Putin Moves to Strengthen Antiterror Forces in South
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The Kremlin reorganized its local security services on Thursday in the region where hundreds of people were killed last week in a school hostage-taking, the first public step
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Portraying it as a means of combating terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday outlined a plan to eliminate popular elections of governors and individual
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is &quot;seriously preparing&quot; for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, while Chechen insurgent leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other attacks that
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MOSCOW : Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a &quot;radical renewal&quot; of government structures and operations in the north Caucasus in order to fight terror.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered security forces to block the borders of the North Ossetia region after the school siege ended.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered  sweeping changes to Russia's political system on Monday to help  combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of  exploiting this month's bloody school siege to boost his power.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  on Saturday demanded a drastic shakeup of security forces'  tactics against terror after the seizure of a school by Chechen  militants ended in chaos and bloodshed.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking steps to further strengthen the central government&#39;s control over the nation&#39;s political life.
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Responding to a spate of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced a series of far-reaching initiatives that would significantly strengthen the Kremlin's control over the country's political life.
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MOSCOW - Responding to a spate of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced a series of far-reaching initiatives that would significantly strengthen the Kremlinâs control over the countryâs political life.
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Moscow -- President Vladimir Putin&#39;s moves to scrap regional elections and reform parliament in the name of fighting terrorism will move Russia closer to authoritarianism without making the country any safer, analysts and liberal politicians say.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a series of measures to strengthen central state powers following the hostage-taking at Beslan when more than 300 people died.
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It should come as no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan in southern Russia to justify the consolidation of power in his own hands.
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Moscow, Sept. 18 (VNA) - Russia is preparing to carry out preemtive anti-terror strikes, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at the 3rd international meeting of mayors in Moscow.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday  ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to boost  the Kremlin's powers in "the fight against terrorism."
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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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The death toll in the Russian hostage crisis went beyond 350 as Russian President Putin vowed to strengthen Russian unity and boost security in the north Caucasus.