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Gazprom resumes gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine

Russian gas producer Gazprom says it has resumed supplies to Ukraine after a six-month suspension over a dispute about prices and unpaid debts. The

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Russian Hermitage museum celebrates 250th anniversary

The Russian Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg has celebrated its 250th anniversary with a dazzling light show

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France's Hollande meets Russia's Putin in surprise stopover at Moscow airport

French President Francois Hollande has met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an unscheduled visit in Moscow. Hollande was travelling

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Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of 'worst crackdown since Soviet era'

The international organisation says a 'dramatic deterioration in the past decade has made Russia's human rights landscape virtually unrecognisable'.

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Putin defies West over Ukraine and 'sacred Crimea'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused what he called “enemies of yesterday” of trying to bring a new Iron Curtain down around Russia. As it

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Putin attacks West and claims Russia can withstand any challenge in State of Nation speech

Putin's State of the Nation speech roundly attacks the West and affirms Russia will meet every challenge, yet his economic proposals to revive the sagging economy fail to convince critics.

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Putin's annual parliamentary address promises Russia will overcome all challenges

Vladimir Putin has slammed the West, sanctions and politics of containment that "will fail" in his annual parliamentary address, insisting that Russia is strong.

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Russians take to Moscow streets to protest healthcare reforms

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Russia pays its respects to ice hockey coach Viktor Tikhonov

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Heartbroken dog waits in vain for its dead owner in Russia

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Cash-strapped Russian tourists stay away from Austrian ski resorts

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Watch: Passengers 'push-start' frozen plane in Siberia

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Decorated Soviet Union ice hockey coach dies

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Putin denies he wants to create a new Iron Curtain

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Moscow: Luxury car collection destroyed in suspected arson attack

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Russian foreign minister Lavrov calls for cooperation with EU

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[In pictures] Pre-revolutionary Russia as you may never have seen it before

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The first snowfall of the season in Moscow! – See the photo gallery

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BAM: a Soviet dream back on track

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NASA satellite images show Aral Sea basin 'completely dried'

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Factory gives fighter jet to head of Russian Orthodox Church

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Memories of Beslan a decade later