Another crisis brews in Russia
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ATTACKERS WEARING suicide-bomb belts seized a school in a Russian region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday and were holding hundreds of hostages, reportedly including 200 children.
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Russia announced the creation of a new leadership structure for security services in the north Caucasus to combat terror in the region in the wake of the Beslan school hostage crisis, as tensions continued with United States over its stance towards Chechen rebels.
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Russia has again accused the West of double standards in the war on terrorism, following last week&#39;s school hostage crisis in the southern town of Beslan.
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An end appeared in sight Monday to the worst bilateral crisis between Georgia and Russia in years.
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Frustration is deep over Western support for independence that Russia sees as destabilizing and against international law.
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New moves to pressure Ukraine on gas supplies could be driven by Moscow's political agenda, but they could also signal the Russian gas giant's own supply problems
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A town in the northern Russia remains tense after days of mass race riots, reports say.
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The crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election intensified Sunday, as a key eastern province called a referendum on autonomy and the opposition demanded the current president fire his prime minister, ...
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A political crisis gripped a bitterly divided Ukraine as the pro-West opposition planned more mass demonstrations to protest a contested presidential vote claimed by the Russia-friendly prime minister.
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Chechen attacks highlight Russia's failure to crush a rebellion
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There are growing fears that Russia is facing a population crisis that could see the country lose up to 50 million people in the next 50 years.
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Police have raided Georgian businesses in Moscow after Russia cut transport links with its southern neighbor, escalating a crisis between the two states.
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Some recent disputes that have worsened tensions between Russia and Britain:
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American courts came into direct conflict with Russia yesterday, after Russia insisted it would push on with plans to sell off the main chunk of stricken oil giant Yukos
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ELEANOR HALL: To Russia now, where President Vladimir Putin&#39;s announcement this week of a radical overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system has sparked concern about the future of democracy in the country.
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Russia began pulling out some of its   officials from Georgia on Friday as the crisis mounted between   the two former Soviet states over spying charges.
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Ukraine&#39;s feuding president and prime minister were to renew crisis talks Saturday as thousands of interior ministry troops loyal to the president were said to have attempted to move on the capital Kiev.