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Tuesday, September 13 2011 , Your time is 15:58:00
A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats expelled from the United States over Moscow’s alleged interference in the presidential election took off from Washington on Jan.1 and landed in Moscow on Jan. 2, Russian news agencies reported.
MOSCOW
Russia on Dec. 28 promised retaliation against Washington in the event of new economic sanctions.
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Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, who was killed in an assassination by a Turkish policeman in the capital Ankara, was laid to rest in a funeral ceremony held in Moscow on Dec. 22
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Russian rescuers trawling the Black Sea on Dec. 28 found the second black box from a Syria-bound military plane that crashed at the weekend with 92 people on board, authorities said.
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ANKARA
Security has been tightened at Turkey’s diplomatic missions in Russia following the Dec. 19 assassination of Russia’s ambassador in Ankara, the Russian Interior Ministry has stated.
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MOSCOW / ANKARA
Russia and Turkey agreed in a telephone call on Dec. 27 to push for a cease-fire in Syria and to prepare for possible peace talks planned in Astana set for next month, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.
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ISTANBUL
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was aimed “not only at the Russian ambassador, but also at those who are for peace and human life,” vowing that Moscow will “not allow the incident to go unpunished.”
SOCHI
The main black box of the Syria-bound Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people onboard has been found in a massive ongoing search operation, authorities said Dec. 27.
MOSCOW – Agence France-Presse
A Siberian city declared a state of emergency Dec. 19 after 41 people seeking cheap alcohol died from drinking bath essence containing methanol, a toxic substance used in anti-freeze.
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SOCHI, RUSSIA
Russian rescuers found Dec. 26 the first parts of the Syria-bound military plane that plunged into the Black Sea, as officials said they do not suspect terrorism as the reason for the crash that killed 92 people on board.
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DONETSK, Ukraine
Ukraine said five of its troops were killed Dec. 18 by pro-Russian insurgents in the bloodiest clash in the war-scarred ex-Soviet republic in months