Blair 'will be frank with Putin'
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Tony Blair promises a "frank discussion" with Vladimir Putin over the Russian leader's nuclear missile threats.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair shrugged off criticism of his close alliance with US President George W. Bush ahead of a visit to Washington, calling such links &quot;part of the job&quot;.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would do all he could to bring the Olympic Games to London in 2012, saying the event was a "prize worth fighting for".
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he will accept the post of prime minister next year if, as is almost certain, his anointed successor Dmitry Medvedev is elected president in March.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that history will judge the world harshly if it fails to take seriously the threat posed by Iran.
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Tony Blair says "extreme circumstances" justify plans for keeping terror suspects under house arrest.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Britain of having a "colonial mindset" over an extradition row.
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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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LONDON, Nov. 28 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that "there is no diplomatic or political barrier in the way" of investigating the mysterious fatal poisoning of a former Russian spy in London and that he planned to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the matter "at any time...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit Friday, with relations between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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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 pledges to back a parliamentary commission into the Beslan school siege.
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LONDON, Feb. 2 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday he will not resign because of a growing scandal concerning his party's financing and added that "I am not going to beg for my character in front of anyone."
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is heading Wednesday for his swangsong G8 summit, battling to make good on pledges on Africa and climate change at talks clouded by a growing row with Russia.
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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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Mr Blair will be the first foreign leader to have face-to-face discussions with the President since his re-election last week.
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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.