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Russian Authorities Say Agents Have Foiled Terror Attack Plans in Olympic Host City of Sochi

By UCN on May 10, 2012 1:19 PM

A tribute to the 2014 Sochi Olympics is unveiled Sunday during the closing ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. (Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS)

Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, authorities said Thursday, blaming Chechen separatists and neighboring Georgia of jointly masterminding the plans.

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Russia's Vladimir Putin Takes Presidential Oath of Office for Third Time Amid Protests

By UCN on May 7, 2012 7:54 AM

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Former President Dmitri A. Medvedev, right, and President Vladimir Putin during the inauguration ceremony in Moscow on Monday. (Pool photo by Ekaterina Shtukina)

Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helmeted riot police prevented hundreds of demonstrators from protesting his return to the presidency.

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Russian Patriarch Says Orthodox Church Is Under Attack by Persecutors

By UCN on April 23, 2012 11:02 AM

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (R) leads a call to prayer in support of the Orthodox Church at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 22, 2012. (REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov )

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church warned tens of thousands of believers on Sunday they were "under attack by persecutors" on a nationwide day of prayer intended to heal divisions over a protest at the altar by a women's punk band.

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Russia Seeks Change In "Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout's 25 Year Prison Sentence

By UCN on April 7, 2012 2:24 PM

This Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010 file photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration shows Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout in U.S. custody after being flown from Bangkok to New York in a chartered U.S. plane. (AP Photo/Drug Enforcement Administration, File)

Russian authorities say they'll pressure the U.S. government, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to send home an ex-Soviet officer known as the Merchant of Death after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges.

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Russian Orthodox Church Under Attack for Supporting Vladimir Putin

By UCN on April 5, 2012 11:53 AM

Pictured: Patriarch Kirill and Vladimir Putin

Russia's Orthodox Church said on Tuesday it was under attack from unspecified "anti-Russian forces" seeking to erode its authority after it threw its weight behind Vladimir Putin before last month's presidential election.

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School Notebooks with Stalin Portrait on Cover Causes Controversy In Russia

By UCN on April 3, 2012 3:49 AM

In this undated photo provided by Kupialt.ru, a notebook cover depicts Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the "Great Russian" series. (AP Photo)

School notebooks with a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on the cover have been causing a controversy in Russia since they went on sale this week.

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31 of 43 Passengers Dead In Siberian Plane Crash

By UCN on April 2, 2012 5:41 AM

Russian Emergency Ministry rescuers search the site of the ATR-72 plane crash outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia, Russia, Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Marat Gubaydullin)

A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. The 12 survivors were hospitalized in serious condition.

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Obama Tells Russian President Medvedev He Will Have More Flexibility After His Election

By UCN on March 26, 2012 6:49 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, chats with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March, 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama told Russia's leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing.

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Russian Military Gets Churches Air-Dropped to Them

By UCN on March 16, 2012 3:03 PM

Air-dropped church willl be introduced in the Russian army. (Russian Airborne Force press-service)

Airborne priests and flying churches are set to fortify Russian soldiers' spirits. Now priests who serve in the Russian Army will have to learn basics of military training to deal with an extraordinary device.

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Russian Orthodox Church Supports Bill Outlawing Promotion of Homosexuality

By UCN on March 12, 2012 5:11 AM

A leading official in the Russian Orthodox Church has urged federal lawmakers to adopt a bill outlawing what he called the promotion of homosexuality among minors.

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