Iraqi terror attacks to prevent Bush&#39;s re-election: Putin:
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[World News]: Alma Ata (Kazakhstan), Oct 18 : Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday the terrorist attacks in Iraq were aimed at preventing the re-election of US President George W. Bush.
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MOSCOW - In the aftermath of a wave of terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced fundamental political changes that will further concentrate power in the Kremlin and erode Russia&#39;s fragile democracy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Friday, accusing it of a double-standard in fighting terrorism and questioning whether any election in Iraq can be democratic when fighting is raging in the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, siding with President Bush two weeks before the U.S. election, said Monday that armed attacks in Iraq were staged by "international terrorism" out to block his re-election.
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President Bush said on Wednesday he was concerned that recent decisions by Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine democracy in Russia.
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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan Oct. 18, 2004 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail President Bush&#39;s chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, the Interfax news agency reported.    Putin said that "now in Russia, we are seriously preparing to act preventively against terrorists," Interfax reported...
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MOSCOW  - Responding to a string of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday moved to significantly strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power with new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin  accused the United States on Friday of pursuing a dictatorial  foreign policy and said mounting violence could derail progress  toward bringing peace and democracy to Iraq.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, siding with George W. Bush two weeks before the US presidential election, says that armed attacks in Iraq are being staged by &quot;international terrorism&quot; out to block his re-election.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened more violence.
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President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he could not imagine how Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30 could be held under current conditions.
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BAGHDAD  - Russian President Vladimir Putin cast doubt over the viability of holding elections as planned next month in an Iraq under &quot;total occupation&quot;, as the number of US soldiers killed in combat neared 1,000.
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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, was accused yesterday of exploiting the fight against terrorism to strengthen his already iron grip on power.
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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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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that insurgent attacks in Iraq were aimed at blocking President George W. Bush&#39;s re-election, a statement seen as an indication Putin favors Bush in the upcoming vote.