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Presidential elections in South Ossetia
02:23 10/02/2012
Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region held a tightly contested presidential election run-ff on Sunday, after none of the candidates passed the 50-percent threshold needed for a first round victory.
Protests in Syria
01:25 10/02/2012
Syrian mass protests started in Daraa on the border with Jordan on March 18. They were prompted by the arrest of a group of school students who wrote anti-government mottos on walls. The unrest later spread to other Syrian regions.
1Main News of February 9
23:59 09/02/2012Presidential elections in Russia (2012)
20:01 09/02/2012
The upper chamber of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, set March 4 as the date of the 2012 presidential elections.
Viktor Bout case
16:37 09/02/2012
Former Russian army officer Viktor Bout, 44, is being held in a high security bloc of a New York prison while he awaits trial on charges including conspiring to supply arms to a Colombian terrorist group and kill U.S. nationals. The alleged arms dealer, dubbed "The Merchant of Death," could face anything from 25 years to life in prison if found guilty.
Russian State Duma Elections (2011)
11:53 09/02/2012Main news of February 8
23:59 08/02/2012Yulia Tymoshenko case
17:35 08/02/2012
Yulia Tymoshenko, who resigned as prime minister after losing the presidential election to Viktor Yanukovych in February 2010, is charged with illegally diverting $425 million meant for environmental projects into pension funds. A second case includes accusations of spending 100 million euros ($131 million) from government reserves to buy cars that she later used in her presidential campaign.
US Presidential Election 2012
10:20 08/02/2012
The United States presidential election to be held on November 6, 2012.
Main News of February 7
23:59 07/02/2012Putin to run for Russian president in 2012
16:57 07/02/2012
On September 24, 2011 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to run for president in the March 2012 election. Medvedev said he would be ready to take over from Putin as prime minister if United Russia were to win in the December polls.
Main News of February 6
23:59 06/02/2012Mixed Reaction as Putin Urges Democracy 'Update'
19:24 06/02/2012February 4: Russia Rallies – Part 3
18:43 06/02/2012
Tens of thousands people are expected to brave the bitter cold at two major rallies in downtown Moscow on Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalization and supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continues to unfold.
Deadly bombing, shooting in Norway
17:05 06/02/2012
Ethnic Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik admitted carrying out a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a Labor Party youth camp on the island of Utoya that killed at least 76 people. Breivik, who was arrested at the scene, said he "needed to carry out the attacks to save Norway and Western Europe from a Muslim takeover"
Greek Trade Unions Announce General Strike
07:14 06/02/2012Russia May Boost Nuclear Potential - Deputy Defense Min.
05:03 06/02/2012Main news of February 5
23:59 05/02/2012Russia Wants to Push Syria for Democratic Reform
15:56 05/02/2012
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Foreign Intelligence Service Chief Mikhail Fradkov intend to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to launch democratic reforms to stabilize the situation in the riot-hit Middle East country, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.1
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