Russia succession intrigue follows Putin to Minsk
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The president of Belarus discounted suggestions Russian leader Vladimir Putin could use talks on rejuvenating the idea of a merged post-Soviet state to create a power base after he steps down next year.
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Presidents Kuchma of Ukraine, Putin of Russia, Lukashenko of Belarus and Aliyev of Azerbaijan participated in the ceremony.
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As Washington moved to impose economic sanctions on Belarus in the wake of a controversial referendum, both the former Soviet republic and its closest ally, Russia, are sounding a defiant note.
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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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Claims of Putin's $40bn fortune spark battle between rival clans before president's transfer of power
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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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Pavel Sheremet, head of special projects at Russia's Channel One television station, was in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to cover Sunday's referendum on the presidential ambitions of Mr Lukashenko - described ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to arrive in Cape Town for the first ever visit to South Africa by a Kremlin leader as Moscow bids to reassert its superpower status.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin seems to quietly delight in stoking the fevered speculation about who will succeed him when he steps down, as he has promised to do, following presidential elections in March.
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President Putin  faces growing questions over the school siege as more families prepare to bury their dead.
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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.
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Two top Kremlin officials have shown up on state-controlled television regularly for months, appearing decisive and statesmanlike, inspiring speculation that they are competing for the job of President Vladimir Putin.
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On December 27 President Putin has signed a decree, On the Procedure for Considering Candidacies for the Post of Chief Executive of a Russian Territory.
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President Vladimir Putin has appointed a firebrand nationalist as Russia's permanent representative to NATO as the Kremlin takes a more assertive stance with its Cold War foe.
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In 1999, President Vladimir Putin promised Russians a two-week war that would crush the separatist enemy. Instead, he has given them an endless struggle that haunts his presidency.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will step down next year after eight years in power, may have a surprise choice for his preferred successor, state news agency RIA Novosti said on Friday, quoting a senior Kremlin aide.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will step down next year, may have a surprise choice for his preferred successor, state news agency RIA Novosti said on Friday, quoting a senior Kremlin aide.