Putin commemorates Stalin purge victims
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President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday against political ideas that are "placed above basic values" as he for the first time joined public commemorations on the 70th anniversary of mass killings ordered by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
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Two years after a bloody hostage siege at a Moscow theater, survivors and victims' relatives on Tuesday commemorated the tragedy &#151; a precursor to the string of terrorist attacks blamed on Chechen rebels that have sent Russia reeling in recent months.
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Children from across Russia have imagined President Vladimir Putin releasing doves from a hilltop, relaxing by the fireside or on holiday in the Black Sea in pictures drawn to celebrate his 54th birthday on Saturday.
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Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told Kremlin officials Thursday that when Americans mourn the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks this year, they also will be thinking of those who lost their lives in the Russian school hostage siege last week.
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A week before the Chechen presidential election, President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya on Sunday to lay red carnations on the grave of slain Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man Alexander Litvinenko has accused of killing him, has said he "deplores" the death of the former KGB agent.Comment
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President Vladimir Putin makes a speech as he hosts Russia&#39;s Olympic athletes at a Kremlin banquet in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004.
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The Kremlin fought back against accusations its secret agents murdered a man in Britain for the first time since the Cold War on Friday, as President Vladimir Putin faced European leaders at a summit in Helsinki.
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Ceremonies mark the end of mourning in the North Ossetian town of Beslan for victims of the school siege.
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BESLAN, Russia  - President Vladimir Putin vowed  Thursday to do all he could to save hundreds of children,  parents and teachers held under threat of death by gunmen for a  second day at a Russian school near rebel Chechnya.
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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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Russia on Thursday observed a day of mourning for at least 89 people who died in a mysterious double air disaster, which some fear could have been a terrorist attack ahead of a key election in rebel Chechnya.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beslan on Saturday, one day after the violent end of a hostage drama at a school in the North Caucasus town claimed the lives of at least 250 adults and children and terrorized the community.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin turns 52 on Thursday. This will be his fifth birthday Putin will celebrate in the capacity of Russia's top official.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unannounced trip to Chechnya to honor the memory of the assassinated leader of the restive southern republic, one week before a scheduled vote to replace him.
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Russian officials hope to prevent reprisals as 40-day mourning period ends for victims of the school siege. By Fred Weir | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Russia yesterday observed a day of mourning for at least 89 people who died in a double air disaster that may have been a terrorist attack in the lead-up to elections in rebel Chechnya.