Officer said to not seek a pardon from Putin
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A Russian Army officer jailed for the murder of a young Chechen woman withdrew his appeal for a presidential pardon Tuesday, according to Interfax, which quoted officials in the city where the officer was detained.
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A Russian Army colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen woman in 2000 has withdrawn his application for a pardon, the Russian news media reported Tuesday.
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Lithuania on Tuesday refused a Russian request to shut down a pro-Chechen Web site that published a &#36;20 million reward for assistance in the capture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it cannot take action without a court order.
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RussiaÂs prosecutor general said no Russians would be extradited to Britain to stand trial.
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The most senior Russian army officer to have been convicted of war crimes in Chechnya was put forward for a presidential pardon yesterday, less than 18 months after he was found guilty of strangling an 18-year-old Chechen woman.
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Russia&#039;s security council chief said Sunday the Kremlin opposes the use of force against Iran over the country&#039;s nuclear program, state television reported.
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Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) denied to police that he was soliciting sex in an airport restroom but told the undercover officer who arrested him that "I don't want to be in court" to fight the charges, according to a police interview with Craig released yesterday.
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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, refused on Monday to order a public inquiry into last week&#39;s siege and massacre at a middle school in the southern town of Beslan
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A Russian commission has backed a plea  for pardon by an army colonel jailed for 10 years for the  murder of a Chechen girl, prompting anger in the restive  province, Interfax news agency reported Friday.
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Russia's chief election body on Wednesday dismissed a petition aimed at allowing President Vladimir Putin to run for a third term.
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No Russians will be extradited to Britain in the case of the poisoning of a former spy, RussiaÂs prosecutor general said.
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Russia has sent Britain an official refusal to extradite the chief suspect in the murder last year of a former Russian agent in London, news agency Interfax quoted sources in Moscow as saying on Thursday.
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Russian prosecutors have officially refused Britain's request to extradite a businessman accused in last year's fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian news agency reported Thursday.
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A Russian commission has backed a plea for pardon by an army colonel jailed for 10 years for the murder of a Chechen girl, prompting anger in the restive province, Interfax news agency reported Friday.
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Russia has formally refused to extradite ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi, wanted by London over the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko, British prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Russia will not extradite possible suspects in the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko to Britain, the prosecutor general said Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a  dilemma Monday over whether to pardon an army colonel who  strangled a Chechen schoolgirl, risking upsetting allies in  Chechnya on the one hand or his powerful military on the other.