Putin says United States trying to isolate, destabilize Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced suspicion Thursday the United States might be behind efforts to isolate Russia and destabilize it.
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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia&#039;s role should not be to counter the United States, adding that Washington was &quot;our principal partner,&quot; with close positions on issues such as global security, nonproliferation and disarmament.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail U.S. President George W. Bush's chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized Washington's plans for an anti-missile system in Central Europe and said on Thursday Russia would come up with a "highly effective" response.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wants to know if Washington is trying to isolate his country. He also says he has questions about the upcoming elections in Iraq.
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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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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin says he will fight anti-Russian attacks by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is defending his government&#39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States and NATO on Friday for military expansion toward Russia's borders and said Moscow would respond by modernizing its military and weapons systems
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the tables on Washington on Thursday by suggesting the United States use a Russian-controlled radar instead of U.S. anti-missile hardware in central Europe.
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The State Department expressed concern Tuesday that efforts by President Vladimir Putin of Russia to concentrate more power in the Kremlin may set back the country's democratic development.
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President Vladimir Putin, playing down  recent hawkish statements from Moscow, said on Thursday Russia  was not interested in a return to the Cold War.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force its will on the world.
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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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Moscow, Dec 23 (PTI) Russian President Vladimir Putin today accused the United States and the West of encroaching on Russian interests in the post-Soviet space and isolating Russia by adopting double standards of democracy and human rights.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir V. Putin criticized Russia's security efforts yesterday, a day after the end of a bloody school siege that left more than 300 hostages dead, declaring, &quot;We showed weakness, and the weak get beaten.&quot;
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WASHINGTON -- A debate is brewing at the highest levels of the Bush administration over whether to adopt a tougher stance toward Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, who has systematically rolled back democratic freedoms and tried to snuff out democracy in weak neighboring states with little American opposition, according to US officials and policy analysts.