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12.02.2007, 16:58
Dozens of Russian nationalists have been protesting against illegal immigration in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. Members of the National Bolshevik party called for tighter migration regulations against Chinese nationals.
15.08.2007, 13:44
Russian authorities are checking the authenticity of a neo-Nazi internet video, which appears to show a brutal double murder of a Tajik and a Dagestani by Russian neo-Nazis. One man is in custody for allegedly circulating the material.
13.12.2008, 04:11
Russia is celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the country's constitution. Following a bitter stand-off between President Boris Yeltsin and parliament it was approved by the people in a referendum on December 12, 1993, becoming the foundation stone of
14.12.2008, 17:55
Around 150 opposition supporters have been detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg for holding unauthorised rallies. A total of more than 400 people took part in what they called Marches of Dissent organised by anti-Kremlin movements.
27.11.2007, 23:23
Russia’s Interior Ministry claims some members of the March of Dissent were paid for protesting on the weekend. There were clashes between riot police and the demonstrators, whose march was unsanctioned.
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.
Published: 10 December, 2008, 14:20
Russian nationalist groups have been banned from marching in central Moscow on Friday December 12 – the country’s Constitution Day – but claim they have been allowed to hold a rally instead.
