Russian parliament expels anti-Putin deputy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament expelled an outspoken opponent of President Vladimir Putin on Friday in a vote which the deputy likened to a Stalinist show trial and said intensified...
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Russian mammoth remains give glimmer of hope for cloning
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scientists who found well preserved woolly mammoth remains in a remote part of Russia hope they might contain the necessary material to clone the long extinct beast....
Russia will not cut emissions under extended Kyoto climate pact
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia confirmed on Thursday it would not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan in rejecting an...
Russia will not cut emissions under extended Kyoto climate pact
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia confirmed on Thursday it would not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan in rejecting an...
Russian Orthodox Church under attack: Patriarch
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church used a Sunday prayer service and a state TV interview to argue that the church he presides over is under...
Violence in Muslim region disturbs Russian “ant-hill” sect
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - When Russian police came crashing in on a secretive Muslim community in the city of Kazan last month, they were hunting weapons and violent suspects following...
Violence in Muslim region disturbs Russian “ant-hill” sect
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - When Russian police came crashing in on a secretive Muslim community in the city of Kazan last month, they were hunting weapons and violent suspects following...
Putin foe charged, Russian opposition fear KGB tactics
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators charged street protest leader Alexei Navalny with theft on Tuesday and banned him from leaving the country, threatening a heavy jail term in what supporters...
Russian opposition leader charged amid crackdown fears
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was charged with theft on Tuesday and could face up to 10 years in jail in what Kremlin critics say is a...
Annan to seek Putin help on Syria in Moscow visit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan will seek President Vladimir Putin's help in ending the conflict in Syria during a visit to Moscow starting on Monday, with pressure...