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An arms procession is designed to show how Putin revived Russia's fortunes, armed forces and its national pride
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that it could further increase its peacekeeping forces in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, where the threat of renewed fighting increased international alarm.
Russia will send a team of consular officials to Britain to issue visas for soccer fans wanting to attend the Champions League final in Moscow on May 21.
Russia is increasing the number of its troops near the region of Abkhazia amid simmering tensions between Russia and Georgia, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.
Spain and Russia quickly wrapped up Fed Cup semifinal victories by taking winning 3-0 leads on Sunday.
Former Soviet state Georgia Wednesday accused Moscow of "harassment" for allegedly shooting down of one its spy planes, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting.
With her three best players missing, United States Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison is looking at the semifinal against Russia as a test.
A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgia's air force commander said Monday.
Georgia sought the backing of NATO and the European Union on Friday after Russia stepped up pressure by announcing intensified ties with two separatist Georgian regions.
An arms procession is designed to show how Putin revived Russia's fortunes, armed forces and its national pride
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that it could further increase its peacekeeping forces in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, where the threat of renewed fighting increased international alarm.
Russia will send a team of consular officials to Britain to issue visas for soccer fans wanting to attend the Champions League final in Moscow on May 21.
Russia is increasing the number of its troops near the region of Abkhazia amid simmering tensions between Russia and Georgia, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.
Spain and Russia quickly wrapped up Fed Cup semifinal victories by taking winning 3-0 leads on Sunday.
Former Soviet state Georgia Wednesday accused Moscow of "harassment" for allegedly shooting down of one its spy planes, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting.
With her three best players missing, United States Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison is looking at the semifinal against Russia as a test.
A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgia's air force commander said Monday.
Georgia sought the backing of NATO and the European Union on Friday after Russia stepped up pressure by announcing intensified ties with two separatist Georgian regions.
Russia secured a place in the Davis Cup semifinals for the fourth consecutive year Sunday after Czech Tomas Berdych retired hurt in the decisive fifth set against Nikolay Davydenko.
Russia has one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical markets in the world, but for foreign companies it's frustrating and filled with risks.
Russian authorities have charged two brothers who have dual Russian-U.S. citizenship with industrial espionage, accusing them of illegally gathering information for foreign oil and gas companies.
The United States is trying to allay Russian fears about American plans to install interceptor missiles in eastern Europe, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Election authorities placed some of the ballot booths for Khotkovo in a psychiatric hospital. At least it insured a turnout
Russia has clamped down on Human Rights Watch, refusing its executive director, Kenneth Roth, a visa to travel to Moscow, following a 72-page report on Russia's suppression of free speech.
The global fishing industry is increasingly trawling the high seas for bottom-dwelling fish -- a practice environmentalists say is the world's most destructive business
The big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners -- first deputy prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev -- are also squaring off in a contest for business-school supremacy in Russia.
England coach Steve McClaren has warned his players that they should concentrate on Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier with Estonia at Wembley and not get distracted by their forthcoming trip to Russia.
Colombian Leonardo Duque has won the 161km 16th stage of the Tour of Spain as Denis Menchov of Russia retained his overall race lead.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Tony Parker missed a game-tying free throw with 7 seconds to play, and Russia went on to beat France 75-71 and reach the semifinals of the European Basketball Championship for the first time in 10 years.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko scored 20 points Tuesday to lead Russia over Croatia 83-70 at the European Basketball Championship.
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Russia has reiterated its dismay at Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats and is preparing a "targeted" response "very soon," the foreign ministry says.
Britain has condemned Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi to face murder charges for the poisoning death of an ex-KGB agent in London as "extremely disappointing."
Unlike almost everyone else in the CNN "Eye on Russia" team, I had never been to Russia before.
Scientists say Russia could lay claim to millions of square kilometers of territory under the Arctic Ocean, following their discovery of a link between a major underwater ridge and Russia's coastal shelf, Russian media reports.
CNN is taking an in-depth look at contemporary Russia as part of the "Eye on Russia" series. We asked you to share your photos of Russia and tell us about your experiences in the country, and photos and stories poured in of beautiful places and ordinary places, and of hopes for Russia's future in the 21st century.
Critics say corruption persists in Russian health care despite Russia's booming economy and its decision to spend billions to improve the health care system
I can tell you that some things in Russia may never change. No more than 10 minutes after we landed, my colleague walked through immigration only to have a male immigration officer query her single status and ask "Why no husband?"
As part of its in-depth look at modern Russia, CNN talks to the people who are influencing and changing contemporary Russian society, as well as those who live with these changes.
Russia has staged a remarkable comeback in recent years. Gone are the days, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the Kremlin depended on Western handouts to keep its fragile economy afloat.
Tensions between the United States and Russia ratcheted up another notch Thursday, with accusations flying over ballistic missiles and human rights.
Russia test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Tuesday that is capable of carrying multiple independent warheads
At least 35 miners were dead and three missing after a methane gas explosion Thursday at a coal mine in southwestern Siberia, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. Officials said 179 miners were rescued -- seven of them were injured.
High winds forced the suspension of the women's 25km open water final at the world championships in Melbourne on Saturday.
Hopes of saving three missing men faded on Wednesday as rescuers struggled to reach them in a Russian coal mine where 107 died in one of the the country's worst mine disasters.
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The world's unquenchable thirst for oil means that Russian energy resources have been in continual demand - disruptions and disputes involving pipeline deliveries to Europe aside.
Russia and Iran are in talks on creating a natural gas organization that could shift the alignment of the energy markets, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Shell has lost control of its $22 billion project on Russia's Sakhalin Island. Here's a virtual tour of the world's largest integrated oil and gas project and the community that surrounds it.
Former world number one Marat Safin will lead a depleted squad when Davis Cup holders Russia launch their campaign against Chile next month.
Russian oil is again flowing through Belarus, but the three-day shutdown has raised yet more concerns about how reliable the world's second-largest oil exporter really is.
In the days after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 it became common to refer to Russia as a former superpower.
Russia will refuse to extradite any suspects in the radioactive poisoning death of a former spy and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin to Britain, the country's top prosecutor has said.
There are 24 billionaires in Moscow, and all but one, the wife of the mayor, are men. Fittingly, the word "oligarch" in Russian is masculine.
While the U.S. hems and haws over reviving nuclear energy as a less expensive alternative to oil, Russia has dug back 30 years in our nuclear history to find a solution for some of its own energy woes: the floating nuclear power plant.
U.S. President George W. Bush says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are are close to reaching a deal on Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization, but added "there's more work to be done."
Stocks will be under pressure as long as it looks like war in the Middle East, rebels are agitating in Nigeria, North Korea keeps on saber rattling, oil and gas prices surge, and tech stocks get downgraded. Got that?
One of Russia's biggest oil firms is set to go public in the next few weeks in a deal that has it all: risk, political intrigue, and what investors crave - the prospect of great rewards.
The world's store of millionaires keeps on growing, with another half-million people joining the club in 2005, according to an annual survey.
Zbynek Irgl's goal late in extra time gave the Czech Republic a dramatic 4-3 victory over Russia on Thursday, sending the titleholders into a world championship semifinal with Finland.
Vice President Dick Cheney is in Eastern Europe, where he angered Russian officials with a speech that accused President Vladimir Putin of backsliding on democracy and trying to intimidate its neighbors.
Russia has brought into force a new law that critics say gives officials a free hand to harass charities and human rights groups they do not like.
A British explorer and his American fellow traveler who entered Russia without going through a border checkpoint will be deported and fined, dealing a serious blow to their dream of walking around the world.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and Spaniards David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero all fell in a trio of first round shocks at the Valencia Open.
Maria Sharapova and Anastasia Myskina will skip Russia's Fed Cup tie with Belgium next month.
Russia and Iran reported progress Sunday on a Russian proposal for a joint uranium enrichment program, according to Russian news agencies.
EVER SINCE A TEAM OF Goldman Sachs economists coined the term "BRIC" in 2003--for Brazil, Russia, India, and China--this group of emerging-market countries has assumed greater importance in the int...
When you talk about the world's top exporters, it's time to include Russia, with its $119.6 billion trade surplus, behind only Germany. As this second annual ranking of its 50 largest public companies attests, exports are Russia's fastest-growing sector. State-owned natural gas producer Gazprom is again No. 1; revenues grew 25% in 2004, when Russia became the world's top gas supplier. Russia is also the No. 2 exporter of oil and steel. While Yukos (No. 5 last year and once the country's largest oil company) was dismantled to pay crushing back taxes and fell off the list, revenues at Lukoil (No. 2) grew 52%. And steel conglomerate Evraz Group, which went public in 2005, debuts at No. 8. It also became harder to make the list--the revenue cutoff tripled, to $481 million--since the economy grew 6.5% in 2004 and more companies went public. Many of the 23 newcomers on the list are in telecom, including Russia's biggest mobile operator, MTS (No. 14). Now that's something to talk about.
Russia's lower house of parliament is to investigate allegations that four British diplomats have been involved in espionage and the funneling of funds to non-governmental organizations.
Russia's internal security service has accused four British Embassy employees of conducting a high-tech spying operation that included using an "advanced electronic spy gadget" in a fake rock, news agencies reported.
Top seeds Russia and Argentina remained in contention for a place in the Hopman Cup final after they secured 2-1 wins over their respective opponents.
Top seeds Russia may be forced to withdraw from the Hopman Cup following an ankle injury to Teimuraz Gabashvili, sustained in the Qatar Challenger series.
One person is reported to have been killed and two others injured in what Russian government officials are calling an explosion at a smelter furnace on the site of the Leningrad nuclear power plant.
China's environmental chief has resigned in the wake of a two-week crisis over a toxic spill that forced the shutdown of drinking water supplies to millions of Chinese and sparked concern in Russia.
A toxic spill from a Chinese factory is set to hit Russia within days and could pollute the water supply of a major city in its far east early next month, officials fear.
Chinese officials say they have warned Russia about a chemical spill that has disrupted life in the city of Harbin and will reach Russia in about two weeks.
Another region in European Russia, Tambov, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Moscow, has confirmed an outbreak of deadly bird flu virus, a senior regional animal health official said.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture says it has confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in chickens in Russia.
World number one Maria Sharapova has said she wants to play for Russia in the Fed Cup at some point in the future.
At least eight people have been killed by a suspected gas explosion in northern Russia, according to officials, who added it was most likely an accident.
Russia and the European Union have signed a landmark cooperation agreement ranging from economic ties mutual security, according to Russian news agencies.
Russia coach Georgy Yartsev has dropped veteran goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov from a 23-man squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers at Liechtenstein and Estonia.
At Los Angeles International Airport two weeks ago, FBI agents arrested an Irish businessman they had spent a week tailing all over California's Silicon Valley, from the offices of two electronics manufacturers in Sunnyvale to a hotel in Mountain View and down a quiet cul-de-sac to a suburban house in San Jose.
Oil prices dropped more than 3 percent on Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a surprise increase in fuel stockpiles last week in the world's largest energy consumer.
Mary Pierce has pulled out of France's defence of their Fed Cup title with a shoulder injury, increasing Russia's chances of taking their first crown.
The dollar skidded to a new record low against the euro while bonds ticked lower Tuesday after Russia's central bank said it would review the share of euros in its reserves.
Russia may implement a system of terrorist threat updates, similar to that used in the United States, according to Igor Ivanov, the head of the Russian Security Council.
Russia's foreign minister has accused Western countries of displaying double standards by granting asylum to Chechen separatist figures.
Russia has offered $10 million for information that helps "neutralize" two Chechen rebel leaders, and a military official said Moscow was prepared to strike at terrorists around the world.
A group of 32 terrorists hid in a nearby forest before storming the school in southern Russia last week, according to new details released by Russia's prosecutor-general.
Airport security tops Russia's aviation agenda following the near-simultaneous crash last month of two passenger planes in what were suspected terrorist attacks.
The new wave of violence that has beset Russia this week has yet again highlighted a growing militant threat -- the so-called "black widows."
A female suicide bomber killed nine people and herself and wounded 51 others when she detonated a bomb outside a subway station in northeastern Moscow Tuesday, officials said.
Defending champions Serbia and Montenegro were eliminated from the men's Olympic volleyball tournament after a thrilling encounter with Russia.
Russia's Interfax news agency has reported that a hijacking alarm was activated on one of two passenger jetliners that crashed over Russia in nearly simultaneous incidents.
Injured midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos will miss Greece's final group match against Russia.
Russia said it still has concerns about the draft U.N. resolution on Iraq proposed by the United States and Britain and that it "needs some hard work," according to Interfax.
The United States and Russia were expected to sign an agreement Thursday to protect against the threat of highly enriched uranium falling into the hands of terrorists.
Russian rescue officials Monday said they do not expect to find additional survivors from Saturday's methane explosion in a western Siberian mine.
All of NATO's diplomacy skills will be needed to calm the fears of Russia over the military alliance's eastward expansion, analysts say.
In a dramatic rescue mission, 12 stranded Russian scientists have been plucked from an Arctic research station all but crushed by a freak wall of ice, Russian media reported.
Russia have banned Spartak Moscow's Yegor Titov from domestic competition for six months, after his one-year ban from all UEFA matches for failing a drugs test.
Women in Russia have the best chance of reaching the upper echelons of the business world, according to a new survey.
A Russian navy ballistic missile self-destructed after going off course during a test, following its launch from a submarine in the Barents Sea, according to the Russian navy press service.
A makeshift Russia side were held to a 1-1 draw by J-League club Shimizu S-Pulse in a friendly on Saturday, rounding off their two-match tour of Japan.
A Chechen rebel leader linked by the U.N. to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network has been killed in a car explosion in Qatar, government sources in Doha told CNN.
Three people have been killed and 12 others injured in a coal mine explosion in Siberia, according to Russian emergency officials.
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