Putin 'may be back in 2012 poll'
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Vladimir Putin says he does not rule out running for Russia's presidency again in 2012 or 2016.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Sunday set December 2 as the date for the next parliamentary  election, starting the countdown for what is seen as a dress  rehearsal for the 2008 presidential vote.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of applying "double standards" in democratic elections, including Ukraine's presidential poll.
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Vladimir Putinâs pick for a new premier is likely to become the top candidate for president in the upcoming election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in a live phone-in on Ukrainian TV, just days before the country&#39;s presidential election.
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has a commanding lead ahead of Russia's presidential election with 63 percent support, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
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As Russia prepares for March 2 presidential elections, it enters an era of political uncertainty it hasn't seen since President Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin eight years ago.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin seems to quietly delight in stoking the fevered speculation about who will succeed him when he steps down, as he has promised to do, following presidential elections in March.
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President Vladimir Putin's favored successor is best placed to win Russia's presidential election, a poll showed on Thursday as Putin critic Garry Kasparov pulled out of the contest.
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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 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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MOSCOW  - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a win by George W. Bush in the US election would mean victory over terror.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Chechnya ahead of presidential elections next Sunday in the southern republic where rebels are fighting to create an independent Islamic state, Interfax reported.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma gained Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s backing yesterday against calls for a quick rerun of the last round of the disputed presidential election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is  likely to pick a well-known figure to succeed him rather than  springing a surprise on electors, a Kremlin spokesman said.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma  gained Vladimir Putin's backing on Thursday against calls for a  quick re-run of the last round of the disputed presidential  election the opposition is certain it would win.