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Putin Puts The Screws To Protesters

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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MOSCOW -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he supports a controversial bill that would introduce a 200-fold increase in fines for those taking p...

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Russia Test-Fires New Missile

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile d...

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Putin's Troubled First Week In Office

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.12.2012

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MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be temp...

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PHOTOS: Putin's Patriotic Victory Day Parade

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

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By Timothy Heritage and Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin, speaking in Moscow's Red Square with ...

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Dmitry Medvedev Presidency, As Seen On Twitter

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.07.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — It was the end of an era, the kind of moment when a Twitter buff might unleash a barrage of 140-character spurts of sentiment, humor o...

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Putin's 54-Year-Old Wife Pregnancy Rumors

Posted 04.24.2012

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Russia's Prime Minister and soon-to-be President (again) Vladimir Putin has captured international headlines of late. His 54-year-old wife Lyudmila...

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Putin Wins Amid Voting Fraud Allegations

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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By Thomas Grove MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - A few days before Russia's presidential election, Sergei Smirnov received a phone call fro...

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Exit Polls: Putin Wins Nearly 60 Percent Of Votes

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won a six-year term as Russia's president in an election on Sunday, exit polls showed. ...

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Putin Wins Election, Says Russian State TV

AP | LYNN BERRY and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.04.2012

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MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power...

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Putin Up WIth 6 More Years?

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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By Alissa de Carbonnel and Alexei Anishchuk GROZNY, Russia, March 4 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin sought a convincing victory in Russia's...

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May This Creepy Doctor Suggest Putin For Your First Time

Posted 02.29.2012

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You may not put much weight on what a fortune-teller says about love. But when it's a doctor telling you to give your virginity to Vladimir Putin, tha...

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Putin Warns Opposition, Talks Conspiracy Theory

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 04.30.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that his opponents could provoke unrest after Sunday's presidential election, even going ...

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Putin Weighs In On Syria, Iran

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia is concerned about the "growing threat" of an attack on Iran over its nuclear p...

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LOOK: Must Love Dogs

Posted 02.23.2012

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Whether Russians are staging pro-Putin rallies (with some state-paid or dependent workers claiming they were promised time off for attendance) or anti...

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Gorbachev: Putin Has 'Exhausted' His Potential

AP | By NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 04.10.2012

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MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has "exhausted" his potential as Russia's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev declared Thursday, saying Putin's inabilit...

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Gorbachev: Putin Has 'Exhausted' His Potential As Leader

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 04.10.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has "exhausted" his potential as Russia's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev declared Thursday, saying Putin's in...

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Putin: If You Elect Me, You'll Get A Bigger Say. I Promise.

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for a third term as president, on Monday promised Russians a bigger say in polit...

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Medvedev Offers Limited Reforms

AP | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 02.21.2012

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MOSCOW -- President Dmitry Medvedev responded to protests over the fraud-tainted election by proposing some reforms Thursday to liberalize Russia's po...

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Putin's Billionaire Challenger

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 02.11.2012

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MOSCOW — After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia's richest and most glamorous ...

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Medvedev: Russian Missiles May Target U.S. Missile Defense Sites

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 01.23.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia threatened on Wednesday to deploy missiles to target the U.S. missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow's c...

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Top Russia Official Takes Swipe At President

AP | By LYNN BERRY | Posted 11.25.2011

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MOSCOW -- Russia's finance minister has said he will step down rather than serve under Dmitry Medvedev if the president becomes prime minister next ye...

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Vladimir Putin's Groupies Call For 3rd Term

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

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MOSCOW -- Dozens of Vladimir Putin's young, female fans have banded together in a group dubbed "Putin's Army" to call out to like-minded girls to stri...

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Dancing Dmitry: Russian President Busts A Move In New Video

Posted 06.20.2011

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev busts a few less-than-flattering moves on the dance floor in an amateur clip that has become a YouTube smash. In...

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Gorbachev: Putin Shows 'Incredible Conceit' And Voter Disrespect

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of concei...

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Putin: I'll Consider Return To Presidency In 2012

AP | DAVID NOWAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Wagging his pen and gazing directly into the camera, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he plans...

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