Official: 400 police killed over 5 years in a single Russian southern province

400 police killed in 5 years in Russian province

Russians arrest Polish journalists at plane crash site where president died

Russia arrests Polish reporters at plane wreckage

Gennady Yanayev, who declared himself president of the Soviet Union, dead at 73

Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73

MOSCOW — Gennady Yanayev, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73, Russia’s Communist Party announced Friday.

Islamist group claims responsibility for suicide bombing in southern Russia

Islamists claim responsibility for Russian bombing

Attacks in Russia’s North Caucasus leave 2 policemen dead, 5 wounded

Attacks in southern Russia kill 2 police, wound 5

Russians mourning 17 bombing victims in North Caucasus; 10 others reported killed in clashes

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Russians mourning 17 bombing victims in North Caucasus; 6 others reported killed in clashes

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Russian republic observes day of mourning after suicide bomber kills 17

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Suicide car bombing kills 17, wounds nearly 140 in Russia’s volatile Caucasus region

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Obama condemns Russia suicide bombing that kills 17 at market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

President Barack Obama

Suicide bombing kills 17, wounds more than 130 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

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Suicide bombing kills 15, wounds more than 130 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

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Suicide bombing kills 15, wounds more than 100 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

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Suicide bombing kills 9, wounds more than 100 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

Suicide attack in Russia kills 9, wounds over 100

Car explosion near market kills 5 in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

Car explodes near Russian market; 5 dead

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A car exploded Thursday near the central market of a major city in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region, killing at least five people and wounding 20, officials said.

Russian minister: Authorities were too slow to call firefighting planes to battle wildfires

Russian minister: Slow response let fires spread

3 soldiers killed, 32 wounded, in suicide car-bomb attack on Russian base in Dagestan

3 killed in suicide attack on Russian base

5 soldiers killed, 40 wounded, in suicide car-bomb attack on Russian base in Dagestan

5 killed in suicide attack on Russian base

8 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia following drought, record-high temperatures

8 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires

Zebra-painted horses walk Moscow perilous intersections to improve pedestrian safety

Zebra-painted horses walk Moscow intersections

5 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia following drought, record-high temperatures

5 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires

4 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia

4 killed in Russian forest fires

MOSCOW — Russia’s emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country’s south have killed four people.

Russian nursing home blaze kills 9; officials say 86-year-old man apparently set self on fire

Suicide blaze kills 9 in Russian nursing home

Russian nursing home blaze kills 9; officials say resident may have set self on fire

Russian nursing home fire kills 9 people

MOSCOW — A blaze killed nine people at a Russian nursing home on Monday and investigators say it apparently started when an elderly resident doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire.

9 dead in Russian nursing home blaze; officials say resident may have set self on fire

9 dead in Russian nursing home fire

MOSCOW — A fire broke out early Monday at a Russian nursing home, killing nine people, and emergency officials said the blaze may have been started by a resident setting himself on fire.

14 militants, 2 policeman killed in shoot-outs in Russia’s restive North Caucasus

14 militants, 2 policeman killed in Russia

14 militants, 1 policeman killed in shoot-outs in Russia’s restive North Caucasus

14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russia

Summary Box: Wheat prices up as questions grow about Russia’s fall planting season

Summary Box: Wheat up as Russian drought lingers

2 Russian border guards, 1 civilian killed, another may be missing in volatile south

2 Russian border guards, 1 civilian dead in south

Russian border guard killed, another missing in volatile south

1 Russian border guard dead, another missing

Russian official: Security forces kill alleged plotter of Moscow subway suicide bombings

Official: Moscow subway attacks plotter killed

Putin replaces Russian forest agency chief as firefighters battle remaining wildfires

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Report: Russia leases sub involved in deadly 2008 accident to Indian navy, trains new crew

Report: Russia leases sub, trains Indian navy crew

Wheat jumps on concerns about Russian fall planting season; economic news hurts metals, energy

Wheat jumps on fears about Russia’s fall crop

Russia hands over to Poland evidence on plane crash that killed its former president

Russia gives plane crash evidence to Poland

Cold front hits western Russia, drives Moscow smog away

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Wheat resumes rising as Ukraine weighs export limits; investors worry about Russian planting

Wheat again rising as Ukraine weighs export limits

Poland, a land of crucifixes, finds itself bitterly divided by a simple cross

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Russian wildfires shrink but smog still hangs over Moscow

Smog lingers over Russian capital

MOSCOW — The number of wildfires in Russia has shrunk significantly, but clouds of acrid smog generated by them still hung over the Russian capital Wednesday.

Russian cruise ship carrying US, German tourists collides with barge on Volga, no one hurt

Russian cruise ship collides with barge

MOSCOW — A Russian cruise ship carrying hundreds of U.S. and German tourists collided with a barge on the Volga River on Wednesday, but no one was hurt, officials said.

Car bombing wounds 23 outside cafe in southern Russia

Car bombing wounds 23 in Russia’s south

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A car bomb exploded outside a cafe in a restive region of southern Russia on Tuesday, injuring 23 people, police said.

Car bombing wounds at least 20 outside cafe in southern Russia

Car bombing wounds 20 in Russia’s south

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A parked car exploded outside a cafe in southern Russia on Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people, police said.

At least 15 wounded in vehicle explosion outside cafe in southern Russia

15 people wounded in explosion in Russia’s south

Russian experts accuse government of failing to address long-term health effects of heat, smog

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Smog from wildfires seeps back into Moscow despite success in battling wildfires

Smog again creeps into Russian capital

MOSCOW — Smoke from wildfires around Moscow has returned to some parts of the Russian capital even though firefighters have scored successes in containing the blazes, officials said Tuesday.

Official says Russia’s heat wave, drought and fires are another indication of global warming

Official: Russian disaster sign of global warming

Russian firefighters score success in battling wildfires, cold front expected to cool Moscow

Russian wildfires shrink as cold front advances

Poisonous smog returns to Moscow as fires continue to burn, expected to clear on Monday

Poisonous smog returns to Moscow

MOSCOW — The poisonous smog that contributed to a higher death rate in Moscow last week returned to Russia’s capital Sunday, officials said.

Hundreds of fires continue to burn in Russia, but situation around Moscow improves

Fire situation improves around Moscow

MOSCOW — The number of wildfires in the Moscow region fell sharply overnight, but hundreds of blazes continued to rage in other areas of Russia, and officials warned Saturday that some of them are in hard-to-reach regions.

US sending firefighting equipment to Russia to help battle wildfires, Obama phones Medvedev

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