Putin does not rule out running in 2012: report
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Vladimir Putin, whose term as Russian president ends next year, does not rule out running again in 2012, a leading Russian daily reported on Saturday.
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Russia's President Putin denies claims that Russia is using its energy exports as a foreign policy tool.
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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 has said he would step down in 2008. Guests at a luncheon Putin attended said he told them of his plan, and that he would recommend his successor fight poverty and ensure strong ...
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Russia's top election authority on   Wednesday threw out a call for a people's poll that would clear   the way for President Vladimir Putin to stay on in power,   making it more likely he will step down as he plans in 2008.
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Whatever President Vladimir Putin's purpose in choosing a new prime minister, he didn't look far.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had no plans to nominate a successor to replace him as president after he steps down in 2008.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his  favored successor Dmitry Medvedev could take turns to run  Russia for another quarter of a century, a senior Kremlin ally  said in an interview published on Monday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Sunday set December 2 as the date for parliamentary elections,  seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2008 presidential vote.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he has no problem working with Ukrainian presidential challenger Viktor Yushchenko if he wins the repeat elections on Dec. 26.
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MOSCOW, November 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out the possibility of amendments to the Constitution in the foreseeable future.
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President Vladimir Putin, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term next year, left the door open for a return to the Kremlin in 2012, a Russian newspaper reported Saturday.
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President Vladimir Putin on Friday  rejected suggestions he was pushing Russia back to totalitarian  rule, but said it was still searching for a model of democracy  to match its traditions.
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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's nominee for prime minister said yesterday that he won't rule out a run for the presidency amid rising speculation his appointment could be part of Putin's plan to retain control over the government after stepping down next spring.
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Russia's top election authority on  Wednesday threw out a call for a people's poll that would clear  the way for President Vladimir Putin to stay on in power,  making it more likely he will step down as he plans in 2008.
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MOSCOW/BARNAUL  - President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates in the run-up to the March 2 election.
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has denied that politics was driving a legal crackdown on the Yukos oil giant and its founder, Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a day after the firm&#39;s biggest shareholder launched legal action against the Russian government.