Kasparov aims for Putin checkmate
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Chess legend Garry Kasparov talks to the BBC News website about Putin, politics and the game of kings.
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Two top Kremlin officials have shown up on state-controlled television regularly for months, appearing decisive and statesmanlike, inspiring speculation that they are competing for the job of President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev hopes charismatic leader Marat Safin will be fit for their Davis Cup final with the United States after his team had to battle their way past Germany at the weekend.
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Kremlin critic and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov will not run in Russia's presidential election after authorities repeatedly blocked supporters' efforts to hold a nominating conference, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
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President Vladimir Putin is known for his political maneuvers. Now, everyone can check out his moves in another area of expertise: judo.
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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Chess legend and Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov said Saturday that Russia&#39;s opposition would surge in coming months as Moscow  reached a &quot;political crisis&quot; before parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Russia's most vocal opposition movement, headed by former chess champion Garry Kasparov, demonstrated in a major city on Saturday without police violence or interference for the first time in months of protests.
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Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.
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Moscow is engaged in its own strategic competition with the U.S., which may guide its response to the Iran nuclear standoff
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President Vladimir Putin said on Monday  he was keen to use Russia's planned global positioning system  GLONASS to look after his black Labrador Koni.
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Vladimir Putin repeats his threat to target neighbouring states over the proposed US missile defence shield.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his  favored successor Dmitry Medvedev could take turns to run  Russia for another quarter of a century, a senior Kremlin ally  said in an interview published on Monday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed for closer ties between Moscow and Kiev in a live television appearance just days before a hotly-contested presidential election in the former Soviet republic.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened more violence.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to become prime minister if his close ally Dmitry Medvedev succeeds him, giving Putin a way to keep a grip on power after he leaves the Kremlin.