Medvedev-Putin duo under the spotlight in Bulgaria
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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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SCHLESWIG, Germany - Lucrative energy deals, the sell-off of stricken oil group Yukos and a fresh initiative for Chechnya were to top the agenda of a second day of talks Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard
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Russian First Deputy Prime Minister  Dmitry Medvedev, a frontrunner for the presidency next year,  will hold a live nationwide Web conference next month - a forum  normally reserved for President Vladimir Putin.
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President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Energy Minister Victor hristenko earlier this month. Analysts suggest that the governmentâs action in humbling Yukos and its owner, Mikhail hodorkovsky, is
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Politics: 17 September 2004, Friday. Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Solomon Passy will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ...
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MOSCOW AP) Â Dmitry Medvedev, the presumed next president of Russia, on Thursday fended off concerns that the March 2 election would come under criticism from the West.
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NAME: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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KHABAROVSK, Russia  - Dmitry Medvedev, likely to be Russia's next president, says the country's so rich from an oil-fuelled boom that billions can be doled out simply by a click of the fingers.
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Astana - Moscow, November 3 KAZINFORM - Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will pay much attention to bilateral political cooperation, at their talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, said a high-placed
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Both are candidates from the party of power and have presidential aspirations. Both served as prime ministers and campaigned on a platform of strengthening ties with Russia.
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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, DECEMBER 2: When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sit down for the first-ever regular summit level talks on a range of regional and international issues in New Delhi tomorrow, much attention will be focused on
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MAXINE McKEW: In Russia this festive season, there appears to be a sign of peace and goodwill from hard-line leader Vladimir Putin.
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Two top Kremlin officials have shown up on state-controlled television regularly for months, appearing decisive and statesmanlike, inspiring speculation that they are competing for the job of President Vladimir Putin.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he will accept the post of prime minister next year if, as is almost certain, his anointed successor Dmitry Medvedev is elected president in March.
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MOSCOW, Sep 17 (IPS) - The appointment of obscure politician Viktor Zubkov  as new Prime Minister by President Vladimir Putin raises critical  questions about the political successor to the presidency.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to become prime minister if his close ally Dmitry Medvedev succeeds him, giving Putin a way to keep a grip on power after he leaves the Kremlin.