A doctor says stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, debunking a popular theory that a sexually transmitted disease debilitated the former Soviet leader. BALTIMORE — A doctor says stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death...

A 24-year-old mother who mistakenly fed poisonous mushrooms to her daughter and her friend's daughter faces five years in jail after the girls died in an Ulyanovsk hospital. A 24-year-old mother who mistakenly fed poisonous mushrooms to her daughter and her friend's daughter...

... heritage then it helps, particularly when the political side breaks down," he said in an interview in the RBCC's Moscow offices. Diplomatic ties between Britain and Russia have been strained for years, but they reached a nadir after the 2006 polonium poisoning in London of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko and the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the case. While Thompson said political tension between Britain and Russia could have had some negative consequences for the work...

... Syria crisis and the upcoming Olympic Games in London and Sochi with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before holding more Olympic-related talks in the White House, the British Embassy said. London has sought to improve ties with Moscow, long frayed by the poisoning death of former Federal Security Service officer Alexander Litvinenko in London and demands from both sides to extradite suspects from Moscow and self-exiled Kremlin critics from Britain. The talks on Syria went relatively smoothly, with Lavrov...

... unreliable financial institutions and no rule of law. To some extent this is true, but Western media and investors tend to exaggerate Russia's problems. Russia's reputation in Britain is particularly bad. Dramatic incidents in Britain such as the polonium-poisoning death in London of former Federal Security Services agent Alexander Litvinenko or murder attempts against Russian businessmen certainly haven't helped. A journalist friend from London recently tried to prepare me for a meeting with the British...

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