Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Monday to renew efforts to find a solution to a decades-long territorial row that has prevented the two sides...
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The Cyprus parliament finally gave its approval early on Saturday to the first two of eight measures hammered out by the government in a desperate bid to rescue an EU bailout ahead of a Monday...
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President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government’s bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the...
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Russia said on Wednesday it was pulling out of a decade-old drug control agreement with the United States in the latest sign of a deterioration in ties.
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Stark divisions within Russia’s elite were exposed on Monday when a hot mic mishap showed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slamming security forces as “jerks” for launching an early morning raid...
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The president is given a 'top secret' folder. [It] contains information about aliens
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev jokes around, unaware the cameras are still rolling
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking before a visit to Paris on Monday, criticised France’s support for the Syrian opposition and accused European Union leaders of indecisiveness in...
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Russia’s government on Thursday approved a landmark deal that would crack down on smoking in a country where 44 million people, or 40 per cent of adults, light up.
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Russia is cracking down on smoking with a bill to ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes to help tackle a public health crisis in the world's second largest tobacco market after...
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Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday called for a ban on all tobacco ads as the government prepares a bill that would also phase out smoking in public.
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Russia on Tuesday sought to take ties with Iraq to a new level as it hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the first time in four years with an eye on a mega arms deal and harmony over...
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was on Monday in Moscow on a visit the government believes should stimulate innovation in Russia and the social network hopes will boost its position in the...
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