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Ukraine accuses Russia of plotting unrest amid Crimea tensions
It also accused Russia of increasing its forces, replenishing munitions and building up military hardware in war zone
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Russian Chief of Staff dismissed
Dismissing Sergei Ivanov as head of the presidential administration & appointing Anton Vaino as the new staff chief
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30 killed in Russia raids on IS Syria bastion Raqa
Defence ministry said raids also destroyed a weapons storage facility and a training camp for IS fighters to north and southeast
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Vladimit Putin, Theresa May to meet in 'near future': Kremlin
British relations with Russia have soured in recent years, over efforts to prosecute the case of former spy Alexander Litvinenko
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Russian opposition supporters protest new repressive law
Protest was held against a controversial new legislation that offers new sweeping powers to security agencies
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170,000 ink petition demanding Russia PM's resignation
The Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, is obliged to debate any petition that gets 100,000 signatures
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Russia claims cyber attack plan uncovered
Statement came as US Democrats said Saturday they had been targeted by yet another cyber attack
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NATO to hold new talks with Russia July 13: Jens Stoltenberg
The talk comes days after a landmark alliance summit endorses a major military revamp to counter a more assertive Moscow
Russia finds remains of crashed firefighter plane, no survivors
Tail of the Il-76 emergencies ministry plane which went missing on Friday was found north of Irkutsk
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Russian firefighting plane disappears in Siberia
The Il-76 plane disappeared Friday while on a mission to fight forest fires in the Irkutsk region
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Putin officially lifts Turkey tourism ban
It signals a rapid reversal after seven months of acrimony between Moscow and Ankara over the downing of a Russian fighter jet in Syria last November
Russia sells gas to Ukraine at market price
Earlier, energy firm Naftogaz of Ukraine had refused to buy Russian gas
Russia secures energy deals, talks security with China as Putin visits
They signed a new one-year contract under which Rosneft could supply up to 2.4 million tonnes of crude oil to ChemChina
Russia holds US responsible for delay in Syrian settlement
Sergei Lavrov said that US is unwilling to exert pressure on it's allies and hence the settlement process is being delayed
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Russia's recession nearing end: Economic Development Minister
He predicted that the Russian economy would start growing from the third quarter this year
Russian opposition figure asks US to expand sanctions list
Thirty-nine Russian officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses now face travel bans and asset freezes in US jurisdictions
Top Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky unveils candidates for Russia parliamentary polls
Living in self-imposed exile, he is fielding two dozen candidates in Russian parliamentarian elections to the State Duma
Travis T Tygart: Come clean, Russian sports
For those who love clean sport, discovering the extent of Russia's state-supported doping program has been a nightmare realised
2 Russian military pilots killed in Syria helicopter crash
The defence ministry said that the helicopter had not been shot at
Russian defence ministry building catches fire
The fire occurred on the third floor of the five-storey building in Znamenka,