Russia claims right to strike first
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Russia and the United States see eye to eye on fighting terrorism, Russia&#39;s defense minister said yesterday, while reiterating that Moscow reserves the right to carry out
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An Islamic group calling itself the Islambouli Brigades claimed responsibility for the crashes of two Russian planes that killed 90 people, hailing it as a first strike to stop Moscow's fight against separatists in Chechnya.
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Russia's military is capable of firing  missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to  host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander  said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.
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MOSCOW -- Russia has restricted rights to such an extent that it has joined the countries that are ''not free" for the first time since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, Freedom House said yesterday, marking Moscow's march away from the Western democracies it has embraced as diplomatic partners.
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Russia launched massive air strikes on the Chechen capital, Grozny, in December 1994 after the Chechen government refused to disarm and surrender to Moscow&#39;s authority.
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Russia test-launches an intercontinental ballistic missile which can be armed with multiple warheads.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is "seriously preparing" for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.
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Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS  Kirov, 5 September: A state commission today accepted the first stage of a chemical-weapons-disposal facility in the village of Maradykovskiy, Kirov Region.
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Russia test-launches a new intercontinental ballistic missile with multiple warheads.
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Russia won the right on Friday to route  a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a  move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a  "pipeline war" with the European Union.
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MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is &quot;seriously preparing&quot; for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as a Chechen warlord claimed responsibility for attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.
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Russia's military chief says Moscow is ready to defend itself preventively and with nuclear weapons.
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By JUDITH INGRAM  MARADYKOVSKY, Russia - Engineers covered in head-to-toe protective gear inserted a neutralizing solution Friday into bombs filled with a nerve agent, officially starting the work of Russia's first plant for destroying the deadly chemicals.
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Russia today defended a plan to launch preventive strikes on guerrilla bases in other countries, saying it was merely following accepted international practice.
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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The UN Security Council has adopted a Russian-sponsored resolution seeking to strengthen the international effort against terrorists.
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Kremlin accused of invoking threat of forced military service to intimidate anti-Putin activists.