Putin to be PM in future Russia government
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to become prime minister if his close ally Dmitry Medvedev succeeds him, giving Putin a way to keep a grip on power after he leaves the Kremlin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin names a new cabinet but it offers few clues as to who may succeed him.
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President Vladimir Putin chose a little-known government official to become Russia's new prime minister Wednesday, a surprise move that set off fevered speculation over whether loyal technocrat Viktor Zubkov was being groomed to replace Putin next spring.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to work as prime minister if his favored successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is elected president next year, but would not seek additional powers.
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President Vladimir Putin told a congress of Russia's dominant party Monday that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor Â and said he would not seek to make the premiership more powerful.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who openly backed Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s rival for president of the Ukraine, said in an abrupt reversal Tuesday that he could work with an administration headed by the pro-Western candidate.
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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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Russia's president installs a trusted ally, rather than one of the top contenders for the presidency, in the crucial post of prime minister. But does that really make him Putin's successor?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday again ruled out running for a third term in the Kremlin and pledged to organize elections for a successor in 2008 &quot;in a proper democratic way.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday newly-appointed prime minister Viktor Zubkov might be a contender for next head of state if he performs well in his new job.
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Russian president, Vladimir Putin, dissolves government in lead-up to parliamentary and presidential elections
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MOSCOW, Feb. 15 -- President Vladimir Putin promoted Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to the post of first deputy prime minister Thursday, an elevation that immediately intensified speculation that Putin might favor him as his successor.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for a powerful parliament, his likely future power base, and unchanged policies after he leaves the Kremlin.
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President Vladimir Putin named a new government Monday, tapping new economics and health ministers and retaining his current foreign and defense ministers as part of an expected shuffle before crucial parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called  on Thursday for a powerful parliament and unchanged policies  after he leaves the Kremlin in remarks hinting he may go on to  use a power base in parliament to dominate the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced his government would work towards fulfilling a 1956 agreement with Japan to resolve the status of two disputed islands.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has  decreed the newly elected State Duma, or lower house of  parliament, will hold its first session on December 24, the  official gazette said on Thursday.