Litvinenko demand foolish - Putin
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The UK extradition request over Alexander Litvinenko's murder is "pure foolishness", President Putin says.
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Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin indirectly criticises President Putin's decision to increase his powers.
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President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying row.
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THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, yesterday accused the West of harbouring Chechen terrorists, speaking hours after rebel leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s defiant stance on issues ranging from missile defence to the killing of a former Russian agent in London threatens to overshadow this week&#39;s G8 summit.
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Russia's threat to aim its missiles at targets in Europe is out of step with the spirit of NATO-Russian partnership, the alliance's chief said on Tuesday after talks with President Vladimir Putin.
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President Putin says a new arms race is under way and that Nato is not listening to Russia's concerns.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man Alexander Litvinenko has accused of killing him, has said he "deplores" the death of the former KGB agent.Comment
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Russia could aim nuclear missiles at Ukraine if the former Soviet republic joins NATO and accepts the deployment of anti-missile defenses on its territory, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
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President Vladimir Putin said in a veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic partner.
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NEW YORK, December 24  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made an attempt yesterday to justify the indirect transfer of Yukosâ (YUSA.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin says Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers for spying is "state terror".
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday demanded an overhaul of Russia's political system, including an end to the direct popular election of governors, saying the changes were needed to combat terrorism.
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President Vladimir Putin took a war of words with London to new heights Tuesday, angrily dismissing British demands for the extradition of the sole suspect in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko as a relic of British "colonial thinking."
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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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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to target its weapons against Europe.