Putin&#39;s Silence on Crisis Underscores Chilling Trend
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Several hours after bloody, half-naked and terrified children and teachers fled School No. 1 Monday afternoon amid explosions and automatic weapons fire, NTV television
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s defiant stance on issues ranging from missile defence to the killing of a former Russian agent in London threatens to overshadow this week&#39;s G8 summit.
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MOSCOWâAfter the worst hostage-taking crisis of his presidency, when the southern Russian town of Beslan was soaked in the blood of its children, Vladimir Putin didn&#39;t dare present his condolences face to face.
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BESLAN, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his nation it has shown weakness in the face of an &quot;all-out&quot; war by terrorists.
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President Vladimir Putin was thoroughly justified in his outrage at the Beslan atrocities, but there was an ominous tone to his suggestion that part of the problem was that Western powers were mucking around in the Caucasus, or that Russia was vulnerable
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has steadfastly refused to negotiate with Chechen extremists. But a TIME reconstruction of the events leading up to the slaughter at Beslan&#39;s School No.
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It is not often that you sit down for nearly four hours, until after midnight, with a world leader. It is especially strange when that man is Vladimir Putin, hardly regarded as the most forthcoming of interlocutors.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin, who had publicly endorsed Mr Yushchenko's opponent, Viktor Yanukovich, kept silent - in sharp contrast to the November 21 vote when he rushed to congratulate Mr Yanukovich ...
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THE school siege in North Ossetia is the third clear sign in a week that Vladimir Putin is losing his battle against Chechen terrorism.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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For more than four years now the word President Vladimir Putin has used about the situation in Chechnya is &quot;normalisation&quot;.
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President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country. But his tough tactics risk alienating the public support he needs, and allies abroad seem to be ignoring his pleas to crack down on Chechen separatists.
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The Russian rage over the terrorists&#39; slaughter of innocents in Beslan is still fresh. The world still stands in disbelief. And now, Russians wait for the response from President Vladimir Putin.
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President Vladimir V. Putin added fresh uncertainty today into the question of who might succeed him.
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President Vladimir Putin has taken advantage of the political climate following the tragic school hostage taking in Beslan earlier this month to accelerate his longstanding political course toward increased authoritarianism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted failings on the part of Russian Security Services. This, following last week&#39;s school hostage crisis in the southern Russian town of Beslan.
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NEW YORK It is tempting to believe that the threat of international crisis is suspended in the months preceding the US presidential election.