Putin's man takes chance to stress continuity
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SOCHI, Russia  - Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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President Vladimir Putin is known for his political maneuvers. Now, everyone can check out his moves in another area of expertise: judo.
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Vladimir Putin signaled on Friday he might return to the presidency after 2012, an analyst who met him said, hours after the Russian leader said new prime minister Viktor Zubkov could make a good successor to him.
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As Russia grapples with terrorism and instability in Chechnya, a powerful ruler-in-waiting is forcing President Vladimir Putin's hand: the 28-year-old son of a slain Chechen president who commands a feared militia and an oil-fueled business empire.
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He may be experienced at fielding questions on geopolitics but when the Kazakh president logs on next week for his first Internet news conference he will have to tackle some more bizarre matters.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin, a black belt in judo, apparently has the time to contribute to a textbook on the sport in addition to running the world's largest country.
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It should come as no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan in southern Russia to justify the consolidation of power in his own hands.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on  Monday he was ready to work as prime minister if his favored  successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is elected president next year, but  would not seek additional powers.
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As Russia prepares for March 2 presidential elections, it enters an era of political uncertainty it hasn't seen since President Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin eight years ago.
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The "strong" Russian state President Vladimir Putin is attempting to create conceals within itself weaknesses that are potentially far greater and more threatening to the future development of the country than ...
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Time Magazine names Russian President Vladimir Putin as its 'Person of the Year'.
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For more than four years now the word President Vladimir Putin has used about the situation in Chechnya is &quot;normalisation&quot;.
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If some governments resemble stodgy men's clubs, Vladimir Putin's has started to look like a family affair since a Cabinet shakeup this month that left two pairs of close relatives serving in top posts.
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.
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Analysis: He may not really be a global power player, but Russia's president got to play one on TV
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Russian President Vladimir  Putin took the pilot's seat on Wednesday as he was shown around  a new airliner, leaving the man likely to succeed him in the  co-pilot's chair.
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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's nominee for prime minister said yesterday that he won't rule out a run for the presidency amid rising speculation his appointment could be part of Putin's plan to retain control over the government after stepping down next spring.