In Russia `Krismas' comes but twice a yearThe arrival is scheduled for central Moscow on December 26thTue Dec 21 1999 - 00:00
Chechnya war boosts Putin supporters in Russian voteSupporters of the Russian Prime Minister, Mr Vladimir Putin, have broken the Communist stranglehold on the State Duma with an…Mon Dec 20 1999 - 00:00
Grozny `bloodbath' warning as Russia shells insurgentsThe president of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Mr Knut Vollebaek, yesterday warned of a potential…Sat Dec 18 1999 - 00:00
Primakov enters presidency raceThe former Russian prime minister, Mr Yevgeny Primakov, put himself and his party into the limelight in the campaign for tomorrow…Sat Dec 18 1999 - 00:00
Russia accuses foreign journalists of lying about fighting in GroznyIn a distinct return to Cold War hostility, Russian officials have launched a series of attacks and accusations against foreign…Fri Dec 17 1999 - 00:00
Russians advance into Grozny but are beaten back by rebelsChechen rebels fended off a Russian incursion into Grozny last nightThu Dec 16 1999 - 00:00
President of Chechnya prepared to hold talksAs fighting continued in parts of Grozny the Chechen President, Mr Aslan Maskhadov, has announced that he is prepared to hold…Wed Dec 15 1999 - 00:00
Intense fighting inside GroznyIntense fighting was reported from inside Grozny last night, but Russian military commanders and politicians denied that an all…Tue Dec 14 1999 - 00:00
Duma decisions reflect cooling towards WestRussia's State Duma, in its final session before Sunday's general election, offered an amnesty to those Chechen insurgents prepared…Tue Dec 14 1999 - 00:00
Russian troops reported killing civiliansAs Russian forces held back from an all-out attack on Grozny, disturbing allegations have emerged of a massacre of Chechen civilians…Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
Presidential hopeful reported to have Moscow killing linksWhen the young managing director of Moscow's luxurious Radisson-Slavyanskaya Hotel called a press conference this week, journalists…Sat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
Builder says Yeltsin family given credit card accountsWhile President Yeltsin waved his nuclear stick at the west from Beijing, a millionaire Kosovo-Albanian businessman was preparing…Fri Dec 10 1999 - 00:00
Russians advance steadily on way to destruction of remains of GroznyRussian troops continued to make gains throughout the zone of conflict in Chechnya as the country waited for tomorrow's expected…Fri Dec 10 1999 - 00:00
Russia says it will not bomb civiliansRussia's Foreign Minister, Mr Igor Ivanov, has assured the European Union that civilians will not be bombed in Grozny.Thu Dec 09 1999 - 00:00
Russia, Belarus sign treatyA treaty signed in Moscow by President Yeltsin and President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has marked another step the road…Thu Dec 09 1999 - 00:00
Moscow rejects appeals to retract `leave-or-die' threatRussia has rejected appeals to withdraw its "leave-or-die" ultimatum to the remaining inhabitants of GroznyWed Dec 08 1999 - 00:00
Russia gets Beijing's backing for threatened bombingChina yesterday supported the Russian threat to bomb the Chechen capital, saying it "understood the efforts made by Russia to…Wed Dec 08 1999 - 00:00
Russians `extorting' money from fleeing Grozny residentsRussian forces, who have issued a "get out or die" ultimatum to residents of Grozny, have been extorting money from civilians…Tue Dec 07 1999 - 00:00
Russians deny involvement in massacreDespite a statement from Russia's commander on the ground, GenMon Dec 06 1999 - 00:00
Robinson accuses Russia of `indiscriminate' campaignThe United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, has accused Russia of "indiscriminate and disproportionate…Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:00
Bombings linked to one manIF there is a single word that strikes fear and hatred into the hearts of Russians it is the surname KhattabSat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Moscow police name two as leading suspects in search for bomb attackersIn what appeared to signal a major breakthrough in the hunt for the bombers who have killed almost 300 people in Moscow over …Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Russia bomb death toll rises to 300Almost 300 people have now died in the campaign of apartment block bombings in Russia which officials are blaming on Chechen-…Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Ireland and Russia to join in fighting crimeThe Commissioner of the Garda Siochana, Mr Patrick Byrne, and the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Lieut Gen David Stapleton…Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Ahern offers Russia help in the fight against terrorismThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has said Ireland is prepared to offer assistance to Russia in the fight against terrorismThu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
Islamic separatists deny blame for 300 bomb deathsMore than 120 bodies had been removed from the scene of the Moscow apartment block explosion yesterday evening as leaders of …Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Ahern sympathises with Russians on bombingsThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, conveyed the sympathy of the Irish people on the loss of life in the Moscow bombings to the Russian …Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Security clampdown as 70 die in new Russia bombingAs the death toll from the latest Moscow bombing rose into the 70s, President Yeltsin announced a nationwide security clampdown…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
Chechnya to mobilise as border zone is shelledChechnya's President Aslan Maskhadov has declared a state of general mobilisation as Russian jets and artillery continued to …Mon Sept 13 1999 - 01:00
Up to 100 feared dead in Moscow explosionThere were fears last night that up to 100 people may have died in an apartment explosion in a working-class suburb of Moscow…Fri Sept 10 1999 - 01:00
Russian bombing kills 43 in Chechen villagesIn a further intensification of the conflict in the northern Caucasus, the Russian Air Force is reported to have bombed villages…Tue Sept 07 1999 - 01:00
General `was asked to kill mayor of Moscow'In a rapidly-developing political and financial scandal, the former head of Russia's Presidential Guards, Gen Alexander Korzhakov…Thu Sept 02 1999 - 01:00
Yeltsin sees his main task as creation of `multi-polar' world free of US hegemonyPresident Boris Yeltsin has called for a world in which the United States is not the dominant powerWed Sept 01 1999 - 01:00
Renewed fighting in Dagestan as fatwa issued on Putin and high-ranking officersHeavy fighting has broken out again in Dagestan just a week after Russia claimed victory over Islamist rebelsTue Aug 31 1999 - 01:00
Yeltsin associates face allegations of money-launderingRussian political groups held their founding congresses at the weekend in preparation for December's Duma elections amid a welter…Mon Aug 30 1999 - 01:00
Russian politics in turmoil as Yeltsin sacks PMWithin hours of being appointed Russia's acting prime minister, Mr Vladimir Putin, has announced that he will run for the country…Tue Aug 10 1999 - 01:00
Atrocities by former `good guys' seen as `understandable' desire for revengeThe word "understandable" is frequently used in Western Europe and the United States to describe the desire for revenge by ethnic…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Russian troops arrival a boost to national prideThere was more than a touch of national pride involved in the dash across Serbia by a company of Russian paratroopers from BosniaHerzegovina…Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Key Player - Viktor ChernomyrdinViktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin, a 61-year-old former gas-fitter from western Siberia, was hardly the best-equipped Russian politician…Sat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
Key Player - Martti AhtisaariFinland's President Martti Ahtisaari has undergone a remarkable change of rolesSat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
Russian attitude to West sinks to worst point since Cold War's end`I see no difference in the behaviour of NATO and Hitler. It is the sameSat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
Russia's new PM seen as a stop-gap appointmentWithin minutes of his approval by an overwhelming majority in the State Duma, Russia's new Prime Minister, Mr Sergei Stepashin…Thu May 20 1999 - 01:00
Sacking of Primakov is likely to cause huge crisisThe dismissal of the Russian prime minister, Mr Yevgeny Primakov, is likely to cause the biggest constitutional crisis in Russia…Thu May 13 1999 - 01:00
US warns Russia on oil embargoAs Russia took its Kosovo peace mission to Belgrade, Washington yesterday issued a stern warning to MoscowFri Apr 30 1999 - 01:00
Russia draws closer to US on KosovoRussian policy on Kosovo has drawn closer to that of the United States despite the Kremlin's continued opposition to NATO air…Wed Apr 28 1999 - 01:00
World leaders meet in Moscow to try and solve Yugoslav crisisAs Moscow faces its most intensive week of diplomacy in decades Russian officials have come up with some undisclosed "new ideas…Tue Apr 27 1999 - 01:00
Saintly MaryIt is a pity that Dublin's city fathers did not read The World of Mary O'Connell by the American academic Erin Bishop before …Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Meeting with Milosevic first stage in negotiations, say diplomatic sourcesThursday's nine-hour meeting between Russia's special envoy, Mr Viktor Chernomyrdin, and President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Chernomyrdin to fly to Belgrade with new planA special air corridor will be opened up today to allow Russia's peace envoy, Mr Viktor Chernomyrdin, and his team of negotiators…Thu Apr 22 1999 - 01:00
Yeltsin `will not allow' a NATO protectoratePresident Yeltsin has declared that he "will not allow" the alliance to take over Yugoslavia and turn it into a protectorateTue Apr 20 1999 - 01:00
