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Vodka becomes dearer in Russia
31 May 2012 1:08 AM GMTRussia, a country of vodka drinkers, will increase the minimum price of the drink by around 30 per cent this year.According to a draft resolution...
Russia to unravel Wallenberg mystery
30 May 2012 1:38 AM GMTThe chief archivist of Russia's counterintelligence service has said it will continue searching for clues about the mystery of Holocaust hero Raoul...
Russia aims for world leader in e-govt
18 May 2012 6:10 AM GMTRussia can become the world's leader in developing and using an e-government system in the country within the next five years, country's leading...
Court bans anti-Putin protests
16 May 2012 2:08 AM GMTA Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the police to break up a week-long occupy protest that spontaneously emerged after Vladimir Putin's swearing in. The...
Russia nuclear missile blue-prints leaked
16 May 2012 2:07 AM GMTThe blueprints of Bulava, Russia's most lethal and advanced submarine launched nuclear missile, which carries up to 10 warheads may have been leaked...
Putin to visit China
14 May 2012 4:17 AM GMTRussian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China in June and attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a...
Russia president not in G-8 summit
11 May 2012 2:27 PM GMTNewly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be attending the G-8 Summit scheduled later this month in Camp David. Former president Dmitry...
Putin presides over show of army might
10 May 2012 5:12 AM GMTNewly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday presided over Russia's annual display of military power as thousands of troops marched across...
Putin stresses on social measures
9 May 2012 5:14 AM GMTRussia's new President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to adopt a number of social measures including significant reduction in mortgage...
Putin returns as Russia president
8 May 2012 2:38 AM GMTVladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president on Monday in a glittering Kremlin ceremony that took place less than 24 hours after protesters...
Russia warns of ‘dead end’
4 May 2012 5:55 AM GMTRussia said on 3 May its dispute with the United States over missile defence was near a ‘dead end’ and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in...