Russia reburies empress in imperial crypt
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - The mother of Russia's   last tsar, forced into exile by the Bolshevik revolution, was   to be laid to rest next to her family on Thursday, as Russia   tries to make peace with its dark past.
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The Russian Orthodox Church condemns an attempt to sell a skull and bone allegedly belonging to Saint Philipp.
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Descendants of two pre-Russian Revolution art collectors are seeking compensation from Moscow for confiscated masterpieces going on display in a controversial London exhibition, they told AFP Tuesday.
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A British minister on Sunday condemned "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia and media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe the radiation death in London of a former KGB spy.
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A ship carrying the remains  of the mother of Russia's last tsar set sail on Saturday from  Denmark for Russia, where they will be laid to rest next to her  late husband in accordance with her wishes.
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Russia warned Britain on Thursday that reopening two offices of a British cultural organization would inflame already tense relations between the countries.
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The widow of murdered Alexander Litvinenko says the Russian authorities could have been behind his death.
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Russian prosecutors on Thursday launched their own murder investigation into the death of Alexander Litvinenko from radiation poisoning as the Russian former spy was buried at a rain-soaked ceremony in London.
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A replica of a sacred Russian Orthodox icon the Roman Catholic church purchased for $1 million will be returned to Russia&#39;s patriarch, the BBC reported.
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Russian president stokes diplomatic row over murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia slammed the British investigation into the murder of ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko as biased on Monday, accusing London of &quot;conceit&quot; for suggesting changes to Russia&#39;s constitution.
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The Russian Orthodox church said Wednesday that Japanese researchers had confirmed its doubts about the authenticity of the remains of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II.
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A British minister on Sunday condemned  "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia and  media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe  the radiation death in London of a former KGB spy.
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The circumstances may be solemn, but Dimitry Romanov is quietly rejoicing. On Saturday, the 80-year-old retired bank clerk will escort the remains of his distant relative Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the mother of Russia's last emperor, on a final journey from Denmark to St. Petersburg.
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Madonna slipped into Moscow under a shroud of secrecy and tight security for a concert that has sparked protests and rekindled debate about RussiaÂs embrace of Western values in the post-Soviet era.
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Prosecutors announced Friday that they have reopened an investigation into the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist reported that he may have found the missing remains of Nicholas II's son and heir to the throne.
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Her family did not. Her father was killed and her sister starved to death. When the Russian army arrived, the rest of her family fled into western Germany.