Russian PM, cabinet could face reshuffle: paper
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A high-ranking Russian government  official on Wednesday rejected a local newspaper report that  the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov would  soon face a reshuffle.
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Russia will take steps to ensure its security if Washington rebuffs its offer of cooperation on missile defense, local media quoted First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as saying on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday he was concerned that sweeping political changes to fight terrorism proposed by President Vladimir V. Putin would erode Russia's democratic reforms.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s sweeping overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system would consolidate power in the Kremlin at the expense of provincial governments and end Russia&#39;s short experiment with political democracy.
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President Vladimir Putin chose a little-known government official to become Russia's new prime minister Wednesday, a surprise move that set off fevered speculation over whether loyal technocrat Viktor Zubkov was being groomed to replace Putin next spring.
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Russia's surprise choice for new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, told lawmakers on Thursday he planned changes to the cabinet line-up and he even held out the possibility of running for president next year.
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More than 50 former Soviet dissidents who spent years in prisons and Siberian exile say Russia is in danger of slipping back into a police state under President Vladimir Putin and the former KGB colleagues he has brought to power.
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SOCHI, Russia  - Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, widely respected by foreign investors for his prudent stewardship of Russia's huge oil wealth, could be dropped in a reshuffle, expected on Monday, media speculated.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will step down next year after eight years in power, may have a surprise choice for his preferred successor, state news agency RIA Novosti said on Friday, quoting a senior Kremlin aide.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin names a new cabinet but it offers few clues as to who may succeed him.
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defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has resigned, Russia's new prime minister said on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin considered his proposed cabinet lineup.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered an overhaul of Russia's political system Monday, reacting to a three-week onslaught of terrorism with plans for the most extensive political shakeup since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Russia's president appointed a virtually unknown technocrat as prime minister. The shake-up, expected to make clear who would succeed Putin, has experts puzzled.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  reshuffled his cabinet Monday to boost his popularity and give  impetus to reform -- especially postal reform -- but the mix of  familiar faces with unknowns raised doubts about whether he  would achieve those goals.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin yesterday nominated a longtime associate who is a largely anonymous figure to be the country's new prime minister, scrambling predictions about who will be the Kremlin-backed candidate in next March's presidential election.
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MOSCOW -- The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, voted yesterday to overturn a ban on political party leaders becoming ministers, raising fears that Soviet-style one-party rule could make a comeback.