Putin-Medvedev duo "could run Russia until 2033"
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his favored successor Dmitry Medvedev could take turns to run Russia for another quarter of a century, a senior Kremlin ally said in an interview published on Monday.
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The man expected to be Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants a reduced state role in the economy.
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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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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Russia's presidential election campaign is set to begin, with Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev the clear favourite.
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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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Vladimir Putin, due to step down as Russian president next year, backs the idea of allowing his successors to serve longer terms in the Kremlin but insists their stay should not be open-ended.
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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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KIEV, October 26 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised question-time show on Ukrainian channels Tuesday night the Russian law envisions only two terms of office for a president and he will honor that provision.
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"The tendency has been set in earlier agreements. We are cooperating, concluding contracts, we know how to agree"  Russia's Prime Minister said Friday that negotiations on a new contract for Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine would be held in the last three months of the year, the Itar-TASS news agency reported. via The Boston Globe
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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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President Vladimir Putin rejected concern that he is beating a path toward authoritarianism, calling such criticism &quot;total nonsense&quot; in an interview published Friday and saying Russia needs time to build democracy after centuries of heavy
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President Vladimir Putin told a congress of Russia's dominant party Monday that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor Â and said he would not seek to make the premiership more powerful.
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Vladimir Putin, due to step down as  Russian president next year, backs the idea of allowing his  successors to serve longer terms in the Kremlin but insists  their stay should not be open-ended.
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Russia's new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, could become president in 2008 and Vladimir Putin should return to office in 2012, the head of Russia's upper house of parliament said on Tuesday.
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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin is considering extending his term of office, due to expire in 2008, in a sign of his determination to tighten his grip on power and crack down on terrorism after the Beslan school massacre.
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Year 2005 can be interesting for the world economies. While America is busy in Iraq, Vladimir Putin is positioned to take control of the world as another superpower.