Putin Says Russia Is Failing To Keep Its Citizens Safe
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His nation reeling in the wake of hostage drama that killed more than 330, nearly half of them children, Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time admitted his government was failing to protect its citizens and needed their help to make the
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MOSCOW - Responding to a series 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.    Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake and urged the creation of a central, powerful anti-terror agency...
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Russia is working on new nuclear missile  systems that other powers do not have in order to protect  itself against future security threats, President Vladimir  Putin said Wednesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his government had bungled the implementation of changes to the country's creaking social security system but stood by the reform despite week-long protests by pensioners.
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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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Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems that other powers do not have in order to protect itself against future security threats, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan  - Russia curtly told the  United States to stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S.  criticism, echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir  Putin's plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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In the wake of the school hostage crisis that killed more than 340 people, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Saturday, calling for a new approach to law enforcement and pledged the reform would be in accordance with the nation&#39;s constitution.
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President Vladimir Putin warned the United States on Thursday that Russia could take retaliatory measures if Washington failed to take heed of its concerns over a missile defense shield in Europe.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his commitment to a stronger government and said Sunday that religious and ethnic extremist groups pose a threat and must be stopped.
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A Russian prosecutor pointed out Thursday that some of Russia&#39;s nuclear power plants and petrochemical enterprises do not have sufficient safeguards against terrorist attacks, the Interfax news agency reported.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday  carped at U.S. criticism of Russia's elections and internal  changes and said the U.S. voting system had its flaws.
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A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 340 people &#151; nearly half of them children &#151; were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.
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The spate of terrorist attacks in Russia illustrates that President Vladimir V. Putin&#39;s hard-line policy in Chechnya is failing to resolve that conflict or to make Russians safer.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced suspicion Thursday the United States might be behind efforts to isolate Russia and destabilize it.
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BESLAN, Russia - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 340 people - nearly half of them children - were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.    Putin went on national television to tell Russians that they must mobilize against terrorism and promised wide-ranging reforms to toughen security forces and purge corruption...
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Vladimir Putin criticises central and local government officials over contentious reforms of Russia's benefits system.