Putin tightens grip on security
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a radical overhaul of state bodies in response to recent attacks.
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The Kremlin reorganized its local security services on Thursday in the region where hundreds of people were killed last week in a school hostage-taking, the first public step
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President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered an overhaul of Russia&#39;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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President Vladimir Putin ordered sweeping changes to Russia&#39;s political system on Monday to help combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of exploiting this month&#39;s bloody school siege to boost his power.
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President Vladimir Putin announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic institutions yesterday that will give the Kremlin greater power than at any time since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Portraying it as a means of combating terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday outlined a plan to eliminate popular elections of governors and individual
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened further violence.    Putin's comments were the highest-level warning yet that Russia could take some sort of pre-emptive action against terror groups in the wake of this month's deadly school hostage-taking in Beslan...
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MOSCOW - Responding to a spate of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin announced a series of anti-terror initiatives Monday that would strengthen the Kremlin's grip on every layer of Russian political life.    Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake, and called for the creation of a central, powerful anti-terror agency...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has seized upon the Beslan school tragedy to chip away even further at Russia&#39;s democracy. But instead of strengthening his own power, it&#39;s possible that his
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted failings on the part of Russian Security Services. This, following last week&#39;s school hostage crisis in the southern Russian town of Beslan.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday  ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to boost  the Kremlin's powers in "the fight against terrorism."
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RUSSIAN security systems were stepped up yesterday as Vladimir Putin, on holiday in the resort town of Sochi, said the crashes of two airliners would be investigated &quot;without delay&quot;.
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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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Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made sweeping political changes to consolidate his power in the name of a more effective anti-terrorism strategy.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to boost the Kremlin's powers in "the fight against terrorism."
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, the Interfax news agency reported.