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The Alrosa, a diesel-electric submarine, was on a training exercise when the problem occurred, the agency quoted a source at the Russian Black Sea fleet as saying. The source said there was no danger to the crew of the Kilo-class vessel, the only operational...
Tags: Russian Black Sea, sea fleet, Russia, Moscow, Soviet Navy, Black Sea Fleet, Sevastopol, Kilo class submarine, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency, Russian Navy, Black Sea, Fleets
Russian apparel brand Bosco Sport signed up as leading domestic sponsor of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi on Wednesday in a deal worth more than $100 million. The agreement also makes Bosco Sport the exclusive outfitter of Russian Olympic teams for...
Tags: Bosco Sport, Russian Black Sea, Jacques Rogge, Sochi, IOC
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev hosted Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres for talks Tuesday that were expected to focus on the Middle East and the Iranian nuclear standoff. Russia aspires to host an international conference to discuss the Middle East...
Tags: Russian Black Sea, Middle East, Dmitry Medvedev, Shimon Peres, Dmitri Medvedev, Iranian, Sochi, Mr. Peres, Israeli, sea resort
A joint Ukrainian and US military maneuver has been cancelled after Ukraine's parliament refused to allow foreign troops on its territory. The joint naval exercise code-named the "Sea Breeze 2009", aimed at simulating anti-piracy action, was planned to...
Tags: US-Ukraine Sea Breeze, Ukrainian Naval Headquarters, Verkhovna Rada, Russian Black Sea, gambling business
Speaking later Wednesday during a televised government meeting, Saakashvili said he had offered the opposition the posts of deputy interior minister and deputy justice minister, as well as seats on the national security council. The president said the...
Tags: Georgian Interior Ministry, west Georgia, Russian Black Sea, western georgia, U.S, train station, Interfax China, Mikheil Saakashvili
Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium-210 poisoning in November 2006, shortly after meeting Lugovoy. Moscow has repeatedly refused to hand Lugovoy over to UK authorities for trial, saying his extradition is outlawed by the Russian constitution. The Litvinenko...
Russia's anti-Kremlin activists were holding protests across the country Thursday to criticize the government's response to the financial crisis. The protests had been planned in stealth to avoid a police crackdown, and few people were expected to take...
Tags: Russian Black Sea, Son Joins United Russia, Alexander Litvinenko, Moscow Times, Sochi, Andrei Lugovoi, crisis package
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed hopes to step up the country's diplomatic relations with Russia, Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko said at a press conference on Monday. "This year, we would like to step up our political dialogue [with Russia],"...
Tags: Russian Black Sea, Black Sea Fleet, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
After weeks of speculation about the possibility of Moscow targeting Ukraine following its military standoff with Georgia, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dubbed such fears as a “provocation.” While many in Ukraine remain suspicious, Putin insisted...
Tags: ukraine, yushchenko, coalition government, Ukraine-People, Ukraine Party, Viktor Yushchenko, prime minister, Russian Black Sea, president viktor, news
France 24 Russia recognises breakaway provinces' independence France 24 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Russia recognises breakaway provinces' independence Tuesday 26 August 2008 Russia's Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday the signature of a decree recognising...
Tags: south ossetia, russia, Russian Black Sea, Russia Recognizes Breakaway Georgian, Medvedev Recognizes South Ossetia, South Ossetian, Abkhazia, Dmitry Medvedev, russia recognized, dmitri medvedev