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Suspect featured YouTube 'terror' links

2013-04-19 19:39

The Boston marathon bombings suspect, who was killed in a police shootout, features a YouTube page listing links to men he identified as "terrorists" and Islamic teachers.

Putin offers Depardieu Russian passport

2012-12-20 12:18

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to offer French movie star Gerard Depardieu a Russian passport to resolve his tax row, calling him a friend.

Sarah Brightman to be next space tourist

2012-10-10 17:35

British soprano and crossover singer Sarah Brightman has announced in Moscow that she will blast off as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS).

Madonna vows to defy anti-gay law

2012-03-23 16:02

Madonna has promised to defy a recent law against homosexual "propaganda" in Vladimir Putin's hometown of St Petersburg on her upcoming tour through Russia.

Global gay rights leaders in Moscow

2011-05-28 10:48

Gay rights activists from Russia and Europe as well the US have planned to stage an unprecedented rally near the Kremlin despite a police vow to arrest anyone who shows up.

Ballet director quits over erotic pics

2011-03-17 13:24

The director of the Bolshoi ballet troupe has resigned after erotic photographs purporting to be of him were posted on the Internet.

Activists detained at U2 concert

2010-08-26 12:54

Russian police have detained Amnesty International activists and torn down their tents at U2's first Moscow concert.

Moscow metro bomb suspect killed

2010-08-21 14:33

Russian security forces have killed a militant suspected of organising Moscow metro suicide bombings in the southern region of Dagestan, says the national anti-terror committee.

BP to mend fences with Moscow

2010-07-31 12:13

Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley is set to fly to Moscow to meet shareholders of its Russian joint venture TNK-BP, as relations thaw between the two companies.

Moscow cop killed in clash

2010-03-13 10:00

A policeman has been killed and another wounded after unknown attackers opened fire on a police patrol in Moscow, a report says.,

41 in Moscow rabies scare

2009-12-28 14:40

Fears of contact with a rabies-stricken dog have left 41 people hospitalised in Moscow, say Russian officials.

Du Rand surprised by record

2009-11-09 13:37

George du Rand has added his name to an elite list of SA swimming stars in breaking the 200m backstroke world record.

Jones plots comeback

2009-11-05 11:30

Australia's Olympic champion Leisel Jones will make her return to international racing at the FINA World Cup meet in Moscow.

Toll in dam disaster rises

2009-09-01 13:23

The confirmed death toll from a flood at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant has risen to 73, investigators say.

Iran vote an 'internal affair'

2009-06-16 12:59

Russia has described the hotly disputed reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an "internal affair".

Russian burglars use Google

2009-06-03 08:13

Russian police have arrested two men who staged audacious robberies in a chic Moscow suburb after studying satellite images of the area on Google.

Anti-Putin protesters detained

2009-05-31 18:00

Russian police have detained a prominent Kremlin critic and several other people who've tried to hold a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

N Korea: Russia treads lightly

2009-05-27 17:04

World powers must be firm with a belligerent North Korea but also take care to avoid inflaming tensions further, says Russia's Foreign Minister.

 

Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship

2013-01-03 12:07

Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has been sparring with his native country over taxes, has been granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin.

Chelsea boss ends Norilsk feud

2012-12-04 17:11

Two Russian billionaires have ended a battle over the world's biggest nickel and palladium mine by giving the biggest voting stake to tycoon Roman Abramovich.

Drunk Moscow driver kills seven

2012-09-22 19:09

A drunken man racing at 200 km through Moscow has slammed into a bus stop queue, instantly killing seven people.

Moscow:Violence at gay rally

2011-05-28 14:31

Moscow police have detained three prominent global gay rights leaders as violence broke out at an unprecedented rally that activists tried to stage near the Kremlin wall.

Gates arrives in Moscow amid Kremlin rift

2011-03-22 17:15

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Moscow for talks on Libya in the middle of the first major public spat between Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev and Primier Putin.

A Madonna gym for Moscow

2010-12-10 16:54

Madonna is set to open a gym near Red Square for Moscow's designer-clad elite.

Activists detained at U2 concert

2010-08-26 12:54

Russian police have detained Amnesty International activists and torn down their tents at U2's first Moscow concert.

Russian fires toll hits 50

2010-08-05 18:50

Wildfires are raging close to a shelter housing hundreds of dogs and retired circus animals, animal activists have said, as the death toll from weeks of blazes across Russia rose to 50.

Moscow in mourning

2010-03-30 07:46

Moscow will hold a day of mourning for the 38 victims of twin rush-hour suicide bombings on packed metro trains, as Russian leaders pledged to hunt down and wipe out those behind the attacks.

Wrestler snatches cash machine

2010-03-05 22:35

A sumo wrestler has ripped a cash machine out of a Moscow store and walked off with the bulky 90kg machine on his shoulders, police say.

Space sushi for ISS astronauts

2009-12-19 22:02

Sushi will soar to new gastronomic heights when a Japanese astronaut blasts off for the International Space Station with a load of raw fish.

Records tumble in Moscow

2009-11-07 07:04

Cameron van der Burgh has led South Africa to three gold medals on the opening day of the Moscow leg of FINA's World Cup series.

Armani succession plan hint

2009-10-27 22:58

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, still frail after a bout of hepatitis, has hinted of succession plans and joked about his appearance.

Iran prepares for vote recount

2009-06-16 22:25

Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his defeated challenger have staged rival rallies in Tehran amid reports that a recount may be ordered.

Iran braces for rival demos

2009-06-16 11:28

Iran is bracing for more rival rallies in the biggest outpouring of public anger since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Tetris still a star at 25

2009-06-02 08:01

It was spring in what was then the Soviet Union when a mathematician created a Tetris computer game that is still going strong 25 years later.

N Korea asked to resume talks

2009-05-27 21:22

Russia has summoned North Korea's ambassador and called for a return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, says the Russian foreign ministry.

Sharapova eyes French Open

2009-04-16 12:27

Former world No 1 Maria Sharapova, who had surgery on her injured right shoulder last October, is set to play in the French Open.

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