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05.02.2009, 12:26
Russian athletics is embroiled in a drugs scandal after three national biathletes tested positive for the banned blood-booster, EPO.
18.02.2009, 15:50
Sweden’s biathlon team coach Wolfgang Pichler has said Russian sportsman Maksim Chudov should ‘crawl on his knees’ and make an apology to him. Pilcher has many times accused team Russia of doping.
17.03.2009, 19:53
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Tuesday that it is up to President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to decide on the future of CSKA.
29.06.2010, 15:36
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A US court has refused to grant bail to ten people arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia.
21.01.2010, 08:33
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The site chosen by Poland’s defense ministry for the deployment of the US “Patriot” air defense system is only 100 km from the Russian border, according to a report in Polish media.
17.05.2010, 18:53
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In what is seen as a politically motivated gesture, the European Court of Human Rights has delivered its verdict in the case of Vasily Kononov versus Latvia.
14.01.2010, 18:40
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Kiev’s Court of Appeals has found Josef Stalin and other Bolshevik leaders guilty of genocide against the Ukrainians during the famine, or “Holodomor” as it is called in Ukraine, of 1932-33.
05.03.2010, 14:46
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A war of words over the name of Joseph Stalin, who died 57 years ago, is being fought in Moscow, the city where he is buried. The country he led to victory in World War II is still divided over Stalin's place in history.
11.07.2010, 09:22
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As the US and Russia swap spies, one of the world’s hottest stories of the summer is coming to a close – becoming the shortest special agent story to be devoured by the media in modern history.
05.11.2009, 23:00
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The Polish Foreign Minister has voiced a desire to station US troops in the country. They are meant to protect Poles from an attack by Russia, he said. Moscow called the statement “absolutely unacceptable”.
Published: 09 January, 2009, 16:24
Edited: 28 September, 2009, 13:04
The coach of Avangard Omsk hockey team didn’t return to the bench for third period of his team’s home game against Vityaz. Canadian Wayne Fleming couldn’t do so as he’d been fired during the break.
