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G20 finance chiefs in exchange rate pledge
Finance chiefs from the world's 20 leading industrial and developing countries attempted Saturday to calm fears that governments are using foreign ...
Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, ...
Putin urges G20 ministers to consider social cost
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on financial chiefs of the world's leading industrial and developing nations to consider the ...
Gays in Belarus face reprisals for activism
Police in Belarus are going after gays, raiding their clubs and locking up clubbers overnight, and summoning gay activists for questioning.
Putin: NGOs mustn't meddle in Russia's affairs
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned foreign-funded non-government organizations against meddling in the country's affairs. Putin also ...
Russia charges Georgian deputy with plotting riots
Russia's top investigative agency on Thursday charged a lawmaker from the former Soviet republic of Georgia with plotting anti-government riots.
Russian lawmakers vote to ban smoking in public
Russia's lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban smoking in public places, a contentious measure in a country with ...
Putin bans officials from owning foreign accounts
President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill that would ban Russian Cabinet members and other senior officials from having foreign bank accounts and ...
Ex-chief of Russia's Gazprom Vyakhirev dies at 78
Rem Vyakhirev, the man who helped create Russia's state-run Gazprom natural gas giant and led it for nearly a decade, has died at 78. Gazprom said ...
Russian opposition leader placed on house arrest
A top Russian opposition figure has been placed under house arrest for two months, a move that also bans him from using most forms of communication, ...
Putin angry over Sochi Olympics cost overruns
A year before the 2014 Winter Olympics are to begin, President Vladimir Putin has demanded that a senior member of the Russian Olympic Committee be ...
Japan says 2 Russian fighters entered its airspace
Japan's Defense Ministry said two Russian fighter jets briefly intruded Thursday into Japanese airspace as the country was holding rallies demanding ...
Pussy Riot appeal conviction to European Court
Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have contested their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
What time is it? Russia's Medvedev resists change
When will the sun come up today? In Russia, it's a matter of fierce debate, and one that may reflect the sinking stature of Prime Minister Dmitry ...
Putin scolds officials over delays, cost overruns
Russian President Vladimir Putin scolded government officials Wednesday over a two-year delay and huge cost overruns in the construction of the ski ...
Questions remain over Russian dissident's suicide
A Russian opposition activist who committed suicide at a Dutch deportation center after his request for political asylum was turned down was laid to ...
Migrant workers at Sochi Olympic sites face abuses
One year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the roads in the Black Sea resort and its surrounding mountains are lined with migrants from Central ...