Putin named Time magazine's person of the year
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Time magazine named President Vladimir Putin its person of the year Wednesday, recognizing the Russian leader's role in achieving stability even at the cost of Western-style freedom and democracy.
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Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he would accept the post of prime minister next year if, as is almost certain, his protege is elected president in March.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who  will step down next year after eight years in power, may have a  surprise choice for his preferred successor, state news agency  RIA Novosti said on Friday, quoting a senior Kremlin aide.
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President Vladimir Putin has appointed a firebrand nationalist who champions re-armament to counter the West as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he will accept the post of prime minister next year if, as is almost certain, his anointed successor Dmitry Medvedev is elected president in March.
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President Vladimir Putin has appointed a  firebrand nationalist who champions re-armament to counter the  West as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a Kremlin  spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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George W. Bush Beats Out Bloggers for Time's Man of the Year  Despite high hopes Bloggers have been beaten for the honour of Time&rsquo;s Person of the Year by President George W Bush, but in an upside Time has announced its first Blog of the Year with the title going to ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists&#39; questions during a news conference in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin, Dec. 23, 2004.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is  likely to pick a well-known figure to succeed him rather than  springing a surprise on electors, a Kremlin spokesman said.
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White House adviser Karl Rove topped the unofficial list of contenders for Time's 2004 Person of the Year, according to a panel assembled by the magazine on Tuesday to debate the question.
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Russian president awarded accolade for making his country 'critical to the 21st century'
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Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a top state honour to ex-dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday, lauding his devotion to the &quot;fatherland&quot; at a lavish ceremony in the Kremlin.
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The Person of the Year choice was greeted with media fanfare and critic complaints. Yuri Zarakhovich appraises the reaction
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For 1956, Time magazine named as its Man of the Year someone who "had many faces, but was not faceless." History, said the article published Jan.
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Leonid Kuchma will meet with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg soon. The Russian president s press secretary, Alexei Gromov, has confirmed this news.
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You were named TIME magazine's "Person of the Year" on Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet sites such as YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. You were chosen over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea's Kim Jong Il and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Congratulations.