Putin fires Russia navy commander: media
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President Vladimir Putin has fired the commander of Russia's navy, taking to at least four the number of top brass dismissed since he appointed a new defense minister, media in Russia reported on Friday.
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A fire broke out aboard a Russian   nuclear submarine belonging to the Northern Fleet late on   Wednesday, killing two of its crew, the Defense Ministry said.
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President Vladimir Putin has appointed a firebrand nationalist who champions re-armament to counter the West as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia&#039;s special services to hunt down and &quot;destroy&quot; the killers of four Russian diplomats in Iraq, the Kremlin said.
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The editor of the respected daily Izvestia was dismissed on Monday after shareholders complained about the newspaper's weekend coverage of the bloody end to the school siege in southern Russia.
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Russia expels a Latvian diplomat - in apparent retaliation for Latvia's expulsion of a Russian diplomat.
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Russia's defense minister has resigned, the country's new prime minister said Tuesday, announcing the departure of his own son-in-law in the beginning of what is expected to be a Cabinet-wide shake up.
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President Vladimir Putin used a year-end news conference yesterday to sharply criticize a wide range of US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that it would be "absolutely unacceptable" for him to stay in power after his second consecutive four-year term ends in May.
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President Vladimir Putin made constitutional changes yesterday designed to increase his personal control of the regions and parliament, saying the government needed &quot;strengthening&quot; because it had failed at Beslan in its fight against terrorism.
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President Vladimir Putin dissolved Russia's government Wednesday in a major political shakeup ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections, the Kremlin said.
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Russia has suspended its participation in a key pact limiting conventional forces in Europe through a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday.
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Russian president, Vladimir Putin, dissolves government in lead-up to parliamentary and presidential elections
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defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has  resigned, Russia&#39;s new prime minister said on Tuesday as  President Vladimir Putin considered his proposed cabinet  lineup.
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus as he appointed a mew government chief of staff after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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In his last official press conference as Russian president, Vladimir Putin denounced Europe's 'double standards' on Kosovo
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President Vladimir Putin, accused by  former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko of ordering his murder,  said the ex-agent knew no official secrets and had no reason to  flee Russia.