Putin Calls on Tbilisi, Tskhinvali for a Compromise
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope on August 20, that the Georgian and South Ossetian sides will show political will and follow undertaken commitments over ceasefire.
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Top U.S. and Russian security officials  sought to strike a more conciliatory tone in talks on Thursday  after months of growing tensions between Washington and Moscow.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia on Wednesday not to provoke or blackmail Russia as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row.
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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Moscow has few options left for a negotiated end to the violence in Chechnya, a top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of Russia's advance into the breakaway republic.
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Georgia's president told world leaders Wednesday that Russia continues to interfere in its domestic politics and engage in "reckless and dangerous" behavior, the latest in a series of conflicts between the two countries.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to contribute to a settlement of conflict between Georgia and its separatist province of South Ossetia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a &quot;radical renewal&quot; of government structures and operations in the north Caucasus in order to fight terror.
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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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TBILISI, Georgia  - Georgian forces seized  strategic heights from separatist fighters in rebel South  Ossetia Thursday and President Mikhail Saakashvili promised  more such victories to fulfill a pledge to reunite his  fractious country.
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WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 1 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Georgian government of "state terrorism with hostage-taking" in a blistering attack Sunday that followed the arrests on espionage charges last week of four Russian military officers in Georgia.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the United States was seeking ways to resolve differences over a planned missile shield, but warned Russia could re-deploy weapons if Moscow's concerns were not heeded.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has dismissed sharp words by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow was unlikely to use force to free four Russian officers whose arrest for spying has sparked a crisis.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia warned yesterday that its plans to close military bases in Georgia were in doubt, and Georgia said Russia was moving troops near their shared border, as relations between the countries deteriorated in one of their worst crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused neighboring Georgia of behaving like Stalin's secret police, stoking a row over Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers last week for spying.