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Schooner with cargo of live crabs sailing to South Korean port targeted in Sea of Japan.

Golden Girls's 2014 calendar contains skimpily dressed models minus nudity.

Afghan drug cartel active in Russia with a £3.8bn heroin market.

Russia to anchor 10 warships near Syrian coast as tensions remain high over chemical weapons.

Russian military creating cyber security command and operational wing.

Russia's latest Voronezh-class early warning system will be deployed near Orsk in Orenburg region.

Tehran's foreign minister says Iran held nuclear talks with Moscow over new nuclear power plant construction.

Convicted opposition leader Navalny hopes to win election following release pending appeal.

White House repeats its demand to Moscow to return Snowden to US.

Snowden seeking temporary asylum in Russia - and sources suggest ministers may grant him free travel.

White House says Moscow is facilitating Snowden with 'propaganda platform' as Obama and Putin hold telephone conversation.

Russian deputy foreign minister says fighters include US and European nationals.

Other Latin American nations said to be ready to shelter NSA whistleblower.

Putin demanded that Snowden stop all anti-American activity as condition of any asylum bid.

The Russian parliament has invited NSA whistleblower Snowden to share more details about the alleged spying activities on Russian citizens by the US.

WikiLeaks warns whistleblower Snowden could end up in Russia for life if US continues to 'bully' intermediary countries.

Snowden believed to have left Moscow through Sheremetyevo airport but his whereabouts remain unclear.

Washington outraged over links of countries to exit of NSA whistleblower.

Moscow sources claim Prism whistleblower did not board flight despite earlier claims.

Edward Snowden, who has sought political asylum with Ecuador, is currently at Moscow airport.

Siberia's Alexander Mikhailov urges gays to be dragged from streets and whipped in public square by troops.

Lawmaker equates chemical weapons claim with Bush era stand on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

Suspects held for allegedly compromising top-secret defence systems.

Missile with global reach, to replace Topol-M and Yars systems.

Assad regime in talks with MiG for fighter jets in a direct challenge to EU which lifted arms embargo on rebels recently.

Tension in Golan Heights rising as Assad vows to hit back at Israel if it attacks Syria.

US criticises missile shipment as Russia's FSB risks diplomatic spat by revealing name of alleged CIA spy operating in Moscow.

Victim's skull smashed with 20 kg rock for revealing he was homosexual.

Two ground-to-air missiles reportedly fired at Russian flight with 159 passengers.

FBI request for additional information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev unanswered by FSB.