Russia sends two aid planes to Iraq
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Russia has sent two plane loads of humanitarian aid to Iraq, the Itar-Tass news agency said.
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Russia launched massive air strikes on the Chechen capital, Grozny, in December 1994 after the Chechen government refused to disarm and surrender to Moscow&#39;s authority.
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Russia's security services said on  Friday they had found traces of explosives among the wreckage  of one of two Russian planes which crashed within moments of  each other, calling it a terrorist attack.
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Russian firms bought about 30 percent of the oil sold under Iraq&#39;s now-defunct oil-for-food program, according to a UN investigator&#39;s extensive list of companies that did business with Saddam Hussein&#39;s government.
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A Russian passenger jet with 170 people aboard crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday after sending a distress signal, emergency officials said. The Interfax news agency, citing the Russian emergencies ministry, said 30 bodies had been found.
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Iraq will owe Russia between US$700 million (euro530 million) and US$1 billion (euro750 million) after the bulk of its debt is forgiven under a deal with international creditors, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin was quoted as saying Monday.
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The Russian government abruptly shifted gears Friday and concluded that at least one of the two planes that fell out of the sky almost simultaneously this week was blown up by terrorists.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree permitting Russian organizations to sell weapons and military equipment to Iraq's provisional government, the Kremlin said Monday.
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European editorialists on Tuesday commented on the plans by Russian President Vladimir Putin to change the countryâs political system and the continuing violence in Iraq.
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Meeting with visiting here Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to support all Iraqi steps aimed at restoring order
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The Russian government abruptly shifted gears Friday and concluded that at least one of the two planes that fell out of the sky almost simultaneously this week was blown up
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Russian authorities have arrested two people suspected of involvement in the attacks on two Russian planes that crashed nearly simultaneously after explosions on board two weeks ago, killing all 90 people on board, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Russia has agreed to write off $12bn (Â£6bn) of Iraqi debt built up by the Saddam Hussein regime.
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Russia expressed surprise on Tuesday  that the United States had scrambled fighter jets at the  weekend to intercept strategic Russian bombers, one of which  flew over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
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The deadly attacks against U.S.  forces on Iraqi highways have prompted the Air Force to  increase its use of aircraft to carry supplies to American  troops on the most dangerous routes.
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After creating difficulties last month, Russia is now cooperating with the independent investigation into alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, a spokesman for the investigation said Friday.
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Russia launched a new model of booster rocket on Monday following two posptponements, news agencies reported.