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Russia mulls requesting Ablyazov's extradition from France Russian authorities are preparing documents to request extradition of the former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov recently arrested in France.

02 August 2013 17:55

US fumes as Russia grants Snowden asylum Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Thursday stepped out of the Moscow airport where he was marooned for over five weeks.

02 August 2013 17:54

US gays pour out anger, vodka over Russia laws Demonstrators poured vodka down the drains of New York on Wednesday in protest over new Russian laws that have been widely condemned as anti-gay.

01 August 2013 18:49

Snowden's father to visit Russia 'soon': lawyer Edward Snowden's father is seeking a Russian visa and plans to visit his fugitive son in Moscow soon.

01 August 2013 18:11

My political career is over: Strauss-Kahn Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn declared in an interview broadcast on Russian television that his political career was over and he was instead working as an economic advisor.

01 August 2013 17:05

Nazarbayev and Putin discuss integration Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

01 August 2013 14:21

Russia bans top Ukrainian chocolate brand Russia has banned imports of a popular Ukrainian chocolate brand, the Kremlin's chief sanitary official said Monday, as Moscow steps up efforts to retain influence over its EU-inclined neighbour.

31 July 2013 10:48

Kazakhstan to supply 500 tons of meat to Russia Kazakhstan will supply 500 tons of meat to Russia by the end of 2013.

30 July 2013 13:52

Russian war games play on former US aircraft carrier Russian video game publisher 1C Company boarded a former US aircraft carrier to re-write the Cuban Missile Crisis that had super powers on the brink of nuclear war in 1962.

29 July 2013 10:00

Putin joins Orthodox leaders for religious anniversary in Ukraine President Vladimir Putin travels to Ukraine on Saturday to mark the 1025th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in Kievan Rus.

28 July 2013 13:43

Jailed Pussy Riot punk asks again for parole One of the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot on Wednesday asked again to be released on parole after serving almost a year in prison.

25 July 2013 11:06

Putin to visit Iran for nuclear talks: report President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran in August to try and restart talks on Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.

25 July 2013 09:23

Kazakhstan suggests mixing Kashagan and Russian oil Kazakhstan has suggested TransNeft to consider transporting oil from Kashagan field via Atyrau-Samara pipeline.

24 July 2013 16:29

G20 gets 'action plan' to fight tax avoidance The OECD has presented the G20 nations with a bold strategy to crack down on tax avoidance by corporate giants and the super rich, and so boost overstretched national budgets.

20 July 2013 17:17

Navalny returns to Moscow a hero, will push ahead with mayor bid Top opposition leader Alexei Navalny triumphantly returned home to Russia's capital on Saturday after his unexpected release from prison.

20 July 2013 15:07

More than 200 detained after Navalny rally: watchdog More than 200 people have been detained in Moscow after several thousand rallied outside the Kremlin to protest the conviction and jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

19 July 2013 18:09

Russia to give up renting Zenit launch pad at Baikonur: media Russia will start transferring rented property at Baikonur cosmodrome to Kazakhstan with International Space Services company.

19 July 2013 17:42

Russia condemned as Putin foe jailed for five years A Russian court's decision to sentence protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in a penal colony on fraud charges has prompted global concern.

19 July 2013 11:00

Kazakhstan finishes Universiade with record number of medals Kazakhstan entered the Top 20 of best teams at the Universiade in Kazan.

18 July 2013 16:08

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