Putin Chides Govt But Stands by Benefit Reform
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday his government had bungled the implementation of changes to the country's creaking social security system but stood by the reform despite week-long protests by pensioners.
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President Vladimir Putin put his sweeping political reform in motion Monday, sending a bill on changing the nation's electoral system to Russia's parliament.
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Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday defended sweeping political changes announced by President Vladimir Putin earlier this week, telling the United States and other critics that the plans ar
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Russian papers take a cynical view of US criticisms of President Putin's planned security reforms.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a tougher response to terrorism Saturday, saying in a surprising admission of weakness that the Soviet Union's collapse had left the country unable to react to attacks. "Weak people are beaten," he warned.
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Russia's parliament backed on Friday  President Vladimir Putin's plan to scrap elections for  governors under sweeping political reforms aimed at  strengthening his grip on power.
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President Vladimir Putin will tighten his control over Russia with his plan to shake up government but risks undermining brittle post-Soviet democracy, analysts and liberals said on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday stripped many of the duties of his top economic advisor - an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of dissent and civil society in ...
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&quot;There will be no turnabout in the country&#39;s life,&quot; said Mr Putin, who has come under intense international criticism for strengthening his political control after a wave of terrorist attacks.
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Russia's President Putin defends controversial reform plans in a TV interview to Russia's main networks.
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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.
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Russia has rejected criticism from the United States that reforms designed to overhaul national security could undermine democratic development.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said  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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In an address to the countryâs top officials on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced initiatives that would further strengthen the federal centerâs control over political life.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that opposition groups should have more outlets for expressing their views.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday carped at US criticism of Russia&#39;s elections and internal changes and said the US voting system had its flaws.
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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