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The Guardian Wed 24 Aug 2011 Retired officer arrested in Politkovskaya killing MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators on Tuesday arrested a retired police officer on suspicion of organizing the 2006 killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down in the elevator of... (photo: AP /Dmitry Lovetsky) Conspiracy Crime Photos Russia Wikipedia: Assassination of Anna Politkovskaya |
Jakarta Globe Sat 20 Aug 2011 North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for talks North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il on Saturday arrived in his armoured train in Russia and plans to meet President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin said. During the visit, his first since 2002,... (photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) N Korea Photos Politics Russia Wikipedia: Kim Jong-il |
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Herald Tribune Wed 17 Aug 2011 Iranian FM: Tehran ready to resume nuclear talks MOSCOW - Iran is ready to resume negotiations on its nuclear program and a Russian proposal will aid the process, Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday. Enlarge... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Moscow Nuclear Photos Talks Wikipedia :Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
m&c; Wed 17 Aug 2011 Twenty years on, nostalgia in Russia for the Soviet empire Moscow - Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union - a process encapsulated in a failed hardline communist coup on August 19, 1991 - many Russians long for the... (photo: WN / Agnieszka Dziubińska) Communist Moscow Photos Russia Soviet Wikipedia: Soviet Empire |
The Siasat Daily Mon 15 Aug 2011 Iran will never seek N-Weapons: Ahmadinejad Moscow, August 15: Describing nuclear arms as “inhuman weapons” of the past century, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said his country will never seek... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Iran Moscow Photos Weapons Wikipedia :Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
The State Sun 14 Aug 2011 20 years later, ex-USSR is a cracked mosaic MOSCOW - First came Mikhail Gorbachev, who moved a monolithic Soviet Union toward reform. Then in August 1991, an ill-conceived coup attempt by clumsy and occasionally... (photo: Bundesarchiv) Democracy Europe Photos Russia Wikipedia: Soviet Union |
The Independent Mon 8 Aug 2011 Medvedev reignites war of words over blame for Georgia conflict Three years after the short, bitter war that left hundreds dead and redrew the map of the Caucasus, Russia and Georgia have been trading insults and accusations over what... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service) Georgia Photos Russia War Wikipedia: 2008 South Ossetia war |
The Independent Wed 3 Aug 2011 Dragons' Den star in Twitter threat As Twitter spats go, they do not get more personal - or threatening - than this. The Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne yesterday offered a £50,000 reward to break the... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) Photos Russian Moscow Twitter Wikipedia: Duncan Bannatyne |