Putin arrives for historic South Africa visit
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Cape Town for the first ever visit to South Africa by a Kremlin leader, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko arrives in Russia in an attempt to resolve a row over gas supplies.
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MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) - Russian and South African specialists have started the implementation of a space exploration cooperation agreement the two countries signed on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to South Africa, meeting President Thabo Mbeki.
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TSENTOROI, Chechnya. Aug 22 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Chechen village of Tsentoroi on Sunday morning and laid a wreath at the grave of former Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the breakaway republic of Chechnya to honor its slain pro-Russian leader Akhmad Kadyrov, hours after rebel attacks left several dead in Grozny, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
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Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday to boost political and economic links with South Africa and said Russia was eager to catch up in the race for trade and investment in Africa's powerhouse.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Chechnya ahead of presidential elections next Sunday in the southern republic where rebels are fighting to create an independent Islamic state, Interfax reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beslan on Saturday, one day after the violent end of a hostage drama at a school in the North Caucasus town claimed the lives of at least 250 adults and children and terrorized the community.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives here Thursday to shore up agreements on a range of bilateral issues including defence deals with its Cold War ally India, officials said.
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President Vladimir Putin arrived in St.Petersburg on Friday, where he is going to meet his German counterpart, President Horst Koehler, on the same day.
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RBC, 14.10.2004, Moscow 10:11:59.Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived on an official visit to Beijing (China) this morning.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern German city of Hamburg Monday for informal meetings with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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Winding up his three-day visit to India, Russian President Vladimir Putin left New Delhi on Sunday afternoon for Moscow. Before his departure, Putin visited software major Infosys on the outskirts of Bangalore
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South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare on Thursday as part of efforts to mediate between President Robert Mugabe's governing party and the opposition.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Helsinki on a working visit Thursday, the day before a Russia-EU summit in the Finnish capital.Comment
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NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived here today on a two-day visit of the country, treaded cautiously on the issue of India getting the right to veto in an expanded UN Security Council.