Civil Society, Free Media the Best Way to Fight Corruption - Putin
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MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - Civil society and a free mass media offer the best cure for corruption, President Vladimir Putin told a Thursday press conference in the Kremlin.
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A corruption report from Transparency International (TI) ranks Russia 90th out of 146 countries. The report suggests that corruption remains a serious problem that has not changed significantly in recent years.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is defending his government&#39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks.
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Portraying it as a means of combating terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday outlined a plan to eliminate popular elections of governors and individual
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President Vladimir Putin put sweeping political reforms in motion Monday, sending to Russia's parliament a bill on eliminating the popular election of regional governors and district parliament races.
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MOSCOW  - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how genuinely free and fair elections could be held as planned in Iraq next month given the fact that the country is under &quot;total occupation&quot; by foreign forces.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said there could be no authoritarian rule in the Russian Federation. Commenting on statements by some Western political analysts that totalitarian rule could be established
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin sought to convince the nation Thursday that his electoral reform was not a retreat from democracy but was needed to save Russia from international terrorists and to limit the political influence of business barons. Putin said in a nationwide television interview his plan to end direct elections of regional governors and parliament deputies will help strengthen the government, which he said was being eroded by ethnic divisions and turf battles between local clans.
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia wants Ukraine to be Ukraine strong and prosperous.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the worldâs media on today to play a responsible role in the fight against terrorism, and said they could not just be passive observers in the face of terrorist threats.
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KRASNOYARSK, Russia  - Russian presidential candidate, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on Friday said freedom, private property and an independent judiciary would be the central platforms of his administration.
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Russia's President Putin pledges to stick to democracy and the market economy, in a riposte to critics.
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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a number of anti-terrorism initiatives that would ultimately give the Kremlin greater power over everyday life.
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Russian President  Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for the creation of a new world  economic order that gives greater clout to fast-growing  emerging nations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on  Thursday he had no plans to grab more power or change the  constitution when reforming Russia's government structure,  dismissing fears in the West he is watering down democracy.
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Russia's Natural Resources Minister defended a decision that will keep foreign-controlled oil companies out of auctions of strategic raw materials resources, arguing Wednesday that tighter control would help Russia tackle widespread poverty in the country, a stated goal of president Vladimir Putin.
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MOSCOW, December 23 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin believes there is a need for work in shifts in the districts in north of Russia, where the conditions of life are hard.