Russia promises 'targeted' response
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UK accused of seeking confrontation over Litvinenko case, but no tit-for-tat expulsions.
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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 further violence.
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Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Friday emphasized Russiaâs right to conduct preventive strikes against terrorists anywhere across the globe, suggesting it has become common
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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 will once again aim its missiles at  targets in Europe if U.S. plans to build a missile defense  shield near Russia&#39;s borders go ahead, President Vladimir Putin  was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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Russia&#39;s foreign minister welcomed Israel&#39;s offer of help in combating militant groups on Monday, saying Russia needs to be more effective in fighting terror after last week&#39;s deadly hostage school standoff.
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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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Russia is calling for a crackdown on terrorists who seek political asylum to avoid prosecution, including the speedy extradition of terror suspects.
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MOSCOW - 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 further violence.    Putin's comments were the highest-level warning yet that Russia could take some sort of pre-emptive action against terror groups in the wake of this month's deadly school hostage-taking in Beslan...
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MOSCOW - A top Russian general on Wednesday warned the military will strike "terrorist bases in any region of the world," while authorities offered a $10 million reward for information leading to two Chechen rebel leaders blamed for last week's deadly raid on a school.    In a nationally televised meeting, Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov also briefed President Vladimir Putin on the investigation into the taking of more than 1,200 hostages in a school last week in the southern Russian town of Beslan...
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MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is &quot;seriously preparing&quot; for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as a Chechen warlord claimed responsibility for attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.
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President Vladimir Putin warned the United States on Thursday that Russia could take retaliatory measures if Washington failed to take heed of its concerns over a missile defense shield in Europe.
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Russia promised on Tuesday an "adequate and appropriate" response very soon to Britain's expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it did not want ordinary citizens or businessmen to suffer.
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Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems which would be unique to Russia in order to protect itself against future security challenges, the Reuters news agency quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Wednesday.
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Russia said it would deliver a response today to Britainâs decision to expel four of its diplomats, amid signs that it will not allow the diplomatic row to affect booming economic ties.
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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 has been used as the launch-pad for a new wave of cyberattacks aimed at political and media organizations.