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Russia’s spies must learn from betrayal: Medvedev (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

A billboard with a view of Moscow's Kremlin reflects in a puddle as Muscovites walk past it in the centre of Moscow in 2006. A top Russian spy turned double agent helped Washington crack a major Moscow spy ring that sparked the worst post-Cold War espionage crisis between the two countries, media and a lawmaker said Thursday.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev told Russia’s once mighty spy agency on Friday to put its house in order after a senior spymaster betrayed a network of agents to the…

Russia’s Medvedev to meet Japan’s PM: spokeswoman (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), Medvedev’s spokeswoman said…

Is Ukraine Moving Back into Russia’s Embrace? (Time.com)

October 25th, 2010

Time.com - After years of pro-Western policy following the Orange Revolution, Ukraine’s fourth president Viktor Yanukovych is renewing ties with Russia. He says it will ensure his country’s stability. But…

Putin visits site of Russia’s new launch center (AP)

August 28th, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left, flanked by Deputy Premier Sergei Ivanov, left, and head of the state-owned construction agency Nikolai Abroskin, second from right, visit the site where a new launch facility, the Cosmodrome Vostochny, will be constructed outside Uglegorsk, some 3,600 miles (5800 kilometers) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program. (AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater…

Russia’s Long War (Time.com)

August 21st, 2010

Time.com - Russia’s Long (and Brutal) War on Terror

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15 people wounded in explosion in Russia’s south (AP)

August 17th, 2010

AP - A vehicle exploded outside a cafe in southern Russia Tuesday, injuring at least 15 people, police said.

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Co-pilot Putin helps put out Russia’s wildfires (AP)

August 10th, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sits in the co-pilot's seat at a cockpit of an Emergencies Ministry's Beriev Be-200 amphibian multirole jet flying drop water over a a forest fires in Ryazan region,  some  180 km (111 miles) southeast of Moscow,  Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010.  Putin joined the crew of a firefighting airplane Tuesday and helped put out two of the hundreds of wildfires that are sweeping western Russia and cloaking Moscow in suffocating smog.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin climbed into a firefighting plane Tuesday and dumped water on two of the hundreds of wildfires sweeping through western Russia and cloaking Moscow in…

Has Russia’s Heat Wave Changed Stance on Climate Change? (Time.com)

August 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Once highly skeptical of climate change, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says the extreme heat the nation is suffering is the result of global warming

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Russia’s Putin sings with expelled agents (AP)

July 25th, 2010

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, rides Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he arrives for the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula, Saturday, July 24, 2010. Russian flag is in the background. Putin has lept on a Harley Davidson and roared into a binternational/b biker convention in southern Ukraine. Around 5,000 bikers from Europe and beyond are gathered in Sevastopol for the annual festival on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)AP - Vladimir Putin says he met with the Russian spies who were expelled from the United States, joining them in a patriotic song and promising them good jobs and…

Is Russia’s Backing of Iran Sanctions Starting to Fray? (Time.com)

July 15th, 2010

Time.com - After first saying it supported sanctions, Russia has announced that it could go ahead with deals to sell fuel and weapons to Iran. For Moscow, much depends on…