Putin rules out Chechen talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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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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BESLAN, Russia - Russians rallied against terrorism Tuesday in response to a hostage-taking that claimed more than 350 lives, and President Vladimir Putin denied a link between Russia's policies in Chechnya and the standoff in this southern city.    In an interview late Monday with foreign journalists and academics, Putin again rejected Western calls for negotiations with Chechen rebel representatives, Britain's Guardian daily reported...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his stance on Chechnya during talks with Germany&#39;s Gerhard SchrÃ¶der and France&#39;s Jacques Chirac on Tuesday after both questioned him on the matter.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had no plans to nominate a successor to replace him as president after he steps down in 2008.
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On the second day of national mourning in Russia, President Putin attacked those calling for Russia to enter talks with Chechen separatists and rejected a public inquiry into events that led to 335 people being killed.
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President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country. But his tough tactics risk alienating the public support he needs, and allies abroad seem to be ignoring his pleas to crack down on Chechen separatists.
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Russia's chief election body on Wednesday dismissed a petition aimed at allowing President Vladimir Putin to run for a third term.
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Russia's president denounces calls for him to talk to Chechen separatists after the siege that killed hundreds.
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Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakaev on Tuesday urged Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to hold peace talks or risk provoking further atrocities following the Beslan massacre.
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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 "in a proper democratic way."
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He reiterated claims that the West has been two-faced by giving asylum to top Chechens and urging Moscow to negotiate with rebel leaders, but rejecting the possibility of dialogue with Osama bin Laden.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has always rejected international criticism of events in Chechnya calling them an &#39;intervention in internal affairs,&#39; but lately Putin has been gradually softening on this position.
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A Kremlin spokesman says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Riga, Latvia to meet with the French and Latvian presidents.Comment
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Armed attackers holding up to 400 people at a school in southern Russia&#39;s North Ossetia republic have refused to conduct talks with a regional Islamic leader, the Itar-Tass news agency said Wednesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed his planned visit to Turkey amid the hostage crisis at a school in southern Russia, the Kremlin said Thursday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday ruled out any negotiations with Chechen rebel leaders  following the Beslan school hostage-seizure in which more than  320 people were killed, half of them children.