Winter Games open with a glitch but romp on through Russian history
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's Winter Games got off to a shaky start on Friday when one of the five Olympic rings failed to unfurl, but ballet dancers, stirring music...
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Ethnic Russian recruits to insurgency pose new threat before Olympics
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The suspected involvement of converts to Islam in Russian suicide bombings points to the growing reach of jihadists far beyond the Muslim provinces of Chechnya and Dagestan,...
Ukraine protesters defy police, leaders reject talks
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian protesters stood their ground on Wednesday after an overnight sweep by riot police and their leaders dismissed an offer of talks from a president they say...
Boeing airliner crashes in Russian city of Kazan, 50 killed
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board and spotlighting the poor safety record of regional...
Boeing airliner crashes in Russian city of Kazan, 50 killed
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board and spotlighting the poor safety record of regional...
Astronauts take Sochi Olympic torch on spacewalk
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A pair of Russian astronauts took an Olympic torch into open space for the first time in history on Saturday as part of the torch relay...
Cosmonauts take Sochi Olympic torch on spacewalk
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A pair of Russian cosmonauts took an Olympic torch into open space for the first time on Saturday as part of the torch relay of the...
Astronauts take Sochi Olympic torch on spacewalk
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A pair of Russian astronauts took an Olympic torch into open space for the first time in history on Saturday as part of the torch relay...
Insight: Putin targets Dagestan insurgents as Olympics loom
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ahead of the Sochi Olympics in February, Russia is taking saliva samples from religiously conservative Muslim women, according to locals in the North Caucasus, gathering DNA so...
Insight – Putin targets Dagestan insurgents as Olympics loom
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ahead of the Sochi Olympics in February, Russia is taking saliva samples from religiously conservative Muslim women, according to locals in the North Caucasus, gathering DNA so...