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Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter, bound for the city of Irkutsk, fell and caught fire about three kilometers (1.9 miles) from Mirny airport

Russian Interior Ministry plane crashes on takeoff, 11 killed

06:25 01/11/2009

A Russian Interior Ministry plane with eleven crewmembers on board crashed several minutes after taking off in Yakutia in the Far East

Former Soviet, U.S., German leaders mark fall of Berlin Wall
05:25 01/11/2009
German President Horst Koehler thanked on Saturday the former Soviet, U.S. and West German leaders - Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush Sr. and Helmut Kohl - for their efforts in Germany's reunification.
Russian Interior Ministry plane crashes in Yakutia, 6 bodies found
04:05 01/11/2009
A Russian Interior Ministry plane with eleven crewmembers on board crashed on takeoff in Yakutia in the Far East, six bodies have been recovered
Russian, British foreign ministers to discuss bilateral ties
02:52 01/11/2009
David Miliband is starting a two-day visit to Russia on Sunday, which will be the first visit to the country by a British foreign secretary in the past five years.
Kazakh president to talk cooperation in United Arab Emirates
01:53 01/11/2009
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is starting a three-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday
Russia lowers oil export duty to $231.2 per ton from November 1
00:54 01/11/2009
Russia is lowering the oil export duty on its benchmark Urals blend 4% to $231.2 per metric ton from $240.7 from November 1, following trends on global oil markets.
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UN Security Council ‘Tired, Out of Step’ – Amnesty International

The United Nations Security Council is suffering a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," the human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report issued on Thursday.

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EU Wants Greece to Stay in Euro Zone - Rompuy

EU leaders want Greece to remain in the euro zone, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.

Following the December 2011 parliamentary election, Russia was hit by a wave of unprecedented street protest

Russia Faces Full-Scale Political Crisis – Report

Russia is facing a full-scale political crisis which may lead to a radical transformation of the country’s ruling system as a result of the growing rivalry between the government and opposition, a report issued by the Moscow-based Center for Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

An assistant shows the block with a red button marked "reset" in English and "overload" in Russian that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Geneva on March 6, 2009

Russia May Toughen Foreign Policy to Boost Domestic Support – Report

The Russian leadership may take a harder line on their foreign policies in a bid to improve their damaged popularity at home, a report prepared by the Center of Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

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