John Kampfner: Eyeball to eyeball with Vladimir Putin
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It is not often that you sit down for nearly four hours, until after midnight, with a world leader. It is especially strange when that man is Vladimir Putin, hardly regarded as the most forthcoming of interlocutors.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that U.S.-Russia relations must rise above shifting political trends, as influential top diplomats, ministers and Cabinet secretaries conferred on the two countries' uneasy relationship.
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Besides invigorating German-Russian economic ties during bi-lateral talks, German Chancellor SchrÃ¶der and Russian President Putin broached a number of sensitive issues, including the situation in Ukraine and Chechnya.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with the Cabinet in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Freedom House, a US-based organization that tracks the progress of political rights and
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Russian President Vladimir Putin considers that the British presidency of the G8 and the EU in 2005 opens up new possibilities for cooperation.
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Dailies in Germany are interested in Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Putin. Their Russian counterparts continue to ponder events in Ukraine, and Turkey's bid for EU membership puts in yet another appearance.
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Guess who's not coming to dinner? Vladimir Putin was not invited to NATO's first summit in a country once incorporated into the Soviet Union, but that did not stop rumors that the Russian leader might show up ...Comment
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Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.
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In the course of his visit, Vladimir Putin will meet Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
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Leonid Kuchma will meet with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg soon. The Russian president s press secretary, Alexei Gromov, has confirmed this news.
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The departing Ukrainian president, Leonid D. Kuchma, flew to Moscow today and met with the Russian leader, Vladimir A. Putin, who interjected himself into Ukraine&#39;s
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President Vladimir V. Putin proposed that Russia and the West study emerging missile threats jointly.
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NEW DELHI: The zip may be missing from Vladimir Putin&#39;s visit this time, but that&#39;s because the India-Russia relationship is moving from a declaratory to a pragmatic phase.
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MAFRA, Portugal  - Russia's President Vladimir Putin drew a parallel on Friday between U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe and the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, widely regarded as the closest the world came to nuclear war.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets director Francis Ford Coppola and praises his war movies.
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Speaking to the country&#39;s top military brass on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia&#39;s nuclear deterrent would soon be significantly upgraded with weapons technology unmatched by other nuclear powers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers remarks at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy, Feb. 10, 2007.