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Russian president fires Moscow mayor after weeks of feuding
Yuri Luzhkov's 18-year rule ends after Kremlin campaign said he cared more about his bee collection than the city's people
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Iran warns Russia on siding with US
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast warns Russia that siding with the US against Iran will harm Moscow’s long-term interests, APA reports quoting presstv.ir website.
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Russia, Kazakhstan to develop energy cooperation
Russia's largest hydropower company, RusHydro, on Tuesday signed a deal jointly to build renewable energy enterprises in southern Kazakhstan with the regional government of Jambyl.
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Russia defends move to ban missile sale to Iran
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday defended Moscow's refusal to supply Iran with S-300 air defence missiles, saying such a sale would violate UN Security Council sanctions.
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EU preparing to renew Belarus sanctions as election looms
Belarus' hardy autocratic ruler, Aleksander Lukashenko, is set to suffer a small blow to his image ahead of upcoming elections when the EU renews its travel ban on the President and 35 of his officials next month.
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Can Russia be China's gas supplier?
Russia has massive stores of natural gas and its economy needs a cash infusion from sales to get it through the economic downturn that has crimped oil sales.
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Medvedev proposes national Russian investigative agency
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for the creation of a national law-enforcement agency that would be under the president's direct control, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
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Energy deals strengthen China-Russia 'blood' ties
China and Russia celebrated the expansion of their economic and political ties with more energy deals on Monday, one day after Russian President Medvedev said the two nations had forged an "indestructible" friendship that was "sealed by blood" in their wartime alliance.
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