Putin condemns Georgia 'blackmail'
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President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row.
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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, was accused yesterday of exploiting the fight against terrorism to strengthen his already iron grip on power.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin harshly criticized the United States and other Western nations on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force their will on the rest of the world and make it "unipolar".
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Georgia&#39;s repetition of the ``foolish&#39;&#39; policy toward its regions in the 1990s is prompting the unrest involving South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, according to Interfax.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday strongly warned against foreign interference in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, accusing the West of trying to force its conception of democracy on countries in the region.
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British prosecutors&#39; demand for extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, chief suspect in the murder of Russian ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko, is &quot;foolishness,&quot; Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with newspapers from the Group of Eight industrialised nations.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia not to provoke or blackmail Russia on Wednesday as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force its will on the world.
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President Vladimir Putin accused Georgia on Sunday of "state terrorism with hostage-taking" in unusually harsh language suggesting a tough Russian response to Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers last week for spying.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused Georgia of blackmail and lawmakers threatened more sanctions as Moscow police went after businesses allegedly tied to Georgian organized crime and cracked down on illegal migrants from the Caucasus Mountains nation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that it would be "absolutely unacceptable" for him to stay in power after his second consecutive four-year term ends in May.
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Georgia, acting to defuse its worst crisis with Russia for years, said on Monday it would hand over to international mediators four Russian army officers arrested on spying charges.
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THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, yesterday accused the West of harbouring Chechen terrorists, speaking hours after rebel leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a press conference in Paris, September 22.Comment
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia criticised the United States unusually sharply yesterday, suggesting that its stand on the Ukrainian election crisis could be intended to destabilise his country.
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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 Vladimir Putin has recently said the double standards in dealing with terrorism are &quot;disastrous for global security &quot; and &quot;the indulgent and