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MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Even...

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Even as Russian No. 3 seed Dinara Safina prepared to play Serena Williams in the final of the Australian Open, Russia was celebrating a victory in Melbourne on Saturday.


MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two caches...

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two caches of weapons have been discovered in the North Caucasus republics of Daghestan and Chechnya, Russian police said Saturday. The stash in Chechnya"s Shatoi District contained a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two mortar projectiles, 12 cartridges for grenade launchers and 272 other rounds of ammunition. The cache in Daghestan was found to contain a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two F-1 grenades and 186 rounds of ammunition. Investigations are underway.


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told top...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told top judicial officials on Monday that the country"s laws concerning terrorism-related crimes should be reviewed.

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Two PACE co-rapporteurs for Russian-Georgian...

Konstanin Kosachyov, the head of Russian parliament"s International Affairs Committee, said the co-rapporteurs from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, David Wilshire and Matyas Eorsi, will visit Georgia, Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

"These co-rapporteurs will be in Moscow on April 18-20. Before that, on April 10-15, they will be in Georgia, and they are now asking for permission to visit South Ossetia and Abkhazia," Kosachyov added.

PACE has closely monitored the situation in the region since Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war in early August 2008 over Georgia"s two breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia recognized the two republics" independence shortly after ceasefire.

The situation was first discussed during PACE"s autumn session in October 2008. The discussion resulted in a refusal to deprive the Russian delegation of the right of vote over its failure to comply with the demand to annul its recognition of the

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