President Putin Will Not Visit Riga to Meet with French and Latvian Presidents
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A Kremlin spokesman says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Riga, Latvia to meet with the French and Latvian presidents.Comment
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Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to South Africa, where he'll meet President Thabi Mbeki.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will not sign a long-awaited strategic partnership accord with the European Union next week because negotiations have made insufficient headway.
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MOSCOW, May 23 (IPS) - Leading non profitable organisations and civil  society have vehemently rejected Russian President Vladimir  Putin's accusation last week that they did not take  collective action when Estonian authorities removed Soviet war  monuments from the city centre to an obscure location.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is to attend an EU summit despite diplomatic sniping over the  Ukraine crisis.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a press conference in Paris, September 22.Comment
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A union between Russia and Belarus was pushed back further Monday when President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that the countries would not be able to agree on a common currency at least until 2006.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has dismissed sharp words by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow was unlikely to use force to free four Russian officers whose arrest for spying has sparked a crisis.
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Russian President Vladi mir Putin visits a victim of the besieged school at a hospital in Beslan, September 4, 2004. Putin ordered a crackdown in seething southern Russia after a school siege killed at least
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Russian President Vladimir Putin denies a link between Russia&#39;s policies in Chechnya and the tragedy in Beslan. Britain&#39;s Guardian newspaper said Putin is again rejecting calls for negotiations with Chechen rebel representatives.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.
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The Norwegian Embassy in Latvia&#39;s capital Riga was closed on Monday for fear of a possible terrorist attack, said the Norwegian foreign ministry.
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President Vladimir Putin  scrapped with European Union leaders on Friday over Brussels'  plans to limit foreign investment in energy markets at a summit  that achieved little on key sticking points.
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At a news conference after the meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out negotiating with Chechen rebel leaders. Drawing comparisons, he said no &quot;civilized&quot; country
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Lithuania on Tuesday refused a Russian request to shut down a pro-Chechen Web site that published a $20 million reward for assistance in the capture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it cannot take ...
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MOSCOW , Russia -- Alu Alkhanov, set to become Chechnya&#39;s president after Sunday&#39;s election, on Monday ruled out any possibility of talks with Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has cancelled a part of his visit to Russia but will still arrive in Moscow on Monday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, officials said.