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Russia urges Isinbayeva to carry on
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday hailed the stunning triumph of pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva at her home world championships in Moscow, hoping her victory would not mark the culmination of an illust
IAAF World Championships: Live Updates
Men's High Jump: The event is underway.
Women's Marathon FInal: Fourteen seconds from the lead pack of four to Kazaki in 5th. Sixteen more to Jia, then Kabuu.
The 14th IAAF World Championships is und
Thief steals entire stretch of highway in Russia
Moscow: Road raid! An over-ambitious Russian thief managed to steal 82 blocks of concrete slabs from a whole stretch of a busy highway without anyone noticing.
The 40-year-old allegedly ripped up doz
Edward Snowden to start anew
Moscow: US fugitive Edward Snowden will publish no more leaks but instead look to build a life in Russia where he has been granted a year-long asylum, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Anatoly Kucherena,
Edward Snowden granted 1 year temporary asylum in Russia, leaves airport
Moscow: Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for over a month, after being granted temporary asylum for one year in Russia, his Russia
US urges Russia to hand over Snowden
Washington: The United States on Thursday repeated its demand that Russia return American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to face justice. US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian oppos
Russia gives Snowden document allowing him to leave airport
Russia’s migration service has provided fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden with a document that allows him to leave the Moscow airport transit zone where he has been holed up for the last month, a report said here Wednesday.
Snowden applies for Russia asylum: lawyer
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer said on Tuesday, after President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of “trapping” him in the country.
Russia risks US wrath on Snowden asylum
Russia on Saturday faced stark warnings from the United States against granting asylum to fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden after he broke three weeks of silence to tell activists he wanted sanctuary in the country.
Snowden wants Russia asylum, lawmaker says
Moscow: National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants asylum in Russia and is willing to stop sharing information as a trade-off for such a deal, according to a lawmaker who was among a dozen
