Putin Says Link Probed Between Al Qaeda, Chechens
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday investigators were probing a possible link between al Qaeda and Chechen rebels widely believed to have downed two Russian passenger planes a week ago.
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MOSCOW - Responding to a series of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday moved to significantly strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power, with new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.    Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake and urged the creation of a central, powerful anti-terror agency...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin linked the downing last week of two passenger airliners to Al-Qaeda and said this proved the presence of organized international terrorism on Russian soil.
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President Vladimir Putin described the  foreign spy service on Friday as one of Russia's key  institutions and said the appointment of ex-Prime Minister  Mikhail Fradkov as its head could only enhance its authority.
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President Vladimir V. Putin proposed that Russia and the West study emerging missile threats jointly.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that &quot;through its work within the Central Asian Cooperation Organization [CACO] Russia is hoping to seriously expand its practical scope for countering such threats as terrorism and religious extremism, and for
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THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, yesterday accused the West of harbouring Chechen terrorists, speaking hours after rebel leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre.
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As Russians bury their dead, officials look at terrorist links to Chechen rebels.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is defending his government&#39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks.
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President Vladimir Putin's government has played down revelations of terrorist involvement in the crash of two airliners, apparently not wanting to highlight an embarrassing security lapse days before Sunday's presidential elections in rebellious Chechnya.
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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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President Vladimir V. Putin flew to Chechnya for a rare visit today after a night of fierce rebel attacks in the republic that, according to official Russian accounts
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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he valued his partnership with President Bush but voiced suspicion that Washington might be behind what the Kremlin sees as efforts to isolate Russia - and even destabilize it.
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BESLAN, Russia  - President Vladimir Putin ordered  a crackdown in southern Russia after a school siege killed at  least 250, and warned Chechen sympathizers on Saturday they  would be seen as "accomplices of terrorism."
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President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that investigators were looking for a link between al-Qaida and Chechen rebels widely believed to have downed two planes last week.
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President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country.