MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of Russians embraced the numbing cold and marched to a frozen river bank near the Kremlin Saturday, demonstrating their determination to keep up the pressure on Vladimir V. Putin for fair elections and honest government. Read full article > >

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Russians in thousands give Putin the cold shoulder

MOSCOW — Few of the Russians who intend to turn out Saturday to take part in what could be the largest push for democracy here in decades expect an early Christmas present. They do not voice confidence that their demands — an end to corruption, a more open political life — will be met overnight. And it is not yet clear what direction the new activists will take in the future. Read full article > >

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On eve of new Russian protest, movement remains fluid

Aleksei Navalny has aroused Russians angry over what they say were fraudulent parliamentary elections, rebranding Vladimir V. Putin’s United Russia party as “the party of swindlers and thieves.”

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A day after thousands of Russians denounced election fraud by the governing party, two prominent opposition figures faced criminal charges on Tuesday.

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Jailing Opposition Leaders, Russia Moves to Quell Election Protests

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia’s parliamentary election, polls and official results showed Monday, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade. Rival parties and election monitors said even a result of around 50 percent was inflated, alleging ballot-stuffing and other significant violations at the polls. Many expressed fears that the vote count would be manipulated. Read full article > >

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Putin’s party getting only 50 percent in Russia’s parliamentary vote in sobering setback

A Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians blasted off Monday from the snow-covered Kazakh steppes in a faultless launch that eased anxiety and fears about the future of U.S. and Russian space programs.

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US-Russian Crew Blasts Off for Space Station

The Russians who twirl new-borns in the air

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Swinging babies

Three Russians are among six air crew freed in a breakaway Somali territory, a day after being jailed for supplying arms, officials say.

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Somalis free Russians over arms

Hundreds of Russians hit the streets of Moscow on Sunday, rallying to promote peace and equality in response to a rash of ethnic violence and unrest, state-run media reported.

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Moscow protestors: End ethnic violence

President Obama took one of the biggest risks of his presidency by pushing for ratification of an arms control pact with the Russians.

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Obama Gamble Pays Off With Approval of Arms Pact

Washington – A diplomatic cable from last February released by Wikileaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile programme refuted the U.S. suggestion that Iran has missiles that could target European capitals or intends to develop such a capability. In fact, the Russians challenged the very existence of the mystery missile the U.S. claims Iran acquired from North Korea. But readers of the two leading U.S. newspapers never learned those key facts about the document. read more

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Russians Refuted US Claim of Iranian Missile Threat to Europe

Why many Russians do not celebrate the fall of communism

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Igor Sutyagin, one of the Russians who arrived in the UK last month as part of the biggest “spy swap” since the end of the Cold War has been speaking to the BBC

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Spy swap Russian keen to return home