Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for the Moscow bombings in the name of Islam.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

What's important about the construction of St. Petersburg-- I don't know how many of you have ever been there; I haven't been there for a very, very long time-- this city is not like Moscow at all.

那么修建圣彼得堡到底有什么重要的意义呢,我不知道你们之中有多少人去过那儿,我并没有在那个地方逗留过很久,但这座城市和莫斯科完全不一样

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Now, to be sure, in Siberia in the far reaches of the north, North Asia, this empire amounted to little more than a series of trading posts, and it took a very long time for any semblance of Russian authority from Moscow and soon from St. Petersburg, for reasons that we'll see, to reach there.

现在,可以肯定,当时的俄国,在西伯利亚和北亚并没有多少商栈,俄国耗费了很多时间,才使得其首都市容变成现在这样,无论是莫斯科,还是之后的圣彼得堡,原因我们会讲到

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Plans for a missile defense system in parts of the former Soviet bloc have been an irritant between Washington and Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Following that accident, a Moscow businessman,Andrei Hartley, refused to move for a black BMW carrying an aide to President Dmitri Medvedev.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

On Tuesday,the head of the Moscow forestry department was fired hours after Mr.Medvedev criticized him for not coming home from his summer vacation.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

In Moscow,a member of the local Uzbek community, Sherzad Rakhmanov, cited the need for urgent outside help.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Alexander Verkhovsky is director of the Sova Center for Information and Analysis in Moscow, an organization dedicated to researching nationalism and xenophobia in Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

Alexander Konovalov head of the Moscow-based Institute for Strategic Assessments says Wednesday's attack served two purposes.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Militants in the region have been blamed for near-daily attacks in the area as well as suicide bombings in the Moscow subway last March.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

India was unwilling to meet Moscow's demand for $1.2 billion above an agreed upon price for refurbishment of the warship, which was launched in 1982.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

That Friday, the official schedule of the Governor, Pavel Ipatov,had him in Moscow, meeting with vice prime minister Zubkov to win drought relief for his constituents.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Iranian and U.S.diplomats were aware of one another's presence at the Moscow conference, but said it is not unusual for them to attend the same international forums.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

But Masha Lipman from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Moscow says she does not expect the protests will lead to significant changes in the Kremlin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Christopher Boian is Bureau Chief for the Agence French Press in Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Meanwhile,Chechen Islamist rebel Doku Umarov, dressed in a military camouflage jacket in a wooded location,claimed credit for the Moscow subway bombings in an Internet video posted on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Masha Lipman is an analyst with Moscow's Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Venezuelan President Chavez said in Moscow Sunday he had obtained a $2.2-billion line of credit from Russia for 90 T-72 tanks and an advanced long-range air defense system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The NATO move is in response to last year's spy scandal in Estonia in which one of that country's defense officials was jailed for passing alliance secrets to Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Kramer says Moscow's position presents a distinct problem for President Obama.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

Secretary Clinton heads to Moscow for talks with Russian leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

So that's a very tight timeline," Presidents Obama and Medvedev have instructed their arms negotiators to provide a progress report by July when the American leader is expected to visit Moscow for a summit meeting.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

At talks Tuesday with Mr.Medvedev, Clinton failed to secure support for tougher sanctions on Iran, despite U.S.President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile shield in central Europe a concession to Russian concerns that Washington had hoped would encourage Moscow to back its position on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14