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BBC News Tue 7 Feb 2012 All eyes on Russian minister's Syria trip As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads to Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford assesses what he might hope to achieve from his visit.... (photo: Creative Commons / Sebastian Zwez) Photos Russia Syria Talks Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising |
The State Sun 5 Feb 2012 Moscow support for Assad well-calculated MOSCOW - By bluntly using its veto power to block a United Nations resolution urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has shown a willingness to defy the West at a scale rarely seen... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file) Assad Moscow Photos Syria Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad |
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The Star Sat 4 Feb 2012 Syria "massacre" puts pressure on Moscow to back U.N. BEIRUT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists said, the bloodiest day of an 11-month uprising giving... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) Politics Photos Syria Protests Wikipedia: Syria |
Al Jazeera Sat 4 Feb 2012 Rival Putin rallies hold protests in Moscow Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the Russian capital to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power, a month before he... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev) Moscow Protesters Photos Russia |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat 4 Feb 2012 As Europe Shivers, Russia and Ukraine Point Fingers Over Natural Gas Supply to the West MOSCOW -- The flow of natural gas has fallen off sharply in the main pipelines supplying Europe from Russia, but this time cold weather -- not politics -- is to blame.... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov) Europe Moscow Russia Photos Wikipedia: Natural gas |
The Guardian Wed 1 Feb 2012 Syria: a Soviet hangover turned headache The uprisings in Libya and now Syria have pitched the Arab League, a body which had little relevance to conflicts raging on its doorstep, into the centre of the... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Democracy Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising |
The Independent Thu 19 Jan 2012 Russia warns that Iran strike could trigger 'chain reaction' The country's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, also said during his annual televised press conference that Russia would use its veto at the UN Security Council to block... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) Iran Nuclear Photos Russia Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
The Guardian Thu 29 Dec 2011 Russians to protest in support of jailed opposition leader Thousands to attend public meeting after Russian government bans protest in support of Sergei Udaltsov Russia's opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, has been jailed.... (photo: AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko) Photos Politics Protest Russia Wikipedia: 2011 Russian protests |