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05.08.2008, 08:10
Russians are paying their final respects to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died on Sunday. A day-long vigil for the dissident Soviet writer is taking place at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow. The 89-year-old will b
06.08.2008, 15:24
The funeral has taken place in Moscow of dissident writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He was buried on Wednesday at Donskoy monastery after an elaborate service. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was among the mourners. Solz
11.12.2008, 13:09
Thursday marks 90 years since the birth of the late Nobel Prize-winning author, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He died this August at his home outside Moscow, leaving behind an enduring legacy.
04.08.2008, 17:15
The man credited with exposing the brutality of Stalin’s purges and gulag system has died aged 89. Nobel prize winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974 but returned to Russia in th
10.04.2010, 21:40
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All 96 people on board have died after a Polish presidential TU-154 plane crashed near an airport outside Smolensk in western Russia. The Polish president and his wife were among the killed.
04.10.2010, 07:20
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After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.
13.07.2009, 08:56
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Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for their doomsday prophecies, are seen as an extremist cult by the Russian authorities. Banned in many countries, their activities could soon become illegal in Russia as well.
22.12.2009, 21:21
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The memorial to WWII veterans that was demolished in the Georgian city of Kutaisi earlier this month will be rebuilt in Moscow, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has declared.
03.03.2010, 20:53
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The military alliance has announced, it plans to carry out a series of air force exercises over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia from March 17-20.
10.04.2010, 18:37
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Following the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his condolences to the whole Polish nation.
Published: 07 December, 2008, 17:05
Over a hundred people have staged a protest against the renaming of a major Moscow street in honour of dissident Soviet writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It was organised by a wing of the Communist Party and saw the street sign torn down and a petition hande
