Russia's Medvedev lauds online media freedom
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Russia's  president-in-waiting Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday media  freedoms are guaranteed in Russia -- by the Internet.
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A number of Turkish mass media have disseminated detailed information on the news conference organized by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin for local and foreign journalists.
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The Russian journalist's colleagues and other critics welcomed the police's arrest of 10 suspects Monday, but worry that the government's assessment is politically colored.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he would become prime minister in a future Russian government if his close ally Dmitry Medvedev was elected president, giving Putin a new role after he leaves the Kremlin.
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European papers are unimpressed with the Russian president's plans for radical change after recent terrorist attacks
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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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Â· Kremlin sets up 'open' media information centre Â· Outgoing president tackles Russia's tarnished image
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Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian  President Vladimir Putin last month as his favored successor,  launched his personal Internet site on Wednesday.
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Russia's first post-Soviet leader Boris Yeltsin issued a veiled warning that President Vladimir Putin's decision to hand sweeping new powers to the Kremlin in the wake of the Beslan hostage crisis could roll back democratic freedoms.
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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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Russia's next president will remain the country's most powerful official even with outgoing head of state Vladimir Putin as prime minister, Putin's likely successor Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview on Monday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's choice for new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, was overwhelmingly approved in a Friday vote by Russia's lower house of parliament, a live broadcast on state-run TV showed.
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It was a carefully scripted moment when Russian President Vladimir Putin began quoting Taras Shevchenko, this country&#39;s 19th-century bard, during a live television
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MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - Civil society and a free mass media offer the best cure for corruption, President Vladimir Putin told a Thursday press conference in the Kremlin.
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President Vladimir Putin said that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking steps to further strengthen the central government&#39;s control over the nation&#39;s political life.
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Roughly 25 million people, or 17 percent of the Russian population surfed the Internet this year, a significant hike from the 2005, the government announced.