Putin does not rule out running in 2012: report
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Vladimir Putin, whose term as Russian  president ends next year, does not rule out running again in  2012, a leading Russian daily reported on Saturday.
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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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MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia would not interfere in Ukraine&#39;s political crisis following a fraudulent presidential election, Interfax news agency said.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would not allow itself to be drawn into what he called a new arms race.
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Vladimir Putin signaled on Friday he might return to the presidency after 2012, an analyst who met him said, hours after the Russian leader said new prime minister Viktor Zubkov could make a good successor to him.
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No foreign countries will be allowed to meddle in the campaign leading up to Russia's crucial presidential election in March, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
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President Vladimir Putin said he will retain influence in Russia after stepping down following next year's presidential elections, according to a Kremlin statement on Thursday.
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President Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed suggestions he was taking Russia back to its Soviet past and said he viewed freedom and democracy as key to a stable future.
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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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Guess who's not coming to dinner? Vladimir Putin was not invited to NATO's first summit in a country once incorporated into the Soviet Union, but that did not stop rumors that the Russian leader might show up ...Comment
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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
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Russia's Prime Minister-designate Viktor Zubkov does not rule out running for the presidency next year.
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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&#39;s government structure.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will step down next year after eight years in power, may have a surprise choice for his preferred successor, state news agency RIA Novosti said on Friday, quoting a senior Kremlin aide.
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MOSCOW - Russia&#39;s Vladimir Putin may be smarting over the turn of events in Ukraine, but he is not likely to push relations with the West into any Cold War-style confrontation, analysts say.
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Russia's top election authority on   Wednesday threw out a call for a people's poll that would clear   the way for President Vladimir Putin to stay on in power,   making it more likely he will step down as he plans in 2008.
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast doubts over the viability of holding free and fair elections in Iraq, saying he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how an occupied country can go through a meaningful electoral exercise.