Putin slams Russian TV for shoddy foreign fare
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russian television was polluting young people's minds with cheap imports and urged broadcasters to embrace wholesome home-grown entertainment instead.
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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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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday carped at U.S. criticism of Russia's elections and internal changes and said the U.S. voting system had its flaws.
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President Vladimir Putin has announced new measures to strenghten the governments power in tackling the fight against terrorism. In a cabinet meeting today, Putin blamed Russian authorities for being inefficient
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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 criticized the United States and NATO on Friday for military expansion toward Russia's borders and said Moscow would respond by modernizing its military and weapons systems
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The Russian leader criticises his government and regional authorities over the scrapping of the Soviet-era benefits system.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western countries observe double standards when they call Chechen separatists rebels instead of terrorists, the Independent reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Friday, accusing it of a double-standard in fighting terrorism and questioning whether any 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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When Vladimir Putin used illegal tactics to engineer the election of his hand-picked subordinate Ahmad Kadyrov as president of Chechnya last October, Western pundits were quick to condemn the election as a farce.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sharply criticized the Ukrainian opposition's proposal to hold a repeat of the nation's disputed presidential runoff, telling Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma that a revote "would yield nothing."
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted the United States Saturday for the "almost uncontained" use of force in the world, and for encouraging other countries to acquire nuclear weapons.Comment
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The UK extradition request over Alexander Litvinenko's murder is "pure foolishness", President Putin says.
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MOSCOW. Dec. 23 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States and the European Union of employing "double standards" in disputing the results of last month's Ukrainian presidential elections.
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Vladimir Putin criticises central and local government officials over contentious reforms of Russia's benefits system.