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Double agent sold off Russian secrets

Melting ice caps reveal polar secrets

Drawings theft adds to art fears

Two arrested over Hermitage theft

Russia: Extreme tourism in the Soviet Gulag

The mayor of Vorkuta, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, says he is looking for an investor to turn an abandoned prison complex into a 'reality' holiday camp for novelty-seeking tourists.

Trying to put out hellfire on earth

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> World trade talks at Last Chance Saloon

Fine for saying 'dollar' in Russian parliament

European Court condemns Russia in landmark Chechen case

Stage set for Putin to host G8 summit

Putin to press Bush on Russian nuclear sales in US

Russia 'plots its own course'

Wealthiest countries at bottom of list of happiest societies

Rebel leader behind Beslan school massacre killed [video report]

Russian truck blown up

Russia opens probe into plane crash

Hearty Russia to take G8 podium

Whine all you like ... there's no booze in Moscow