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14.01.2008, 17:15
Police have ended a siege in the city of Makhachkala in the North Caucasus. Two gunmen are reported to have been killed, and one policeman has been injured.
11.05.2008, 23:19
One policeman has been shot dead and another one wounded after unknown gunmen attacked a police station in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan.
09.06.2008, 05:15
A 21-year-old Russian soldier has been killed and another injured in an armed attack in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan.
28.06.2008, 06:16
Four policemen have been killed and another four wounded in a clash with militants in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya. Two militants were also killed in the shoot-out. Meanwhile, in Dagestan three miltants have be
21.10.2008, 13:40
At least five police officers have reportedly been killed and nine others injured during a gun fight with militants in Russia's republic of Dagestan. Three police cars were attacked 40 kilometres southwest of the republic's capital Mahachkala.
27.11.2008, 10:36
One policeman has been killed and two others injured after an attack in the city of Khasavyurt in Dagestan, ITAR-TASS reports. Unknown gunmen opened fire on a car carrying four servicemen.
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.
Published: 06 December, 2008, 16:45
Two militants are dead after a security operation in the Caucasus. A security officer and two suspected militants were killed during an incident in Mahachkala, the capital of the Russian Republic of Dagestan.
