Putin's Tactics May Hurt His Support
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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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Is Russian President Vladimir V. Putin losing his touch? Once admired for his steely efficiency, Putin suddenly doesn&#39;t seem to be able to get anything right.
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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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In 1999, President Vladimir Putin promised Russians a two-week war that would crush the separatist enemy. Instead, he has given them an endless struggle that haunts his presidency.
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PRESIDENT PUTIN faced the most serious foreign policy crisis of his five-year rule last night after the Kremlin s efforts to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine were left in tatters.
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.
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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&#39;s move to enhance his power in response to a wave of terrorism does not take on the real problem: the corrupt and unreformed security services that
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s move earlier this week to enhance his own power in response to a wave of terrorism does not take on the real problem: the corrupt and unreformed security
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As if to build a tragedy upon a tragedy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to recentralize political power in Moscow in the wake of several terrorist attacks.
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plan to strengthen his grip on the country by nominating governors and eliminating individual races in State Duma elections appears to contradict only the spirit
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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.
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With just 16 months to go before his term ends, the Russian President promotes a hardliner - which is just how Putin has been sounding lately
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power, he was hailed as a tough and terse strongman who would crush Chechen separatists and make the fragile federation safe for ordinary citizens.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 25 (IPS) - Encounters between Russian President Vladimir Putin  and European Union leaders can be embarrassing affairs -- at  least for those EU politicians who fret whenever the bloc's  image as a defender of democracy is sullied.
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We have long maintained ambivalence toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. On the one hand, he is trying to pull his backward nation out of decades of communism-spawned doldrums to a take a leading place in the democratic world.
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Shifting alliances raise tension with Moscow.