PUTIN ANNOUNCES CRACKDOWN ON OFFSHORE COMPANIES
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) MOSCOW (AP) — Russian…
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RIOT POLICE DEPLOY NEAR PROTEST SITES IN KIEV
By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU A Pro-European Union activist tries to give food to riot police officers preparing to block the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9,…
RUSSIA: CRASHED PILOT MAY HAVE HAD FAKE LICENSE
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2013, file photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, firefighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger…
UKRAINE: TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH THROUGH KIEV
By MARIA DANILOVA Demonstrators gather during a rally in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. As many as 100,000 demonstrators chased away police to rally in the center…
RUSSIAN FM LAVROV TO JOIN IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By JAMEY KEATEN and JOHN HEILPRIN Michael Mann, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, briefs the media outside a hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking…
Russian crash investigators find voice recorder
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, fire fighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan, the capital…
Ousted Bolshoi head testifies in acid attack trial
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Former Bolshoi chief Anatoly Iksanov speaks to press outside a Moscow court Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 where he arrived to testify in a case against the ballet…
Video shows near-vertical crash of Russian plane
By VLADIMIR KONDRASHOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, firefighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan,…