Putin Finds Expedient Hero In Four-Term U.S. President
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MOSCOW, Oct. 18 -- The Kremlin, its political consultants and state-controlled news media have found an American to admire: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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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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Whatever President Vladimir Putin's purpose in choosing a new prime minister, he didn't look far.
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How is this for a literary conceit? Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's rotund, irrepressible prime minister, is entertaining Vladimir Putin, Russia's trim, self-disciplined president, in Sardinia at the prime ...
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NAME: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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KIEV, October 26 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised question-time show on Ukrainian channels Tuesday night the Russian law envisions only two terms of office for a president and he will honor that provision.
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MOSCOW  - Responding to a string 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.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's favoured successor, Dmitri Medvedev, launches his election campaign.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to find quick success on a historic Mideast tour that saw the leader of energy-rich Russia forging oil diplomacy in Saudi Arabia and backing a natural gas cartel Monday with neighboring Qatar.
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For more than four years now the word President Vladimir Putin has used about the situation in Chechnya is &quot;normalisation&quot;.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has placed his two most likely replacements in parallel positions in government to give them an equal chance ahead of expected presidential elections in 2008, Russian newspapers have said.
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It was five years ago Monday when President Bush peered into Vladimir Putin&#039;s eyes for the first time and got &quot;a sense of his soul,&quot; pronouncing the Russian president &quot;straightforward and trustworthy.&quot;
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The Kremlin on Wednesday celebrated Time magazine's decision to name President Vladimir Putin person of the year, saying this reflected his transformation of Russia and his big global impact.
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Russian President  Vladimir Putin, a black belt in judo, apparently has the time  to contribute to a textbook on the sport in addition to running  the world's largest country.
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In an address to the countryâs top officials on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced initiatives that would further strengthen the federal centerâs control over political life.
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With just 16 months to go before his term ends, the Russian President promotes a hardliner - which is just how Putin has been sounding lately
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The man seems to get his way at home, but President Vladimir Putin's none-too-subtle expressions of support for candidates facing elections abroad have raised a few eyebrows in Russia at least.