Report: Putin urged to seek re-election
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The chairman of Russia's upper house of parliament said Saturday that Vladimir Putin, barred from seeking a third consecutive term in elections next year, should run again for the presidency in 2012, Russian news agencies reported.
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Russia's Vladimir Putin sends a message of support  to George W Bush after his re-election as US President.
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World News &gt; Moscow, Oct 18 : The current spate of terror attacks in Iraq is aimed at scuttling the US President George W Bush&#39;s re-election bid, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin urges international pressure on Georgia, as tensions continue to escalate.
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BESLAN, Russia - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 340 people - nearly half of them children - were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.    Putin went on national television to tell Russians that they must mobilize against terrorism and promised wide-ranging reforms to toughen security forces and purge corruption...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was sceptical about demands by the Ukrainian opposition to repeat a run-off vote after a contested presidential election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country needs a single ``vertical&#39;&#39; system of power to fight terrorism such as the attack on a school last week that killed 339 people.
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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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Vladimir Putin, whose term as Russian president ends next year, does not rule out running again in 2012, a leading Russian daily reported on Saturday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first public comment on the dramatic Ukrainian presidential election that the Kremlin-favored candidate lost, said Friday he hopes that the country will move from rhetoric to pragmatism, news agencies reported.
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The press keeps up the heat on Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans to strength central government
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged the West to persuade Georgia's leadership to change its "irresponsible" policies, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists&#39; questions during a news conference in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin, Dec. 23, 2004.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Monday demanded an overhaul of Russia's political system, including an end to the direct popular election of governors, saying the changes were needed to combat terrorism.    Critics charged the Russian leader was using the bloody outcome of the Beslan school siege to grab more power...
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Russian officials have helped organize a wave of rallies calling for Vladimir Putin to stay on as president after his second term ends next year, according to two documents obtained by Reuters on Monday.
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Russian officials have helped organize a  wave of rallies calling for Vladimir Putin to stay on as  president after his second term ends next year, according to  two documents obtained by Reuters on Monday.