Putin rules out talks with Chechen rebels
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LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin has forcefully ruled out any negotiations with Chechen separatists following the deaths of more than 350 people in a hostage-taking crisis in southern Russia, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir V. Putin depicts rebels in Chechnya as part of the international terrorist threat spearheaded by Al Qaeda. But analysts say the Chechen insurgency remains largely a nationalist movement aimed at winning independence from Russia.
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President Vladimir Putin depicts rebels in Chechnya as part of the international terrorist threat spearheaded by al-Qaida. But analysts say the Chechen insurgency remains largely a nationalist movement aimed at winning independence from Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday again ruled out running for a third term in the  Kremlin and pledged to organize elections for a successor in  2008 "in a proper democratic way."
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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, refused on Monday to order a public inquiry into last week&#39;s siege and massacre at a middle school in the southern town of Beslan
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Russian President Vladimir Putin denies a link between Russia&#39;s policies in Chechnya and the tragedy in Beslan. Britain&#39;s Guardian newspaper said Putin is again rejecting calls for negotiations with Chechen rebel representatives.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will not sign a long-awaited strategic partnership accord with the European Union next week because negotiations have made insufficient headway.
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Armed attackers holding up to 400 people at a school in southern Russia&#39;s North Ossetia republic have refused to conduct talks with a regional Islamic leader, the Itar-Tass news agency said Wednesday.
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President Vladimir Putin attacked the  West for calling on Russia to seek political dialogue with  Chechen separatists in the wake of last week's school hostage  siege in which at least 335 died -- half of them children.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the  Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western  leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said little about his future plans during a national Q-&-A Thursday.
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A Chechen rebel leader told a Russian newspaper that a unilateral cease-fire he announced should help lead to peace talks with the Kremlin, and an official said Monday the truce had been holding since the start of February.
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MOSCOW/BARNAUL  - President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates in the run-up to the March 2 election.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia on Wednesday not to provoke or blackmail Russia as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday played down Russia&#39;s string of disagreements with the European Union, insisting instead on the need for dialogue and mutual respect.
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Chechnya's Kremlin-backed government on Thursday dismissed as a bluff a report on a Web site linked to separatist rebels that top leaders of the insurgency have called for a unilateral cease-fire in February.
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President Vladimir Putin on Friday  rejected suggestions he was pushing Russia back to totalitarian  rule, but said it was still searching for a model of democracy  to match its traditions.