Powell Concerned by Putin Political Changes
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Tuesday he had concerns about Russian President Vladimir  Putin's sweeping political changes.
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WASHINGTON -- A debate is brewing at the highest levels of the Bush administration over whether to adopt a tougher stance toward Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, who has systematically rolled back democratic freedoms and tried to snuff out democracy in weak neighboring states with little American opposition, according to US officials and policy analysts.
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WASHINGTON -- The top US and Russian diplomats yesterday tried to play down concerns about a Cold War revival set off by President Vladimir Putin's assertion that Washington is fostering a global arms race.
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His promise of a safer Russia looking hollow after a week of disasters, President Vladimir Putin may now put his traumatised country under even tighter control, political analysts say.
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Russia's first post-Soviet president Boris Yeltsin issued a veiled warning that President Vladimir Putin's decision to hand sweeping new powers to the Kremlin in the wake of the Beslan hostage crisis could roll back democratic freedoms.
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Russia's first post-Soviet leader Boris Yeltsin issued a veiled warning that President Vladimir Putin's decision to hand sweeping new powers to the Kremlin in the wake of the Beslan hostage crisis could roll back democratic freedoms.
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President Bush said on Wednesday he was concerned that recent decisions by Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine democracy in Russia.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell dived into an unusually rancorous rhetorical battle with Russian leaders over Ukraine and regional politics today, denying Russian
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on  Thursday expressed concern after reports that North Korea might  carry out a new missile test but said it would not change the  U.S. effort to persuade Pyongyang through diplomacy to abandon  its nuclear ambitions.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has rejected Russian charges that the West is trying to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics by pushing its own interests in the name of democracy.
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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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President Vladimir V. Putin added fresh uncertainty today into the question of who might succeed him.
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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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RUSSIAN ON-LINE NEWSPAPER - Questions are mounting about whether Putin&#39;s policies - not only in Chechnya but also the power consolidation drive to stamp out opposition and public debate - are exacerbating the terrorist threat.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Tuesday he had concerns about Russian President Vladimir  Putin's sweeping political changes and said Russia was backing  away from some past democratic reforms.
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell dived into an unusually rancorous rhetorical battle with Russian leaders over Ukraine and regional politics today, denying Russian suggestions that the United States and other ...