Russia's Putin makes video for judo textbook
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Russian President  Vladimir Putin, a black belt in judo, apparently has the time  to contribute to a textbook on the sport in addition to running  the world's largest country.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called for practical steps to redraw the world economic order to reflect the growing role of fast-growing emerging nations.
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Russiaâs NTV channel has broadcast the video footage of the Beslan school siege shot by hostage-takers inside the building. It shows what was happening in the school gym.
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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 after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is "seriously preparing" for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin put his prestige on the line Wednesday, promising a 2014 Winter Olympics in his country that will feature a stunning setting and vast state support to build a sports complex from scratch.
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Chess legend Garry Kasparov talks to the BBC News website about Putin, politics and the game of kings.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was ready to revive peace talks with Japan that would end their technical state of war dating back to World War II.
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Vladimir Putin's teacher recalls in a memoir how Russia's leader once rescued kittens and scoffed buns.
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The annual news conference of Russia's Vladimir Putin is a presidential marathon says the BBC's James Rodgers.
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NAME: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech on the Red Square in Moscow, in 2005.Comment
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia held talks yesterday with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the first visit by a Russian leader to the kingdom.
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This was the year the Russian government aimed to brighten its image overseas. A Kremlin-backed satellite TV channel went into full operation, the government newspaper began putting inserts in major foreign papers, and President Vladimir Putin hosted the G-8 summit of big industrialized democracies.
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President Putin promises Russia pioneering new weaponry - amid continuing crisis in the armed forces.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that the hostage-taking at a school in southern Russia showed that international terrorism was at work in the country.
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