West stirring revolution in Ukraine, says Putin
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VLADIMIR PUTIN accused the West of fomenting âpermanent revolutionâ in Moscowâs back yard yesterday as he faced the prospect of Ukraineâs pro-Western opposition leader winning the presidential election on Sunday.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma gained Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s backing yesterday against calls for a quick rerun of the last round of the disputed presidential election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of applying "double standards" in democratic elections, including Ukraine's presidential poll.
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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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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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma gained Vladimir Putin&#39;s backing Thursday against calls for a quick re-run of the last round of the disputed presidential election the opposition is certain it would win.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to international criticism that he&#39;s reinstalling an authoritarian government in the Kremlin, insisted yesterday there&#39;ll be &quot;no turnabout&quot; from a democratic nation, but he said he won&#39;t retreat from tough
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Viktor Yushchenko made his first trip to the West as Ukraine's president Tuesday, seeking recognition of the former Soviet republic's right to join the European Union and other Western institutions.
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MOSCOW, Dec 24  - Russia will not use its influence behind the scenes in the former Soviet republics, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, ahead of a key election in Ukraine.
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The Russian president, incensed by the West's confrontation over the Ukrainian election, has dramatically raised the volume of Kremlin rhetoric, suggesting the United States is acting like a dictator and the West is forcing a flawed vision of democracy on the world.
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Russia &quot;would only be too glad&quot; if Ukraine joined the European Union (EU), Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, the Interfax reported.
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MOSCOW : Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at the West&#39;s &quot;double-standards&quot; amid a Cold-War-style dispute over Ukrainian elections, accusing it of fomenting &quot;permanent revolutions&quot; in Moscow&#39;s backyard.
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In the course of his visit, Vladimir Putin will meet Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
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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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Ukraine's incorporation into the EU would be a more positive factor than NATO expansion, Russia President Vladimir Putin said at a press-conference after the talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis ...
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Ukraine's new West-leaning president  flew to Moscow Monday and headed straight for the Kremlin where  he was to hold delicate talks with Russian President Vladimir  Putin who had opposed his election.
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MOSCOW - Russia&#39;s Vladimir Putin may be smarting over the turn of events in Ukraine, but he is not likely to push relations with the West into any Cold War-style confrontation, analysts say.