Vanhanen criticises Putin spokesman for "sphere of influence" thinking
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Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (Centre) has criticised recent comments by Russian Presidential spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembski on Finnish attitudes toward Russia.
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Critics see Moscow's hand in the poisoning, while Putin supporters point to an anti-Russia conspiracy.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told the visiting United Nations human-rights chief that his government would listen to "objective" criticism of Russia's human-rights situation but wouldn't tolerate attempts to turn the issue into a political weapon.
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The Russian presidentâs comments at an annual news conference underscored a widening rift with the U.S.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin used a year-end news conference yesterday to sharply criticize a wide range of US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, Yukos Oil Co., and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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British accusations against an ex-KGB officer in the murder of a fugitive Kremlin critic in London are nothing but a &quot;noisy propaganda show,&quot; Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
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Prime Minister and President disagree on globalisation policy Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (Centre) takes a much more positive view of the consequences of globalisation than President Tarja Halonen.
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Igor Smirnov, the leader of the breakaway republic of Transdniestria, has accused Moldovan authorities of trying to downplay Russia s role in Transdniestrian settlement.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin has described himself as the world's only "pure" democrat and attacked the United States and Europe, which have criticized him, for falling short of their own ideals.
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Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the House of Estates in Helsinki prior to the EU-Russia Summit.Comment
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Accusations by the United States that Russia has backtracked on democracy are unfair, President Vladimir Putin's top foreign policy aide was quoted as saying two days before Putin meets U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday defended sweeping political changes announced by President Vladimir Putin earlier this week, telling the United States and other critics that the plans ar
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A British Cabinet minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of 'attacks on individual liberty and on democracy' and said Sunday that relations with Moscow were strained after a former KGB agent was ...Comment
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plan to strengthen his grip on the country by nominating governors and eliminating individual races in State Duma elections appears to contradict only the spirit
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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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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, yesterday used his end-of-year press conference to accuse western states of attempting to isolate and destabilise his country.
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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Tuesday President Vladimir Putin's bid to consolidate power was not the way Washington wanted Russia to move.