TOP THEMES IN RUSSIA

11.11.2007 Russia News Racist murders: Police arrest skinheads Moscow. The police have arrested a group of ultra-right youths suspected of killing at least 17 foreigners. They are not the only racist hit squad in Moscow.

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10.11.2007 Russia News Secret agents and electioneering in Georgia Tbilisi. Are Georgia’s latest Rose revolutionaries a Kremlin plant? The state attorney at least has started prosecuting three opposition politicians on charges of espionage. In Tbilisi the state of emergency looks set to be prolonged.

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07.11.2007 Russia News The October Revolution: As the Winter Palace fell André Ballin, Moscow. The October Revolution is turning 90 years old, but nobody’s throwing a party. Two years ago, the 7th November was relegated to a normal working day. But it remains an important date.

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31.10.2007 Russia News Caucasus Crisis: Saakashvili vs. Russian peacekeepers Tbilisi. New low in Russia-Georgian relations: After a skirmish between Russian UN peacekeepers and Georgian policemen, President Saakashvili is threatening to expel the peacekeepers from Georgia.

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30.10.2007 Russia News Chessboard killer gets lifelong jail Moscow. The so-called chessboard murderer from Moscow’s Bizevsky Park, Alexander Pitshushkin, has been sentenced to life imprisonment – and compulsory psychotherapy. Pitshushkin was found guilty on 48 counts of murder.

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26.10.2007 Commentary EU Commission: Russia could become hostile to Europe Moscow/Berlin. Russia could drift away from the EU, says an internal EU memorandum on the eve of the EU-Russia summit in Portugal, if the relationship is not redefined.

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25.10.2007 Russia News Stowaway passenger lands in woods near Moscow’s airport Moscow. The corpse of a young man, who obviously fell from the wheel well of a plane, has been found in woods near Moscow. His identity, as well as the flight he fell from, have yet to be established.

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24.10.2007 Russia News Nord-Ost hostage trauma: The question of guilt and its corollaries Moscow. It was a huge shock. There was hardly a family in Moscow who did not know someone in that theatre. An audience of 912 had fallen into the clutches of around 41 terrorists, only a couple of miles away from the Kremlin.

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19.10.2007 Russia News TV question and answer session: The answer is continuity Christian Jahn, Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin portrayed himself as a strong reformer during his annual live question and answer session. He argued that Russia now needs continuation of his policies.

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15.10.2007 Russia News No agreement over anti-missile shield in Eastern Europe Moscow. Putin warned the USA in Moscow against pushing ahead with the anti-missile shield. The talks ended without any agreement. Russia is considering withdrawing from another arms control treaty.

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