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Russia President Vladimir Putin (AP Photo)

Putin attends military exercise in southern Russia

MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russian troops participated in a military exercise in the Black Sea on Friday, aimed at showcasing Russia’s resurgent military might.

2013/03/29

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky (AP Image)

UK police: Russian oligarch Berezovsky found dead

LONDON (AP) – Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken former Russian oligarch who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England, police said Saturday. He was 67.

2013/03/23

Putin: Fire senior Russian Olympic official

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A year before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics begin, President Vladimir Putin has demanded that a senior member of the Russian Olympic Committee be fired.

2013/02/07

Embassy: Some Russia orphans US-bound

MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Moscow says some Russian children caught in limbo by a ban on adoptions by Americans have left for the United States with their new parents.

2013/01/22

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (r), and French actor Gerard Depardieu (l)

Depardieu flies to Russia, may receive passport

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says French actor Gerard Depardieu has flown to Sochi, where he is likely to meet with Putin and receive a Russian passport.

2013/01/05

Depardieu, in tax fight, gets Russian citizenship

MOSCOW (AP) — Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship.

2013/01/03

Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a U.S. law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators.

2012/12/28

Proposed Russian ban dismays US adoption groups

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S.-based advocates of international adoption, who have grown accustomed to discouraging news in recent years, have a new cause for dismay: a bill in Russia’s parliament that would bar Americans from adopting Russian children.

2012/12/21

House passes bill normalizing Russian trade

WASHINGTON (AP) – Flashing some post-election bipartisanship, House Democrats and Republicans joined forces Friday in voting overwhelmingly to end Soviet-era trade restrictions so that American manufacturers and farmers can take advantage of Russia’s expanding and […]

2012/11/16