After Celebrating Victory, Russia Has Work Ahead
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Russiaâs Black Sea resort of Sochi was awarded the 2014 Olympics on Wednesday, rewarding President Vladimir Putin and taking the Winter Games to his country for the first time.
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With the U.S. Open and French Open champions, plus home-court advantage, Russia looks as if it has a good shot at winning the Fed Cup for the first time.
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Russia came back from two sets down and saved seven match points against Brazil in the semi-finals of the women&#39;s volleyball on Thursday for a spectacular win that put them into their second straight Olympic final.
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The last week was marked with a very important event in Russia. It took the state a year to accomplish that: President Putin virtually acknowledged at the press conference in the Kremlin that the main objective
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Russian president awarded accolade for making his country 'critical to the 21st century'
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The Kremlin on Wednesday celebrated Time magazine's decision to name President Vladimir Putin person of the year, saying this reflected his transformation of Russia and his big global impact.
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They came from Russia with love to a  tropical socialist utopia when the going was good.
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Russia's parliament confirmed Viktor Zubkov as prime minister on Friday after he pledged to press ahead with President Vladimir Putin's economic policies and help rebuild the defense industry.
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Russia offered on Wednesday to work  with Ukraine's new Western-leaning leader, in an end to its  frosty silence over Viktor Yushchenko's election victory.
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Russian Prime Minister-designate Viktor  Zubkov pledged on Friday to press ahead with President Vladimir  Putin&#39;s policies and said bringing about a recovery in the  once-mighty military-industrial complex was a top priority.
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Russia, Japan and the United States were 1-2-3 after the Olympic team technical event, the same places they finished in the duet competition a day earlier.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking steps to further strengthen the central government&#39;s control over the nation&#39;s political life.
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24 September 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia will remain on the path of democracy and a market economy.
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Russia won its first Fed Cup title yesterday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says progress has been made toward ending his country's presidential crisis.
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Russia on Thursday carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin wins backing from Greece and Bulgaria to push ahead with a key oil pipeline.