Putin says Iraq shows need for strong Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  criticized the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Thursday, saying that  experience showed the need for resource-rich countries like  Russia to build up their armed forces to defend themselves.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin voices doubts over plans to hold elections in Iraq next month.
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Iraq is prepared to cooperate with Russia and to sign contracts, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an exclusive interview with the Itar-Tass news agency on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Allawi said that on Tuesday, Dec.
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World News &gt; Moscow, Oct 18 : The current spate of terror attacks in Iraq is aimed at scuttling the US President George W Bush&#39;s re-election bid, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today.
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At a Kremlin meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi he has doubts about how elections can be held under current security conditions in Iraq.
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Asserting that the Iraq war had hit the anti-terror campaign, visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the new US administration to take lessons while shaping its
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country needs a single ``vertical&#39;&#39; system of power to fight terrorism such as the attack on a school last week that killed 339 people.
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Iraq is still too dangerous for Russian  companies to work there, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as  saying on Friday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, siding with George W. Bush two weeks before the US presidential election, says that armed attacks in Iraq are being staged by &quot;international terrorism&quot; out to block his re-election.
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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the U.S. war in Iraq was a "pointless" battle against the Iraqi people, the latest jab at Washington from the increasingly confrontational Russian leader
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President Vladimir Putin said the United States should set a firm date for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, otherwise the Iraqi leadership will do little to reorganize its armed forces, according to a Kremlin statement Thursday.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wants to know if Washington is trying to isolate his country. He also says he has questions about the upcoming elections in Iraq.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that opposition groups should have more outlets for expressing their views.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called  on Thursday for a powerful parliament and unchanged policies  after he leaves the Kremlin in remarks hinting he may go on to  use a power base in parliament to dominate the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as both sides seek to put differences over the US-led war behind them and look ahead to reviving decades-old business ties.
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast doubts over the viability of holding free and fair elections in Iraq, saying he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how an occupied country can go through a meaningful electoral exercise.
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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan Oct. 18, 2004 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail President Bush&#39;s chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq.