Putin, at Odds with West, Rules Out Chechen Talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the  Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western  leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his refusal to negotiate with Chechen separatists, warning critics against applying what he called a double standard in the definition of terrorism.
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Russian and Western leaders are sharply at odds over the country's election crisis.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  rejected any dialogue with Chechen separatists, blamed for at  least 335 deaths in the school hostage siege, as hundreds of  thousands joined rallies against terrorism.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected Western criticism he is using his energy policies as a weapon, denounced the deployment of U.S. anti-missile systems in eastern Europe, and said he didn't believe in conspiracy theories in the poisoning death of a former KGB officer.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a  dilemma Monday over whether to pardon an army colonel who  strangled a Chechen schoolgirl, risking upsetting allies in  Chechnya on the one hand or his powerful military on the other.
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President Vladimir V. Putin suggested that Russia would not object to American interceptor missiles in Iraq, Turkey or at sea.
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Russia and the United States on Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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Guess who's not coming to dinner? Vladimir Putin was not invited to NATO's first summit in a country once incorporated into the Soviet Union, but that did not stop rumors that the Russian leader might show up for a meal anyway.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia not to provoke or blackmail Russia on Wednesday as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election.
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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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President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would not allow itself to be drawn into what he called a new arms race.
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The diplomatic struggle over Russia's refusal to extradite the man suspected in the poisoning death of a former KGB agent in London could hamper progress on an array of issues critical to the West.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia on Wednesday not to provoke or blackmail Russia as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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President Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed suggestions he was taking Russia back to its Soviet past and said he viewed freedom and democracy as key to a stable future.