Putin scraps with EU over energy, trade
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MAFRA, Portugal  - 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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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Lisbon on Thursday to meet Portuguese leaders ahead of an EU-Russia summit on Friday that is likely to be dominated by disagreements on trade and energy.
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President Vladimir Putin has pledged that Russia would ensure stable energy supplies to the European Union.
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COMPIEGNE, France  - Russian President Vladimir   Putin sought to reassure France and Germany on Saturday they   had nothing to fear from Moscow's growing economic clout and   held out the prospect of more natural gas for Europe.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Iran must not be allowed to become a nuclear power. Russia is &quot;categorically opposed to enlarging the club of nuclear states
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President Vladimir Putin used a year-end news conference yesterday to sharply criticize a wide range of US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, Yukos Oil Co., and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s defiant stance on issues ranging from missile defence to the killing of a former Russian agent in London threatens to overshadow this week&#39;s G8 summit.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected Western criticism he is using his energy policies as a weapon, denounced the deployment of U.S. anti-missile systems in eastern Europe, and said he didn't believe in conspiracy theories in the poisoning death of a former KGB officer.
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Russian President Vladimir  Putin began his last summit with European Union leaders on  Friday but gave little hope for progress over trade and energy  disputes that have strained ties.
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Business & money: Â·  British Gas owner Centrica may be target of Russians Â·  Putin shrugs off warning by Blair on economic ties
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Just hours after President Vladimir Putin sent Gazprom shares soaring by indicating he backed ending the long-derided dual trading system for the gas giant&#39;s shares
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President Vladimir Putin, playing down  recent hawkish statements from Moscow, said on Thursday Russia  was not interested in a return to the Cold War.
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Russia President Vladimir Putin signed a law Wednesday that changes value added tax payments in the energy sector in a bid to increase economic cooperation with three other former Soviet republics.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has no objection to Ukraine joining the European Union. &quot;If Ukraine wants to enter the EU and is welcomed there, then we can only be pleased,&quot; Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to government&#39;s decision to allow foreigners access to gas giant Gazprom&#39;s local shares, the Interfax news agency reported.
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Russian President Vladimir  Putin sought to reassure France and Germany on Saturday they  had nothing to fear from Moscow's growing economic clout and  held out the prospect of more natural gas for Europe.
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Russia is considering forming a natural gas cartel, President Vladimir Putin has said, rejecting Western criticism of Moscow's reliability as an energy supplier and defending his record on democracy.