Metal Concert for Putinâs Heir Apparent
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What do you give the guy who is all but guaranteed to be the next president of Russia? How about an evening of Deep Purple?.
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We have long maintained ambivalence toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. On the one hand, he is trying to pull his backward nation out of decades of communism-spawned doldrums to a take a leading place in the democratic world.
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Â· President makes surprise move ahead of elections Â· Choice of Zubkov a bid to keep power, say critics
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Climate change and Russian concerns over an American missile defense plan are expected to dominate todayâs meeting of wealthy democracies.
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The Museum of Modern Artâs show is a touching, sometimes melancholy portrayal of Russiaâs architectural ferment and the brutality with which it was ultimately suppressed.
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Russia's presidential election campaign is set to begin, with Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev the clear favourite.
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As if to build a tragedy upon a tragedy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to recentralize political power in Moscow in the wake of several terrorist attacks.
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Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, foreseen as the next Russian president, accompanied President Vladimir Putin on a highly symbolical visit to Bulgaria this week that attracted strong attention from the media.
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Russia is poised for a general election campaign highly influenced by President Putin's popularity, Steven Eke writes.
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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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Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian  President Vladimir Putin last month as his favored successor,  launched his personal Internet site on Wednesday.
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KIEV, DEC 25: Everyone wants a bite of Ukraineâs âorange revolutionâ. Be it religion, scarves, hats or mugs, Ukraineâs outpouring of disgust at Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenkoâs rival being declared
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's favoured successor, Dmitri Medvedev, launches his election campaign.
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As Russia grapples with terrorism and instability in Chechnya, a powerful ruler-in-waiting is forcing President Vladimir Putin's hand: the 28-year-old son of a slain Chechen president who commands a feared militia and an oil-fueled business empire.
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Russia is joining the ranks of nascent dictatorships, and Vladimir Putin is the executioner of Russian democracy. Right? Wrong. Russia is not a dictatorship, and the political system Putin is trying to reshape is not a democracy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is  likely to pick a well-known figure to succeed him rather than  springing a surprise on electors, a Kremlin spokesman said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to wartorn Chechnya ahead of presidential elections next week. He laid a wreath at the grave of the province&#39;s recently assassinated Russian-backed leader.