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• Field reports: New website details potential wildlife lands

  May 6, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 PUBLIC LAND – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife unveiled a website, wdfw.wa.gov/lands/acquisitions, this week detailing a wish list of properties the state may buy for fish and wildlife …

• Meehan: Henry teaches golf tactics to Russia’s teams

  May 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 Randy Henry just returned to North Idaho from working 3 1/2 months on his latest golf project and it couldn’t have been more tiring, interesting or rewarding. Henry has instructed …

• Obama to Russia: More flexibility after elections

  March 26, 2012 in Nation/World SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama told Russia’s leader today that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, … 5

• Billionaire N.J. Nets owner to challenge Putin for Russian presidency

  December 12, 2011 After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia’s richest and most glamorous figures: The billionaire owner of the New … 5

• Russian jet crash kills 43, many top hockey stars

  September 7, 2011 in Sports, Nation/World A private Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team slammed into a riverbank moments after takeoff today, killing at least 43 people in one of the worst plane crashes …

• Drought, fire hinder Russian wheat

  August 3, 2010 in Business on Page A8 MOSCOW – A severe drought destroyed one-fifth of the wheat crop in Russia, the world’s third-largest exporter, and now wildfires are sweeping in to finish off some of the fields …

• U.S., Russia conduct swap

  July 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – In the biggest spy swap since the Cold War, 10 confessed Russian agents who infiltrated suburban America were ordered deported Thursday in exchange for four people convicted …

• U.S., Russia spy swap likely

  July 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Across a vast global chessboard, the pieces were set in motion Wednesday. In Moscow, Igor Sutyagin, an imprisoned physicist, was transported from a prison camp near the Arctic …

• Children in spy case in limbo

  July 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW YORK – Children often ask the question “Who am I?” as they come of age, but that’s nothing like the identity crisis now confronting the sons and daughters of …

• Officials: Keep spy suspects jailed

  July 2, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – One of 11 people charged with being part of a Russian spy ring told investigators that his loyalty to his handlers exceeded his commitment to his own …

• Alleged spies’ lives distinctly American

  June 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 MONTCLAIR, N.J. – Richard and Cynthia Murphy grew lettuce in a backyard garden, walked their daughters to the school bus each morning, and swapped Christmas cards with old neighbors who …

• Officials charge 11 as agents for Russia

  June 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Federal officials on Monday charged 11 people on the East Coast as secret agents of Russia in a multiyear investigation that turned up allegations of a vast undercover …

• U.S., Russia talks a walk in the park

  June 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The president of the United States and the president of Russia enjoyed quite a summer’s day on Thursday: Grab some burgers, joke about Twitter, take a walk in …

• Uzbeks flee violence, riots in Kyrgyzstan

  June 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 JALAL-KUDUK, Uzbekistan – Standing behind barbed wire with other Uzbek refugees, the woman tearfully raised her hands in a Muslim prayer for her dead husband. She had left his body …

• U.S.-Russian relations show signs of thawing

  April 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s meeting today in Prague with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, where they’ll sign a new nuclear arms reduction pact, will highlight a thaw in relations between …

• Ukrainian couple made leaps of faith

    April 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 Nikolay and Maria Yefremov hold hands and gaze at grandsons Paul and Dan Chuyashov. The Ukrainian couple emigrated from their homeland 18 years ago as the Soviet Union dissolved. America, … 1

• Moscow subway toll stands at 38

  March 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters …

• Obama, Medvedev sign off on new nuclear pact

  March 26, 2010 in Nation/World Capping months of hard negotiations, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Friday to sharp cuts in the nuclear arsenals of both nations in the most comprehensive … 3

• US, Russian sources: Nuclear arms treaty close

  March 24, 2010 in Nation/World All but the final details have been cleared away for a historic nuclear arms reduction pact between the U.S. and Russia, officials said Wednesday, with the former Cold War rivals … 1

• Russia considers altering asteroid’s path

  December 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MOSCOW – Russia’s space agency chief said Wednesday a spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of Earth impact, even though U.S. …

• Trudy Rubin: Honor those who died for right to speak out

  December 21, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 In this Christmas season, I want to pay tribute to two unsung heroes who stood up to repressive regimes – and paid with their lives. One was Iranian, one Russian, …

• Putin considers return to presidency in 2012

  December 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – Wagging his pen and gazing directly into the camera, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he plans to return to Russia’s presidency, telling …

• Russia considering trimming time zones

  November 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – Russia has 11 time zones across its vast territory – and its leaders believe that’s just too many hours in the day. President Dmitry Medvedev suggested Thursday that … 1

• Russia rebuffs U.S. on Iran sanctions

  October 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – Further sanctions against Iran would be “counterproductive,” Russia’s top diplomat said on Tuesday, pushing back pointedly against U.S. pressure for a tougher stance against Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The …

• Castlegar, Revelstoke offer unique looks at Canadian history

  September 30, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations It was a fall British Columbia golfing holiday for my wife Sally and me, but since you can’t play the game all day long, we had time to sightsee. We … 1

• Medvedev launches anti-drinking campaign

  September 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – You can take a lot from Russia; it has lost plenty already: cash, empire, territory, clout. Russia is tough and wintry; Russia survives undaunted. But there’s one thing …

• Russian rights activist slain as critical report is released

  July 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – A well-known Russian rights activist was found slain execution-style on Wednesday, hours after being kidnapped in Chechnya – the latest in a series of brazen murders targeting critics …

• Obama, Medvedev reach deal to cut nuclear arsenals

  July 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 MOSCOW – President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reached a preliminary agreement Monday to cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by as much as a third while … 1

• Obama, Medvedev optimistic

  July 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry today, with each declaring his intent to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly …

• Russian economy to shrink 7.9 percent

  June 25, 2009 in Business on Page A8 MOSCOW – Russia’s economy will shrink by 7.9 percent this year, plunging millions of people into poverty and pushing the unemployment rate to 13 percent, the World Bank said Wednesday. …

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