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Russia on Tuesday said that the United States was ramping up military tensions by testing a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks after tearing up the Cold War-era pact with Russia eliminating such potentially nuclear-capable weapons.

Russia terms US missile test as 'escalation of military tensions'

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Russia will not deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday, after Washington's withdrawal from a Soviet-era arms pact.

Russia says no plans to install new missiles unless US deploys them

Russian opposition activists staged a string of pickets in central Moscow on Saturday to call for free elections and for charges against protesters detained at recent rallies to be dropped.

Russian opposition activists picket for free elections

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Russian pilot, Damir Yusupov, who landed a passenger plane in a cornfield after hitting a flock of birds said on Friday (August 16) he was no hero despite the Kremlin lauding him for saving the lives of 233 People

Russian pilot says he's no hero despite praise for crash-landing

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A Russian passenger plane's emergency landing in a cornfield near Moscow after birds were sucked into its engines has been hailed by state media as a "miracle".

Russian plane makes emergency landing, lands in cornfield

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What started as a Facebook post during a wave of mass protests in Russia eight years ago has turned into a rights group that helps arrested demonstrators one in increasing demand as police crackdown hard on opposition rallies.

For Russia's detained protesters, rights group is first on the scene

Greenland on Friday dismissed the notion that it might be up for sale after reports that US President Donald Trump had privately discussed with his advisers the idea of buying the world's biggest island.

Greenland tells US President Donald Trump it is open for business but not for sale

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Russia on Wednesday told Pakistan that there is no alternative to resolve the Kashmir issue but "bilaterally through political and diplomatic means." "The statement was made during a phone call that Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Resolve Kashmir issue bilaterally with India: Russia tells Pakistan

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to solve issues with India bilaterally. A Russian Foreign Ministry statement said, Moscow "Emphasized the need for de-escalation of tensions, and that there is no alternative to resolve differences between Pakistan and India except bilaterally through political and diplomatic means.

Solve your issues with India bilaterally: Russia tells Pakistan

WION Edit: Is the World staring at a Nuclear arms race?

Radiation levels were up to 16 times the norm in a nearby town after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site, the national weather service said Tuesday. The explosion at the Arctic facility on Thursday killed five scientists with Russia's nuclear agency, which later confirmed they were involved in testing new weapons.

Radiation up to '16 times' the norm near blast site: Russian weather service

Stephen Biegun, the diplomat who has been leading efforts to revive stalled US denuclearisation talks with North Korea, is under consideration to be President Donald Trump's next ambassador to Russia, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Donald Trump considering North Korea envoy as next ambassador to Russia: Report

The Kremlin boasted on Tuesday it was winning the race to develop new cutting edge nuclear weapons despite a mysterious rocket accident last week in northern Russia that caused a temporary spike in radiation levels.

Winning arms race against US despite rocket accident: Russia

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WION Dispatch: Ross Cullen on Russia blast victims to be honoured

Russia Blast victims to be Honoured and call them National Heroes

Russia Blast victims to be Honoured

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