pussy Riot members is eligible for early release. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, in custody since her arrest in March 2012, is serving a two-year sentence for the band's irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral. Russian court to rule whether Pussy Riot member can be released Fri 26 Apr 2013
A Russian court is to consider whether Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the jailed Pussy Riot band members, is eligible for early release after serving half her sentence.... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) The Daily Telegraph
Arrest   Court   Moscow   Wikipedia: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova   Photos
Ministry for Emergency Situations workers and fire fighters work at a site of a fire of a psychiatric hospital Friday morning, April 26, 2013. Dozens killed in Russia mental hospital fire Fri 26 Apr 2013
At least 38 people died after a blaze tore through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow on Thursday night, raising questions about security standards at Russian medical... (photo: AP / Pavel Sergeyev) France24
Disaster   Health   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Moscow
Lt. Mike Murphy of the Newton, Mass., fire dept., carries an American flag down the middle of Boylston Street after observing a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the bombing at the Boston Marathon near the race finish line, Monday, April 22, 2013, in Boston, Mass. Boston bombing could prompt US, Russia cooperation Tue 23 Apr 2013
Click photo to enlarge Officers march into position near the blast site on Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter Streets near the Boston Marathon finish line... (photo: AP / Robert F. Bukaty) Denver Post
Photos   Russia   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Boston Marathon bombings
Artistic Recreation TMK-Soviet spacecraft orbiting Venus MAVR Russia’s Progress Cargo Spacecraft to Be ‘Buried’ in Pacific Sun 21 Apr 2013
MOSCOW, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Progress M-17M cargo spacecraft, which undocked from the International Space Station on April 15, will be "buried" in the Pacific... (photo: Public Domain) Novosti
Photos   Russia   Science   Technology   Wikipedia: Spacecraft
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, walks with his supporters as he arrives to attend a trial in Kirov, Russia, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The trial of a Russian opposition leader accused of embezzling half a million dollars' worth of timber from a state-run company has started in the northwestern city. New Charges Brought Against Russian Opposition Leader Thu 18 Apr 2013
MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) – New charges have been brought against whistleblowing opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother, who are suspected of fraud,... (photo: AP / Mitya Aleshkovskiy) Novosti
Lawmaker   Moscow   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Alexei Navalny
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stands as he going to lead a cabinet meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia Russian PM Medvedev defends record after Putin warning Wed 17 Apr 2013
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev defended his government's record in a combative speech to parliament on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service) Reuters
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