Russia threatens pre-emptive strikes; offers bounty for Chechen ...
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Russia&#39;s top general threatened Wednesday to strike terrorists &quot;in any region of the world,&quot; and the Kremlin offered aa reward equivalent to $13.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.
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Moscow: Russia on Wednesday offered a reward of US$10 million for information leading to the &quot;neutralisation&quot; of renegade Chechen warlords Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev, said to be the masterminds behind the Beslan school carnage, and announced to
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Chechen rebels, in a swift reply to a  Russian bounty offer for their leaders, promised on Thursday to  give $20 million to anyone helping them to capture President  Vladimir Putin.
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The commander of Russia's strategic missile force says Russia is capable of targeting U.S. missile defense sites if they are built in the Czech Republic and Poland.Comment
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened more violence.
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MOSCOW - Russia offered more than $10 million for information that helps "neutralize" two well-known rebel leaders from breakaway Chechnya accused of planning the school hostage standoff that killed at least 326 people last week, news agencies reported Wednesday.    The reports of the reward came a day after Russians got a horrific glimpse of the drama from video footage filmed by the militants who captured the school in southern Russia...
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Russia has armed planes with long-range missiles which could be used against terrorists, local media say.
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&quot;Russia is not the only country that has announced the possibility of using or carrying out preventive strikes. I would like to stress that we did not invent it,&quot; he added, hinting that Moscow was following a US lead.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin is preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened further violence.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is "seriously preparing" for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad region bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russia's top general said on  Wednesday he was ready to attack "terrorist bases" anywhere in  the world, as security services put a $10 million bounty on two  Chechen rebels blamed for last week's school siege.
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Russia criticized the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations.
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Russia is &quot;seriously&quot; preparing to carry out preventive strikes in its anti-terror fight, President Vladimir Putin said as he denounced calls for talks with Chechen rebel leaders as similar to appeasing Hitler in 1938.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russia's top general threatened  Wednesday to attack "terrorist bases" anywhere in the world, as  security services put a $10 million bounty on two Chechen  rebels they blame for last week's school siege.
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Russia's top general threatened on Wednesday to attack "terrorist bases" anywhere in the world, as security services put a $10 million bounty on two Chechen rebels they blame for last week's school siege.