Putin makes surprise visit to Chechnya to honor slain pro-Russian leader
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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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Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, foreseen as the next Russian president, accompanied President Vladimir Putin on a highly symbolical visit to Bulgaria this week that attracted strong attention from the media.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he was prepared to work with Germany and the European Union to help resolve the bloody conflict in Chechnya.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Flags flew at half-mast across  Russia on Monday at the start of national mourning for 338  people killed when Chechen rebels seized a school, while  questions mounted over President Vladimir Putin's policies.
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Russia is observing an official day of mourning for the 89 people who died in the near-simultaneous crashes of two passenger jets.
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Voting is under way in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.
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TDN- Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin was in Ankara on Monday for a state visit unmatched in the history of relations between the Turkish and Russian nations.
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Chechnya&#39;s pro-Kremlin leader was sworn in as president of the turbulent Russian region Tuesday and acknowledged immediately he was a prime target for assassination by separatists.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has wrapped up a visit to neighboring Ukraine where he met with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich just over a week before the crucial second round of a presidential election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin began a visit to Germany on Monday by saying was he open to talking about ways to solve the conflict in Chechnya.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  paid his respects on Tuesday to millions of people killed under  Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and called for the country to  unite to prevent a repeat of its tragic past.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a top state honour to ex-dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday, lauding his devotion to the &quot;fatherland&quot; at a lavish ceremony in the Kremlin.
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UZLOVAYA, Russia  - Russia on Thursday observed a  day of mourning for at least 89 people who died in a mysterious  double air disaster, which some fear could have been a  terrorist attack ahead of a key election in rebel Chechnya.
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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 on Monday discussed with cabinet ministers the questions of aid to those who suffered from the terrorist tragedy in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, Itar-Tass reported.
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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 begins a two-day visit to South Africa, meeting President Thabo Mbeki.