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| Apr.1 |
 London |
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 U.S., Russia announce nuke talks| Obama and Medvedev announced that their countries will soon begin negotiations on reducing their nuclear arsenals | |
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| Apr.5 |
 Moscow |
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Boeing 737 makes emergency landing Sky Express flight with 69 people aboard landed safely Saturday after making an emergency landing at Vnukovo airport
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| Apr.7 |
Russian Far East |
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Strong quake rattles Pacific islands  Map of Kuril Islands Russia A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck just east of the Kuril Islands, disputed between Russia and Japan
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| Apr.16 |
Chechnya |
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Russia 'ends Chechnya operation'| Russia has ended its decade-long 'counter-terrorism operation' against separatist rebels in the southern republic of Chechnya | |
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| Apr.23 |
 North Korea |
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Russian FM in North Korea for talks Map of Pyongyang North Korea| Sergei Lavrov arrived in Pyongyang | |
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| Apr.24 |
Moscow |
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Military spy boss 'sacked'| President Medvedev is replacing the head of the GRU military intelligence service Gen Valentin Korabelnikov with Gen Alexander Shlyakhturov | |
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| Apr.28 |
 Somalia |
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 Russia captures Somalia pirates| A warship has seized a pirate vessel with 29 people on board. Guns and navigation equipment were found during a search of the pirate boat | |
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