In Germany, Putin backs Chechnya talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin began a visit to Germany on Monday by saying was he open to talking about ways to solve the conflict in Chechnya.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin backs plans to end restrictions on the foreign ownership of shares in energy giant Gazprom.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  Thursday ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the  Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western  leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Twelve years after Chechnya sank into a maelstrom of violence, Russia has all but won its war against separatist rebels in the breakaway Muslim republic. Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy of slowly withdrawing federal forces and relying on a pro-Moscow Chechen strongman to squelch the conflict seems to have worked.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ruled out any negotiations with Chechen rebel leaders following the Beslan school hostage-seizure in which more than 320 people were killed, half of them children.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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President Putin offers guarded support for Iran's divisive nuclear programme after talks in Tehran.
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SCHLESWIG, Germany - Lucrative energy deals, the sell-off of stricken oil group Yukos and a fresh initiative for Chechnya were to top the agenda of a second day of talks Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard
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Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to respect the results of any new election in Ukraine, the German government said on Tuesday in a statement.
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Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakaev on Tuesday urged Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to hold peace talks or risk provoking further atrocities following the Beslan massacre.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his stance on Chechnya during talks with Germany&#39;s Gerhard SchrÃ¶der and France&#39;s Jacques Chirac on Tuesday after both questioned him on the matter.
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Russian President Vladimir started off his two-day visit to Germany with a hint of a âbig Christmas presentâ in the form of repaying Russiaâs foreign debt, and told Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder he was open to suggestions on Chechnya .
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Ever since the start of the second Chechen war, the Russian leadership, and President Vladimir Putin in particular, have been terribly fond of saying that we are waging war against international terrorism in Chechnya.
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Around two in three Germans support  Russian President Vladimir Putin's view that the United States  is on a mission to become the world's "one single master,"  according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced Sunday visit to Chechnya to place flowers onto the grave of former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he remained committed to democracy, the market economy and press freedom. But Mr Putin said journalists must also play their part in combating terrorism
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MOSCOW, Jun 7 (IPS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to  reaffirm his disagreement with Washington's view of Russian  democracy, reiterate objections to the proposed U.S. missile  shield in Eastern Europe and give more meaningful explanations on  the rules of the international community at the Group of Eight  (G8) summit under way in Germany this week, analysts say.