Russian Adviser Stripped of Some Duties
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday stripped many of the duties of his top economic adviser &#151; an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of dissent and civil society in Russia.
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The head of Russia's election commission is removed ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls.
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The mayor of the Russian Far East's largest city was stripped of his authority Wednesday, as prosecutors investigated suspect land deals and embezzlement in the latest bout of corruption to hit the long-troubled Pacific port.
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Russia has suspended its participation in a key pact limiting conventional forces in Europe through a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday.
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Russia said Tuesday it was pulling out of joint military exercises with the United States scheduled for later this month because of unspecified problems with U.S. personnel.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 2 -- Georgia handed over four Russian military officers it arrested last week on espionage charges to an international mediator Monday, in a move to defuse tension with Russia that has been escalating since the men's detention five days ago.
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Russia has suspended its participation  in a key pact limiting conventional forces in Europe through a  decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in  a statement on Saturday.
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Relations between Britain and Russia take sharp dive over Litvinenko case.
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Russia said on Friday it was expelling a Latvian diplomat after the Baltic state expelled one of Moscow's diplomats in a row over an apparent spying case.
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Russia's intelligence service on Monday dismissed the memoirs of a former double agent who claims the agency recruited spies at the U.N., calling it "disgusting" self-advertising.
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MOSCOW, June 8 -- A panel at the Moscow Bar Association voted 9 to 2 Friday to reject a disbarment effort launched by federal prosecutors against leading Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko.
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Russia has expelled four British diplomats, days after Britain expelled four Russian diplomats in a row over Moscow's refusal to hand over a suspect in the poisoning death of an ex-KGB spy.
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Police investigating the poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko have sealed off the London office of exiled Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky after finding traces of radiation.
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Russia recalled its ambassador from   neighboring Georgia on Thursday and ordered the evacuation of   some of its officials, escalating a crisis sparked by the   detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges.
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PYONGYANG, November 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Kim Jong Ilâs portraits were removed from some state offices frequented by foreigners at the initiative of the leadership of the country, an informed source in the Russian embassy in Pyongyang told Tass.
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Russian prosecutors detain a finance ministry official on suspicion of taking a bribe from two businessmen.
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European election observers cited severe restrictions imposed on their work by the Russian government.