Putin Visits Chechnya Ahead of Election
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Chechnya on Sunday, laying flowers at the grave of the war-ravaged region's assassinated president a week before elections for a new leader.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov and head of the Public Council for Control of Chechen Reconstruction Alu Alkhanov in Sochi on Sunday.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to South Africa, meeting President Thabo Mbeki.
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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that insurgent attacks in Iraq were aimed at blocking President George W. Bush&#39;s re-election, a statement seen as an indication Putin favors Bush in the upcoming vote.
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In the course of his visit, Vladimir Putin will meet Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
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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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The visit is to last through 28 October. Putin has openly backed pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich over Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko in the election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unprecedented television appearance in neighboring Ukraine days before presidential elections, endorsing the record of the prime minister, one of two top candidates.
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MOSCOW, Dec 24  - Russia will not use its influence behind the scenes in the former Soviet republics, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, ahead of a key election in Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin makes an unannounced visit to the grave of Chechnya's assassinated leader.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  arrived in South Africa on Tuesday, starting a historic two-day  visit on Tuesday which will see Russia stepping up investment  in the country.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a military unit in an area of the North Caucasus where fighting in 1999 led to the Chechen war that first propelled him to popularity.
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Chechen rebels launched a major assault on Grozny just before President Putin's visit, Russia says.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met   South African leader Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday at the start of a   visit intended to forge closer ties between the mineral and   diamond superpowers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Turkey on Monday on a rare visit meant to boost trade and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries, which have been rivals since the time of the czars and sultans.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday investigators were probing a possible link between al Qaeda and Chechen rebels widely believed to have downed two Russian passenger planes a week ago.