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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Russian archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of two children of the last tsar, executed in 1918.
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Russian authorities cancel a London exhibition of paintings over fears the art would not be returned.
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The remains of the mother of Russia's last tsar is being buried in St Petersburg, in keeping with her final wishes.
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Russia's culture minister on Wednesday said new British laws providing legal immunity for some contested artworks would clear the way for a planned exhibit of Russian art in London next month.
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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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Prosecutors said Friday they have reopened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist said the remains of Nicholas II's son and heir to the throne may have finally been found.
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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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The remains of the mother of the last Russian tsar are to travel by ship from Denmark to Russia.
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MOSCOW A Russian icon is back home after hanging for years in Pope John Paul&#39;s private chapel. The Vatican is returning the 18th century replica of the Mother of God of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
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The widow of murdered former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding he help the inquiry into his radiation poisoning death in London.
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Emperor Nicholas and his family were executed in 1918. But with newly discovered remains, they're making headlines again in Russia
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Russia will return so-called trophy art taken from Nazi Germany during World War II only on a case-by-case basis, an official said Friday, arguing that most of the cultural treasures Moscow retains were seized as compensation for huge Soviet wartime damage.
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Russian president stokes diplomatic row over murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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Estonia on Tuesday reburied the remains of eight Soviet soldiers exhumed from a war grave in a move that sparked deadly riots and infuriated neighboring Russia.
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ROME, Aug 27  - Russian Patriarch Alexy II blasted the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches Friday for proselytising in traditionally Orthodox areas of the former Soviet Union, even as the Vatican handed over a precious icon to his Orthodox Church.
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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.