Putin hints at return to Russian presidency (AFP)

File photo of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Red Square. Putin said he had not yet decided to run for the Russian presidency but noted that Franklin D. Roosevelt had served four terms legally as US president.(AFP/File/Maxim Marmur)AFP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he had not yet decided to run for the Russian presidency but noted that Franklin D. Roosevelt had served four terms legally as US president.
Russia's Putin hints at Kremlin return in 2012 (Reuters)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the development of the North Caucasus Federal District in Sochi, September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei NikolskyReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave a strong hint on Monday that he would run for president in 2012, a step that would almost certainly give him a second spell as Kremlin chief.
Eccentric Russian regional strongman to step down (AP)
AP - A Russian regional leader who claims to have visited an alien spaceship says he is retiring.
Russia's Medvedev forecasts early grain ban removal (Reuters)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev attends the blessing of an ancient Orthodox icon which is being restored to its pre-revolutionary position on the Kremlin's Spassky Gate in Moscow in this August 28, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Alexander NatruskinReuters - Moscow on Monday gave another mixed signal about the duration of a grain export ban set initially from August 15 to December 31, but European Union grain markets continued to rise, apparently ignoring the latest twist.
Russia boosts military cooperation with Israel (AFP)

Mig-29 fighter jets. The defence ministers of Russia and Israel have signed an agreement on military cooperation, hailing the unity between Moscow and the Jewish state.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - The defence ministers of Russia and Israel on Monday signed an agreement on military cooperation, hailing the unity between Moscow and the Jewish state.
3 killed in suicide attack on Russian base (AP)

In this image made from television, damaged army helmets lie at the site of suicide car-bomb attack on a Russian base in the city of Buinaksk, in the violence-plagued republic of Dagestan, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. A suicide car-bomber killed a number of soldiers and wounded dozens of others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said. (AP Photo/Rossiya TV Channel) ** TV OUT **AP - A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said.
Three killed, scores hurt in Dagestan suicide bombing (AFP)

Russian soldiers guard a checkpoint at a military base used by the motor rifle brigade at Dalny near the city of Buynaksk, some 40 kms (30 miles) west of the local capital Makhachkala. A suicide bomber rammed a Russian military base Sunday, killing three people and wounding some thirty more in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, law enforcement sources said.(AFP/NEWS TEAM/Abdula Magomedov)AFP - A suicide bomber rammed a Russian military base Sunday, killing three people and wounding some thirty more in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, law enforcement sources said.
Suicide bomber kills three in southern Russia (Reuters)

Soldiers search debris at a blast site at the military camp outside the town of Buynaksk about 50 km (30 miles) west of the local capital Makhachkala, September 5, 2010. REUTERS/Kurban Labazanov/NewsTeamReuters - At least three people were killed and 33 wounded on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a military camp in Russia's southern region of Dagestan, the Defense Ministry said.
Relics of Russian saint, icons stolen (AP)
AP - A Russian news agency is reporting that three ancient icons, one of which contained relics of Russia's most venerated saint, have been stolen.
Car bomb in Caucasus wounds minister, kills driver (Reuters)

A car of Bekmurza Bekmurzayev, a minister in charge of national, religious and foreign affairs in Dagestan's government, is seen in flames after a blast in Makhachkala, September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Zaur Aliev/NewsTeamReuters - A senior official in the province of Dagestan in Russia's Caucasus was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a bomb planted in their car, a police spokesman told Reuters.
Eight dead as fires flare up again in southern Russia (AFP)

This TV grab taken from a broadcast by Russian television channel NTV shows a house burned out by forest fire in the Volgograd region of Russia. Forest and brush fires flared up again in Russia's southern farmlands, killing eight people and burning down more than 400 homes, officials said on Friday.(AFP/NTV)AFP - Forest and brush fires flared up again in Russia's southern farmlands, killing eight people and burning down more than 400 homes, officials said on Friday.
8 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires (AP)

A Russian man attempts to put out a blaze 155 km south of Moscow in Shatura on August 13. Russia said it was beating back the country's worst ever wildfires, including one close to a secret nuclear site, as parts of the parched country were hit by thunderstorms and torrential rain.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AP - The latest wave of forest fires in Russia has killed eight people and injured 17, authorities said Friday.
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