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Next Round of Astana Syria Talks Delayed

Russian-backed peace talks on Syria in Astana have been pushed back, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said Thursday, as...

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Moscow Says Won’t Veto UN Resolution On N.Korea Sanctions

Moscow on Friday said it will not veto a UN resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea, despite Kremlin ire over...

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New Russian Jet Takes To Air In Bid To Rival Airbus and Boeing

Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its...

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Syria Condemns Attack By US-Led Coalition

Syria on Friday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-government forces as a "brazen attack" and said it would...

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Moscow Says US Coalition Strikes On Syrian Forces ‘unacceptable’

Russia on Friday condemned strikes by the US-led coalition against Syrian forces as "unacceptable", state media...

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Turbulence Injures 27 On Aeroflot Flight To Bangkok

Passengers on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Thailand were slammed into the ceiling after their aircraft hit a patch...

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‘Assad Blames Ex Al-Qaeda Affiliate For Bombing Evacuees’

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against...

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St Petersburg Metro Attack

A bomb on the city's metro left 14 people dead earlier this week An explosive device has been made safe in a flat in St...

International

Soviet-Era Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko Dies Aged 84

The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84. Yevtushenko was...

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Russian Singer Samoilova Barred From Contest

Julia Samoilova was banned from entering Ukraine for three years because of her "illegal" visit , the Ukrainian SBU...

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Russia Rates Disney’s ‘Beauty and Beast’ 16+ For ‘gay Moment’

Russia on Tuesday said the Disney film "Beauty and the Beast" will be released with an adults only rating after an...

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Syrian Opposition Refuses To Add Terrorism To UN Talks Agenda

Syria's main opposition group will not allow terrorism to be added to the agenda of sputtering UN-sponsored peace talks...

International

Medvedev Re-Elected Chair of Russia’s Governing Party

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday was re-elected as the chairman of the country's ruling United Russia...

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Russia Says Aleppo Escape Corridors Under Fire

12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the...