Critics Say Putin Must Address Security Corruption
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has always rejected international criticism of events in Chechnya calling them an &#39;intervention in internal affairs,&#39; but lately Putin has been gradually softening on this position.
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Terrorism should be condemned unconditionally, President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday at talks that also highlighted efforts by Russia to strengthen its relations with the European Union.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday carped at US criticism of Russia&#39;s elections and internal changes and said the US voting system had its flaws.
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December 24, Yesterday was the first time RF President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, YUKOS, and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently said the double standards in dealing with terrorism are &quot;disastrous for global security &quot; and &quot;the indulgent and
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Russian President Vladimir Putin may respond to the recent terrorist attacks, including last week&#39;s Beslan school siege that left at least 333 dead and 260 missing, by overhauling the former Soviet nation&#39;s security forces.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Tuesday he was concerned that sweeping political changes to  fight terrorism proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin  would erode Russia's democratic reforms.
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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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President Vladimir Putin urged journalists Friday to use their work to advance the battle against terrorism, saying the media should not just be passive observers in the face of threats by militants.
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Following broad criticism that Putin is exploiting the Beslan school massacre to enhance his powers, the Kremlin mobilized a number of spokespeople to rebut charges that proposed changes will undermine democracy.
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President Vladimir Putin underscored the importance of moral values and military might Tuesday, honoring Russians from a frail-looking Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who documented the Soviet Union's brutality, to men who designed its nuclear-armed submarines.
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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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British minister criticizes Russia's Vladimir Putin as police probe ex-spy's poisoning death LONDON, Nov.Comment
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The "strong" Russian state President Vladimir Putin is attempting to create conceals within itself weaknesses that are potentially far greater and more threatening to the future development of the country than ...
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ELEANOR HALL: To Russia now, where President Vladimir Putin&#39;s announcement this week of a radical overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system has sparked concern about the future of democracy in the country.
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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.