`Intact' hatch on `Kursk' can be openedAlthough serious differences have emerged between Russian and Norwegian rescue teams, efforts to enter the submarine Kursk are…Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Mafia may have set Moscow bombThe explosion which killed 12 people in a Moscow underpass earlier this month may have been the work of a mafia group with no…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Bombers aimed to injure as many as possibleThe Pushkin Square underpass is the busiest of its kind in MoscowWed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Arrival of martyr's head in Moscow stirs Russian soulIn the old days, which ended nine years ago this month, religion was to say the least, unpopularMon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Senior pro-Moscow Chechen official killed as anniversaries pose new threatA senior pro-Moscow Chechen official has been killed in a car bomb attack and two senior Russian officers were reported missing…Thu Aug 03 2000 - 01:00
Casualty of an ignoble nobilityThe Church of the Ascension, painted in yellow ochre, stands in a large open space between Bolshaya and Malaya Nikitskaya Streets…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Being frank about PutinThe cover describes First Person as "an astonishingly frank self-portrait by Russia's President Vladimir Putin"Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Irish who wish to adopt Russian children must work without an agencyIrish couples who wish to adopt Russian children must now enter the adoption process on their own, without the use of an adoption…Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
Armed revenue agents storm independent media groupThe only national media group that opposed the election of President Vladimir Putin has had its headquarters stormed by masked…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Duma to consider Putin's nominee for PMPresident Putin has officially nominated Mr Mikhail Kasyanov as Russia's new Prime MinisterThu May 11 2000 - 01:00
A day when Russia remembered 26 million war deadTverskaya is Moscow's main arteryWed May 10 2000 - 01:00
President Putin vows to restore stabilityWith a firm promise not to deceive the people, Mr Vladimir Putin took office as president of the vast Russian Federation in a…Mon May 08 2000 - 01:00
Yeltsin, Gorbachev expected to attend Putin inaugurationIn a ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace tomorrow, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin will be formally installed as President of Russia…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Robinson to visit Russian-run camps for Chechen rebelsFighting flared in Chechnya yesterday on the eve of a visit there by the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Mrs Mary RobinsonSat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Robinson may meet Putin after her visit to ChechnyaThe UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, is due to travel to the Northern Caucasus region today as part of her…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Russian soldiers accused of raping Chechen womenOn the eve of a visit by the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, to Moscow and the Northern Caucasus, the New…Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
Zyuganov's refusal leaves new cabinet applying old policyThe Communist leader, Mr Gennady Zyuganov, has refused a place in the cabinet of President-elect Vladimir Putin, informed political…Thu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
Putin retains Sergeyev as minister in charge of warPresident-elect Vladimir Putin's first act after his election at the weekend has been to retain Marshal Igor Sergeyev, the man…Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
Putin set to win in first round of pollWith almost 50 per cent of the votes in Mr Vladimir Putin was set to win Russia's presidency in the first round amidst allegations…Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Putin slips in polls as war toll climbsThe latest opinion poll published in Moscow shows the acting president, Mr Vladimir Putin, may have to face a run-off in Russia…Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00
Raising of tricolour in Chechyna gains votes for PutinActing president Vladimir Putin came back to earth in Russia's third city, Nizhny Novgorod (the former closed city of Gorky)Wed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
Putin lands in Grozny to lift imageAs polls showed an erosion in his popularity with less than a week to go to polling day acting President Vladimir Putin switched…Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Putin slips in polls but gets surprise backing as the presidential elections enter final weekAs Russia's presidential election campaign entered its final week the odds-on favourite, acting President Vladimir Putin, took…Mon Mar 20 2000 - 00:00
TV satire has to dig deep to ignite interest in Russian presidential raceThe television programme Kukli (Russia's answer to Spitting Image) has produced some biting satire on the current presidential…Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Capture of Chechen warlord is a boost to Putin, but no breakthrough in warThe capture of one of the most infamous Chechen warlords, Mr Salman Raduyev, while a major boost to Russian morale and to the…Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
Putin gets boost from Blair as Chechens stage breakthroughChechen rebels have stormed out of the mountains to the plains in the south of the region, having broken through Russian army…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
Freed Babitsky says he was beaten by `sadists' as Chechen killing of Russian journalist is reportedAs the Radio Liberty reporter Andrei Babitsky was freed on the orders of Acting President Vladmir Putin, news reached Moscow …Wed Mar 01 2000 - 00:00
Origin of Chechen `atrocity' videos disputedRival news organisations have claimed the authorship of a video showing mass graves and alleged atrocities by Russian forces …Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Video evidence of Russian crimes screened by BBCThe BBC has shown extremely disturbing video sequences which it claims to be the first visual evidence of Russian war crimes …Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
Russia denies Grozny `crimes'Further allegations of summary executions by Russian soldiers have been made on the anniversary of Stalin's deportation to central…Thu Feb 24 2000 - 00:00
Rights group calls for inquiry into reports of Russian executions of 41 Chechen civiliansRussian forces have summarily executed 41 civilians, many of them women and children, in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny…Sat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
Chechen rebels force their way past Russian lines to escape besieged GroznyUp to 500 Chechen guerrillas have broken out of Grozny and reached the village of Alkan Khala, forcing their way through Russia…Wed Feb 02 2000 - 00:00
Private Safonov does over $50m in damageA single Russian soldier has, in the space of a few minutes, destroyed more high-tech Russian military hardware than the Chechen…Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
Chechen rebels accused of killing POWs and of using civilians as `human shields'Chechen rebels have been accused of executing prisoners of war and using civilians as "human shields" in a report issued by the…Mon Jan 17 2000 - 00:00
Stunning victories, grievous failuresLeon Aron is a 45-year-old Muscovite who lived the first half of his life in Russia and the second half in the USSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
History of a racist regimeTowards the end of his book Glenn Frankel paints a picture of the scene at a hearing of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation…Sat Jan 08 2000 - 00:00
Putin's opponents snared by poll datePoliticians opposed to the acting President, Mr Vladimir Putin, were thrown into further disarray as the date for the presidential…Thu Jan 06 2000 - 00:00
Putin begins campaign with Yeltsin pledgeThe former Russian president, Mr Boris Yeltsin, begins the first week of the new year immune from prosecution for corruption.Mon Jan 03 2000 - 00:00
Yeltsin, rough-hewn democrat, bows outPoliticians and paradox, it is true, often go hand in handMon Jan 03 2000 - 00:00
A boor, a bully and a boozer, but Boris was a journalist's dreamMy first job as Moscow Correspondent of The Irish Times was to cover the inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian…Mon Jan 03 2000 - 00:00
Russians rise magnificently to occasionSnowflakes and a series of massive firework displays against the spectacular backdrop of the Kremlin brought the new millennium…Mon Jan 03 2000 - 00:00
Moscow warns it may use `fuel-air bombs'The head of the Russian air force, Col Gen Anatoly Kornukov, said yesterday that "powerful weapons" may be used against Chechen…Fri Dec 31 1999 - 00:00
New evidence of Russian army massacre allegedPresident Yeltsin has declared Russia's campaign in Chechnya to be "flawless" and Gen Vladimir Shamanov, denying claims of a …Thu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
Russians take assurances on Y2K with a grain of scepticismA banner which stretches across many streets in central Moscow reads: "Year 2000: Time to live in Peace, Love and Concord"Thu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
No talk of heroes here, just a fearful search for missing sonsAs Russian soldiers advance slowly and carefully through the minefields that surround central Grozny, a picture of professionalism…Tue Dec 28 1999 - 00:00
Operation to take Grozny progressing methodicallyRussian forces have been slowly and methodically probing Chechen positions in Grozny backed by heavy artillery fire and aerial…Mon Dec 27 1999 - 00:00
Russia troops prevent rebel escapeRussian troops have started an operation to prevent Chechen insurgents from breaking out of Grozny and retreating to bases in…Wed Dec 22 1999 - 00:00
Local wins boost anti-Kremlin partiesThe Russian Prime Minister, Mr Vladimir Putin, met leaders of the six main parties in the Duma yesterday and called on them to…Wed Dec 22 1999 - 00:00
Massacre allegations gain supportAllegations of a massacre of civilians by Russian forces in a village near Grozny, first published by The Irish Times two weeks…Tue Dec 21 1999 - 00:00
