Putin says Iraq shows need for strong Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday new nuclear weapons as part of Moscow's military build-up, saying the experience of Iraq showed the need for resource-rich countries to keep strong defenses.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin believes terrorist activities in Iraq are aimed at George W. Bush. 15 days before the US election, Putin claims terrorists are trying to stop US President Bush from winning a second term by launching attacks in Iraq.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, siding with President Bush two weeks before the U.S. election, said Monday that armed attacks in Iraq were staged by "international terrorism" out to block his re-election.
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7 December 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting today with Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister that he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how free and fair elections could be held as planned in Iraq, given the fact that the country is under what Putin
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Russia&#39;s President Vladimir Putin says he has grave doubts about plans to hold elections in Iraq next month. He told Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi at the Kremlin he could not see how a poll could be held while Iraq was under &quot;full occupation&quot;.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as both sides seek to put differences over the US-led war behind them and look ahead to reviving decades-old business ties.
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Asserting that the Iraq war had hit the anti-terror campaign, visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the new US administration to take lessons while shaping its
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President Vladimir V. Putin said Monday that international terrorists in Iraq hoped their attacks would unseat President Bush in the election next month, and that such an outcome
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From Moscow to Paris to London, world leaders are applauding the Iraqi vote. Russian President Vladmir Putin says the elections were "a step in the right direction" for Iraq.
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At a Kremlin meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi he has doubts about how elections can be held under current security conditions in Iraq.
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BESLAN, Russia - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 350 people - nearly half of them children - were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.    Putin went on national television to tell Russians they must mobilize against terrorism...
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BESLAN, Russia - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 340 people - nearly half of them children - were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.    Putin went on national television to tell Russians they must mobilize against terrorism...
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President Vladimir V. Putin suggested that Russia would not object to American interceptor missiles in Iraq, Turkey or at sea.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister that elections planned for 30 January 2005 are &quot;unimaginable&quot;.
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President Vladimir Putin, meeting on Tuesday with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has called the US-led military campaign in Iraq a foreign occupation and said its activities there go far beyond fighting terrorism.
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Russia's President Putin says the US should set a date for a withdrawal from Iraq.
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During a meeting in the Kremlin with Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that &quot;the interests of Russian companies will be heeded both by the present Iraqi leadership and by the future government of Iraq