Putin springs surprise choice for PM's job
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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday named the little-known head of a financial market watchdog as his prime minister in a surprise move that kept Russians guessing over who would succeed him in the Kremlin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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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 as he appointed a mew government chief of staff after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin signaled yesterday that he might return to the presidency after 2012, hours after the Russian leader said new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov could make a good successor to him.
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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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Russia's parliament is expected to vote overwhelmingly on Friday to approve President Vladimir Putin's nominee for prime minister, political unknown Viktor Zubkov.
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President Vladimir Putin has appointed a firebrand nationalist who champions re-armament to counter the West as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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President Vladimir Putin's surprise choice as prime minister held talks with lawmakers Thursday before a parliamentary vote on his confirmation
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Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to appoint a new premier who is likely to become the leading candidate in an election for president next March.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he would become prime minister in a future Russian government if his close ally Dmitry Medvedev was elected president, giving Putin a new role after he leaves the Kremlin.
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Â· President makes surprise move ahead of elections Â· Choice of Zubkov a bid to keep power, say critics
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Russian President Vladimir Putin left  his cabinet largely unchanged in a reshuffle on Monday, with  the biggest winner Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who was  given the additional post of deputy prime minister.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will seek to appoint regional rulers and change voting to aid national parties that can unite the country to fight terrorism after four attacks in 10 days killed at least 430 people.
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A day after he was nominated to be prime minister, Viktor A. Zubkov said that he might run for president.
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Russia's biggest political party is due to confirm Putin aide Dmitri Medvedev as its candidate for the presidency.
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The Russian president's announcement Monday was no surprise, but analysts had also expected him to bolster the relatively weakpremiership.
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Russia&#39;s Parliament has overwhelmingly approved President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plan to reinforce control over Russia by replacing popular elections of regional leaders with a central selection process.