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Ambulances line up a site of a trolleybus explosion, background, in Volgograd, Russia Monday, Dec. 30, 2013.
Bomb Blasts in Russia   Photos   Suicide bomber - Russia   Terrorism in Russia   Wikipedia: Terrorism in Russia		  Independent online (SA) 
Second blast in Russia's Volgograd kills 10
Mon 30 Dec 2013
Russia- A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing at least 10 people in the second deadly attack in the southern city in two days and raising fears of further violence as... (photo: AP / Denis Tyrin)
FILE - This undated frame grab image taken from files made available by IntelCenter and taken from a video posted on a pro-rebel Web site Wednesday March 31, 2010, purports to show Chechen militant leader Doku Umarov.
Photos   Wikipedia: Dokka Umarov   Jihadists   Suicide Bombing   Terrorism in Russia		  The Hindu 
Lessons for India from Olympic terror strike
Sun 29 Dec 2013
Late this summer, the jihadist leader, Doku Umarov, delivered a grim warning to Russia. “They plan to hold the Olympics on the bones of our ancestors, on the bones of many, many dead Muslims,... (photo: AP / IntelCenter, File)
In this photo taken on a cell phone, made available by Volgograd Mayor's Office, bodies lie at an entrance to Volgograd railway station, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. More then a dozen people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead of February's Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.  Fresno Bee  Sun 29 Dec 2013
Suicide bomber kills 13 in Russia's south
MOSCOW — Russian officials say at least 13 people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a... (photo: AP / Nikita Baryshev,Volgograd Mayor's Office Handout)
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Greenpeace International activist Anthony Perrett of the United Kingdom shows to journalists his passport with permission to leave Russia, near the Federal Migration Service in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Russian investigators have dropped charges against all but one of the 30 crew of a Greenpeace ship, who were accused of hooliganism following a protest outside a Russian oil rig in the Arctic.  Belfast Telegraph  Thu 26 Dec 2013
Green campaigner can leave Russia
A British environment protester detained in Russia along with 29 other activists has been given permission to leave the country. Greenpeace member Anthony Perrett, 32, of Newport, South Wales, was... (photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky)
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At joint meeting of the State Council and Commission for Monitoring Targeted Socioeconomic Development Achievement Indicators. The Times of India Tue 24 Dec 2013
New post-Soviet alliance ready for 2015 launch: Putin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the final pieces were in place for the 2015 launch of an economic union with Belarus and Kazakhstan that Moscow... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
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File - A demonstrator holds up a poster with a drawing depicting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden with a message that reads in Portuguese; "Snowden in Brazil," during a protest outside the regional office of the presidency in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Denver Post Tue 24 Dec 2013
Snowden reflects six months later, says mission's accomplished
MOSCOW — Edward Joseph Snowden emerged at the appointed hour, alone, blending into a light crowd of locals and tourists. Late this spring, Snowden supplied three... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
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At joint meeting of the State Council and Commission for Monitoring Targeted Socioeconomic Development Achievement Indicators. Dayton Daily News Mon 23 Dec 2013
Putin frees his enemies as part of Sochi spin
It came as a shock for both those released and the general public — President Vladimir Putin's move to pardon his foes has allowed him to seize the news agenda in his... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after leaving prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. The third member of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot has been released from custody following an amnesty law passed by parliament. Tolokonnikova left the prison colony in the eastern Siberian city Krasnoyarsk on Monday, hours after another band member, Maria Alekhina, was released in another region. Huffington Post Mon 23 Dec 2013
Pussy Riot Members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova And Maria Alyokhina, Freed From Jail In Russia Under Amnesty Deal
KRASNOYARSK, Russia, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was freed from prison on Monday under an amnesty that allowed for her early release from... (photo: AP / Tatyana Vishnevskaya)
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrives for his first news conference after his release in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. BBC News Sun 22 Dec 2013
Khodorkovsky vows to help Russian political prisoners
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said he will do all he can to ensure the release of other Russian political... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn)
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky,front right arrives for a press conference at Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin, Sunday Dec. 22, 2013. Other persons are not identified. The former oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky was reunited with his family in Berlin on Saturday, a day after being released from a decade-long imprisonment in Russia. Khodorkovsky, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was meeting with his eldest son Pavel and his parents, Marina and Boris, who had flown separately to the German capital to meet him The Observer Sun 22 Dec 2013
Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he won't go back into politics
Mikhail Khodorkovsky embraces his mother Marina, as his father Boris watches, in Berlin on Saturday. Photograph: Reuters The former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky,... (photo: AP / dpa, Kay Nietfeld)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, center from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. Pussy Riot members to shift from music to human rights activism The Los Angeles Times
Happy new year – but what exactly will make the news in 2014? Happy new year – but what exactly will make the news in 2014? The Guardian
President Barack Obama signs an accompanying letter to Congressional leaders after signing H.R. 152, which provides fiscal year 2013 supplemental appropriations to respond to and recover from the severe damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Jan. 29, 2013. Obama signs bipartisan budget deal that eases spending cuts Swissinfo
A Complete US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Would Be 'A Complete Catastrophe' For Civilian Aid A Complete US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Would Be 'A Complete Catastrophe' For Civilian Aid Business Insider
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Public Affairs and the Diaspora of Israel, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, 1 October, 2013. Israeli leader lobbies in Russia against Iran deal Reuters
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrives to meet members of Brazil's soccer team at Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Brazilian government condemned a U.S. spy program that reportedly targeted the nation's leader, labeled it an "unacceptable invasion" of sovereignty and called Monday for international regulations to protect citizens and governments alike from cyber espionage. Are women in the West being left behind on leadership? The Guardian
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in a family photo with the BRICS Leaders, at the Fifth BRICS Summit, at Durban, South Africa on March 27, 2013. Brics economies plan $100bn reserves fund BBC News
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File - President Barack Obama listens to Sen. Tom Harkin, D- Iowa, as Vice President Joe Biden confers with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, during a meeting with a group of senators regarding student loan rates, in the Oval Office, July 16, 2013. Obama and Climate Change: The Real Story Rollingstone
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